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0366/2018 - Uma perspectiva pós-moderna sobre a saúde bucal de idosos.
A postmodern perspective regarding older adults oral health.

Author:

• Alexandre Fávero Bulgarelli - Bulgarelli, A.F. - <alexandre.bulgarelli@ufrgs.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7110-251X

Co-author(s):

• Fabiana Costa Machado Zacharias - Zacharias, F. C. M. - <ionecarv@eerp.usp.br>
ORCID: http://lattes.cnpq.br/1108989605929214
• Soraya Fernandes Mestriner - Mestriner, S. F. - Ribeirão Preto, - <somestri@forp.usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7482-8041
• Ione Carvalho Pinto - Pinto, I.C. - <iopinto@eerp.usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7541-5591


Abstract:

Objectives: To comprehend meaning assigned to oral health, by means of older adults discourses, supported by a Social Constructionist perspective. Methods: This is a qualitative study with a descriptive and comprehensive design based on the Social Constructionism theoretical support conducted by means of interviews with 19 older adults. Data were analysed by means of a Discourse Analysis with identification of Interpretative Repertoires, which structured the meanings proposed to oral health. Results: It were created repertories to disclosure possible meanings assigned to the oral health by older people as: having a clean mouth; having good comprehensive/general health; having a beautiful smile and oral health well-being condition; and suffering in the past and accepting pain. Conclusion: The meaning assigned to oral health by older people, in a social constructionist perspective, allow us to comprehend the subjectivity behind oral health of older people, which can guide health professionals’ approaches to deal with it.

Keywords:

Aged, Dental Care for Aged, Public health, Qualitative research, Social perception

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Bulgarelli, A.F., Zacharias, F. C. M., Mestriner, S. F., Pinto, I.C.. Uma perspectiva pós-moderna sobre a saúde bucal de idosos.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Jul). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/uma-perspectiva-posmoderna-sobre-a-saude-bucal-de-idosos/16899?id=16899



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