Ethnicity And Oral Health

Question 1

Ethnicity and education

Answer 1

Highest achieving minority groups in respect of education were Chinese and Indian pupils, with black Caribbean pupils getting the poorest GCSE results.

Question 2

Ethnicity and employment

Answer 2

Rates of unemployment among most ethnic minority groups were higher than those found in the majority population, with the exception of Chinese and Indian men who had similar rates to the majority white population.

Question 3

Ethnicity and poverty

Answer 3

People from ethnic minority groups are significantly more at risk of poverty than the majority population, with those from Bangladeshi and Pakistani groups at most risk.

Question 4

Infant mortality and ethnicity

Answer 4

Ethnic minority groups have higher rates of infant mortality than the white population

Question 5

Ethnicity and health

Answer 5

BME groups generally have worse health than the overall population.

Question 6

Ethnicity and oral health

Answer 6

Large inequalities in dental decay by ethnic group, with children in the Chinese group twice as likely to have dental decay as England as a whole. White British and black ethnicities are better than average. Asian worse.

Question 7

Ethnic variation in health possible explanations - socioeconomic status

Answer 7

Most important factor
When studies adjusted for the impact of socioeconomic to find the pure impact of ethnicity, the health different disappeared

Question 8

Ethnic variation in health possible explanations - cultural explanation

Answer 8

Higher prevalence of health or unhealthy behaviours among BAME could explain some of the health difference. E.g., lower rate of lung cancer among south Asian women due to lower rate of smoking.

Question 9

Ethnic variation in health possible explanations - racism

Answer 9

Interpersonal discrimination (direct) and institutional discrimination (indirect)
Causes stress, anxiety and lack of trust and control etc which all contribute to poor health

Question 10

Ethnic variation in health possible explanations - migration

Answer 10

Migration is associated with stress, loss of support, burden of adjustment.
E.g. psychological stress is a significant factor for many diseases including heart diseases.

Question 11

Ethnic variation in health possible explanations - genetic explanation

Answer 11

Plays a limited role in general