title: Dental health knowledge in a group of Latin American refugees in Sweden.
abstract: Sixty-nine Latin American refugees with a mean age of 31 years participated in this study. The knowledge about dental health before and after reading a self-instructional manual in Spanish was tested by questionnaires. The test persons were also interviewed about their dietary habits. The results showed an improvement of 30% of right answers after reading the manual and that a frequent sugar consumption was common. This indicates that a self-instructional manual can be of value in oral health prevention in a similar group of non-resident immigrants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, University of Lund, School of Dentistry, Malmö, Sweden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Groisman
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Bratthall
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Harari
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Tapia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002677:Chile / Q000208:ethnology; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006267:Health Education, Dental / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D011380:Programmed Instructions as Topic; D012036:Refugees; D013548:Sweden
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates