Immigrant parents' perspectives on children's oral health and barriers to a culturally adapted intervention in Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A previous culturally adapted oral health intervention was deemed ineffective in improving immigrant parents' oral health-related knowledge and attitudes. This qualitative study aimed to explore the perceived barriers to benefiting from the intervention and the perspectives of immigrant parents regarding their children's oral health behaviors, and use of dental health services.

Materials and methods

Forty-five immigrant parents who previously received the intervention were invited; 12 consented to participate and were interviewed using semi-structured individual interviews. The interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data was analyzed using thematic analysis.

Results

The participants were all women aged 28-44, from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe

SUBMITTER: Reda M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12816272 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature