A Smile is Worth a Thousand Words: Individual Versus Structural Explanations of Visible Dental Decay Among Undergraduate Students in the United States
Location
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis Presentation (Archived)
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Nathan Palmer
Faculty Mentor Email
npalmer@georgiasouthern.edu
Presentation Year
2020
Start Date
30-11-2020 12:00 AM
End Date
30-11-2020 12:00 AM
Keywords
Georgia Southern University, Honors Program, Virtual Symposium, Alicia Cumberlander
Description
This study compares the nature and determinants of beliefs about the causes of poor oral health outcomes. We collected data on the conceptualization of “good” or “bad” teeth, and a series of factors in explaining why some people have “bad” teeth. Respondents favor individualistic over structuralist reasons for poor oral health outcomes in aggregate.
Academic Unit
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
A Smile is Worth a Thousand Words: Individual Versus Structural Explanations of Visible Dental Decay Among Undergraduate Students in the United States
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
This study compares the nature and determinants of beliefs about the causes of poor oral health outcomes. We collected data on the conceptualization of “good” or “bad” teeth, and a series of factors in explaining why some people have “bad” teeth. Respondents favor individualistic over structuralist reasons for poor oral health outcomes in aggregate.
Comments
A presentation of “A Smile is Worth a Thousand Words: Individual Versus Structural Explanations of Visible Dental Decay Among Undergraduate Students in the United States” by Alicia Cumberlander at the Georgia Southern University Honors Program Fall 2020 Virtual Honors Symposium. Alicia is a graduating senior with a major in Sociology and was mentored by Nathan Palmer. For more information about Honors at Georgia Southern see https://georgiasouthern.edu/honors.