[Income inequality and early childhood caries in Colombia: a multilevel analysis].

The association between income inequality and dental caries on early childhood in Colombia was evaluated using a multi-level analysis. We analyzed data from the latest national oral survey (2014) and information about income in absolute and relative terms on a state-level. The outcomes were caries experience, and untreated caries.

Children's Oral Health and Academic Performance: Evidence of a Persisting Relationship Over the Last Decade in the United States.

Objective: To assess the association between children's oral health and academic performance using the most recent US national data, a decade after the last assessment using similar previous data.

Study Design: Data from the 2016-2017 National Survey of Children's Health for 45 711 children aged 6-17 years were analyzed. Children's oral health measures were indicators of specific oral health problems and parent-rated oral health.

[Violence due to Armed Conflict and Prevalence of Mood Disorders, Anxiety and Mental Problems in the Colombian Adult Population].

Background: Violence in Colombia has a history of over 50 years. Between 1985 and 2012 an estimated of 220,000 Colombians have died and about 6,000,000 have been displaced by violence.

Objective: To describe and compare the prevalence of some problems and mental disorders in the adult population in Colombia, taking into account the characteristics of the municipality, as regards its history of violence or armed conflict.

[Life expectancy at birth in Colombia, 2000-2009: inequalities by region and gender].

Introduction: Life expectancy is one of the measurements that have been used to monitor socioeconomic development within and among countries. During the last 30 years, life expectancy has increased worldwide mainly due to medical and technological developments. However, access to health care, new technologies and social determinants remain unevenly distributed among regions and countries in the world.

Children's dental health, school performance, and psychosocial well-being.

Objective: To assess the effects of dental health on school performance and psychosocial well-being in a nationally representative sample of children in the US.

Study Design: We analyzed data from the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health for 40,752-41,988 children. The effects of dental problems and maternal-rated dental health on school performance and psychosocial well-being outcomes were evaluated using regression models adjusting for demographic, socioeconomic, and health characteristics.

Explaining racial/ethnic disparities in children's dental health: a decomposition analysis.

Objectives: We measured racial/ethnic inequalities in US children's dental health and quantified the contribution of conceptually relevant factors.

Methods: Using data from the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health, we investigated racial/ethnic disparities in selected child dental health and preventive care outcomes. We employed a decomposition model to quantify demographic, socioeconomic, maternal health, health insurance, neighborhood, and geographic effects.