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Exploring the Relationships between Children’s Oral Health and Parents’ Oral Health Knowledge, Literacy, Behaviours and Adherence to Recommendations: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Although preventable, early childhood caries (ECC) is a burdening condition in all WHO regions, with Poland being one of the most affected countries in Europe. Effective home-based prevention of ECC is available and recommended by several expert bodies. Therefore, we wanted to determine how well par...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9517628/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36141563 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811288 |
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author | Chawłowska, Ewelina Karasiewicz, Monika Lipiak, Agnieszka Cofta, Mateusz Fechner, Brittany Lewicka-Rabska, Agnieszka Pruciak, Agata Gerreth, Karolina |
author_facet | Chawłowska, Ewelina Karasiewicz, Monika Lipiak, Agnieszka Cofta, Mateusz Fechner, Brittany Lewicka-Rabska, Agnieszka Pruciak, Agata Gerreth, Karolina |
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description | Although preventable, early childhood caries (ECC) is a burdening condition in all WHO regions, with Poland being one of the most affected countries in Europe. Effective home-based prevention of ECC is available and recommended by several expert bodies. Therefore, we wanted to determine how well parents were following selected oral health recommendations in preschool children. Additionally, we wanted to determine which socioeconomic factors influenced such practices the most, and how parents’ oral health literacy and behaviours affected the oral hygiene and oral health status of their children. A cross-sectional survey involving 2338 parents and caregivers of children from 167 kindergartens was performed. Children’s oral hygiene and oral health status were found to be associated with parents’ education and economic status. They were also strongly influenced by parental health literacy and behaviours. With respect to recommendations for preschoolers, the lowest adherence was found in the use of fluoride toothpaste and its age-appropriate amount, supervision of toothbrushing, and refraining from eating after last toothbrushing. The improvement in these areas could be achieved thanks to the involvement of health professionals such as gynaecologists, midwives, and primary care personnel in efforts aimed at increasing parents’ oral health knowledge and literacy. |
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spelling | pubmed-95176282022-09-29 Exploring the Relationships between Children’s Oral Health and Parents’ Oral Health Knowledge, Literacy, Behaviours and Adherence to Recommendations: A Cross-Sectional Survey Chawłowska, Ewelina Karasiewicz, Monika Lipiak, Agnieszka Cofta, Mateusz Fechner, Brittany Lewicka-Rabska, Agnieszka Pruciak, Agata Gerreth, Karolina Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Although preventable, early childhood caries (ECC) is a burdening condition in all WHO regions, with Poland being one of the most affected countries in Europe. Effective home-based prevention of ECC is available and recommended by several expert bodies. Therefore, we wanted to determine how well parents were following selected oral health recommendations in preschool children. Additionally, we wanted to determine which socioeconomic factors influenced such practices the most, and how parents’ oral health literacy and behaviours affected the oral hygiene and oral health status of their children. A cross-sectional survey involving 2338 parents and caregivers of children from 167 kindergartens was performed. Children’s oral hygiene and oral health status were found to be associated with parents’ education and economic status. They were also strongly influenced by parental health literacy and behaviours. With respect to recommendations for preschoolers, the lowest adherence was found in the use of fluoride toothpaste and its age-appropriate amount, supervision of toothbrushing, and refraining from eating after last toothbrushing. The improvement in these areas could be achieved thanks to the involvement of health professionals such as gynaecologists, midwives, and primary care personnel in efforts aimed at increasing parents’ oral health knowledge and literacy. MDPI 2022-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9517628/ /pubmed/36141563 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811288 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Chawłowska, Ewelina Karasiewicz, Monika Lipiak, Agnieszka Cofta, Mateusz Fechner, Brittany Lewicka-Rabska, Agnieszka Pruciak, Agata Gerreth, Karolina Exploring the Relationships between Children’s Oral Health and Parents’ Oral Health Knowledge, Literacy, Behaviours and Adherence to Recommendations: A Cross-Sectional Survey |
title | Exploring the Relationships between Children’s Oral Health and Parents’ Oral Health Knowledge, Literacy, Behaviours and Adherence to Recommendations: A Cross-Sectional Survey |
title_full | Exploring the Relationships between Children’s Oral Health and Parents’ Oral Health Knowledge, Literacy, Behaviours and Adherence to Recommendations: A Cross-Sectional Survey |
title_fullStr | Exploring the Relationships between Children’s Oral Health and Parents’ Oral Health Knowledge, Literacy, Behaviours and Adherence to Recommendations: A Cross-Sectional Survey |
title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the Relationships between Children’s Oral Health and Parents’ Oral Health Knowledge, Literacy, Behaviours and Adherence to Recommendations: A Cross-Sectional Survey |
title_short | Exploring the Relationships between Children’s Oral Health and Parents’ Oral Health Knowledge, Literacy, Behaviours and Adherence to Recommendations: A Cross-Sectional Survey |
title_sort | exploring the relationships between children’s oral health and parents’ oral health knowledge, literacy, behaviours and adherence to recommendations: a cross-sectional survey |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9517628/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36141563 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811288 |
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