Mothers’ oral health literacy and children’s oral health status in Pikine, Senegal: A pilot study
| العنوان: | Mothers’ oral health literacy and children’s oral health status in Pikine, Senegal: A pilot study |
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| المؤلفون: | D Cisse, Serigne Ndame Dieng, Pierre Lombrail, Sylvie Azogui-Levy |
| المصدر: | PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 1, p e0226876 (2020) |
| بيانات النشر: | Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020. |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Bacterial Diseases, Male, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Cross-sectional study, Social Sciences, Oral Health, Pilot Projects, Logistic regression, Pediatrics, Families, 0302 clinical medicine, Sociology, Caries, Surveys and Questionnaires, Epidemiology, Medicine and Health Sciences, Prevalence, Psychology, Public and Occupational Health, 030212 general & internal medicine, Child, Children, Multidisciplinary, medicine.diagnostic_test, 4. Education, Child Health, 1. No poverty, Senegal, Sociological Factors, 3. Good health, Infectious Diseases, Child, Preschool, Medicine, Female, Developed country, Research Article, Maternal Age, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Science, Oral Medicine, Parenting Behavior, Mothers, Context (language use), Physical examination, Dental Caries, Education, 03 medical and health sciences, Environmental health, medicine, Humans, Educational Attainment, Behavior, business.industry, Biology and Life Sciences, 030206 dentistry, Educational attainment, Health Literacy, Disadvantaged, stomatognathic diseases, Cross-Sectional Studies, Logistic Models, Age Groups, People and Places, Women's Health, Population Groupings, business |
| الوصف: | Context and objective As elsewhere, disadvantaged children in Senegal are those most affected by dental diseases and difficulties in obtaining dental care. Studies conducted mainly in developed countries suggest that a low level of mothers’ OHL is correlated with poor oral health of their children. The objective of this study is to estimate the level of mothers’ OHL in Senegal and its relationto the dental health of their children. Methods This cross-sectional epidemiological survey took place among 315 children aged from 3 to 9 years old and their mothers. It estimated the children’s dental health status by clinical examination which used a disposable examination kit and a headlamp, took place at the child’s home, in the mother’s presence. Examiners interviewing the mothers administered the Oral Health Literacy-Adult Questionnaire to determine their OHL and questioned them further about their social characteristics and their children’s dental health behaviour. Logistic regression and correlations were used for the statistical analysis. Results The OHL score ranges from 0 to 17; mothers’ mean score was 6.5 (±3.1) and 56.5% had a low score (below the median). The prevalence of dental caries in children was 64.8%. Mothers’ high OHL is associated with children caries free and low prevalence of dental caries. The logistic regression showed a significantly protective relation between children’s dental caries and mothers’ high OHL scores (mean score 12–17) (OR = 0.51, 95% CI: 0.29–0.88), high educational level (OR = 0.42, 95% CI: 0.23–0.76) and a high level of social contact (OR = 0.31, 95% CI: 0.15–0.63). The structural analysis showed that OHL was significantly correlated with both the mothers’ social position (r = 0.61 and P |
| تدمد: | 1932-6203 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::79c26c5abd550a8cb9053ba6ecfe14c3Test https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226876Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....79c26c5abd550a8cb9053ba6ecfe14c3 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 19326203 |
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