Weintraub J A, Connolly G N, Lambert C A, Douglass C W
J Public Health Dent. 1985 Fall;45(4):240-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1985.tb01157.x.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health conducted a comprehensive, statewide telephone health interview survey during 1980. Adult members of 1,091 households were interviewed. The purpose of this paper is to report the attitudes and knowledge of the Massachusetts residents surveyed regarding fluoridation, as well as the relation of their attitudes with demographic and socioeconomic variables, dental and other health behaviors, and outcome of fluoridation referenda. The majority, 60 percent, were in favor of community water fluoridation. As expected, groups that were most likely to favor fluoridation were parents, those who were better educated, and those with higher incomes. About three-fourths of those surveyed were correctly aware of the purpose of fluoridation. Public opinion about fluoridation, as measured by this survey, did not correspond with the outcome of fluoridation referenda held in 14 Massachusetts communities between 1980 and 1983, which showed that 61 percent of the voters were not in favor of fluoridation.
1980年，马萨诸塞州公共卫生部开展了一项全面的全州电话健康访谈调查。对1091户家庭的成年成员进行了访谈。本文旨在报告接受调查的马萨诸塞州居民对氟化的态度和知识，以及他们的态度与人口统计学和社会经济变量、牙齿及其他健康行为，以及氟化全民公决结果之间的关系。大多数人（60%）赞成社区水氟化。正如预期的那样，最有可能赞成氟化的群体是父母、受教育程度较高的人以及收入较高的人。约四分之三的受访者正确知晓氟化的目的。通过这项调查衡量的公众对氟化的看法，与1980年至1983年间在马萨诸塞州14个社区举行的氟化全民公决结果不一致，全民公决结果显示61%的选民不赞成氟化。
