Oral Health and Dental Management

Abstract

Objective and Subjective Oral Health and Quality of Life of Migrant Farm Workers in the U.S.A.

Irma Gavaldon, Robert A. Bagramian, Marita Rohr Inglehart

In 2008, more than one million hired farm workers were employed in the U.S.A. These farm workers constituted a third of the total U.S. agricultural workforce. Prior research showed that the majority of these migrant workers had oral health problems, without having access to oral health care services. Objectives: To explore the relationship between migrant farm workers