Oral-health workshop targeted at 0-5-yr. old deprived children's parents and caregivers: effect on knowledge and practices.
One-session oral-health workshop was targeted at 770 parents and 60 caregivers of 0-5-year-old low-income children. Lower plaque scores (Silness & Löe-modified index) were observed in test-group-(TG) children after 1 and 6-months (Median=0) than control-group-(CG) (Median=1)(p<0.05), with a significant improvement from baseline among the TG (p<0.05). The questionnaire showed improvement in the TG parents/caregivers' knowledge after 1- 6-months regarding white-spot lesion visual recognition; with respect to the practices, these improved after 1-6 but decreased after 6-months.
Martignon
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S
Research Unit UNICA-B, Dental Faculty, Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia. martignonstefania@unbosque.edu.co
González
M C
MC
Santamaría
R M
RM
Jácome-Liévano
S
S
Muñoz
Y
Y
Moreno
P
P
D001294:Attitude to Health; D017028:Caregivers / Q000193:education*; D002327:Cariostatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000628:therapy; D003774:Dental Plaque Index; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005459:Fluorides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009909:Oral Health; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*; D011203:Poverty; D012307:Risk Factors; D014099:Toothbrushing; D014100:Toothpastes / Q000627:therapeutic use
D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D014100:Toothpastes; D005459:Fluorides