Parents' perspectives on a national child oral health promotion program: Sociodemographic influences and behavioral insights - A cross-sectional analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Iran's Students' Oral Health Promotion Program (SOHPP) aimed to improve primary school children's oral health, but parental perceptions of this program, as key stakeholders, remain underexplored. This study explores parents' perceptions of Iran's SOHPP, the sociodemographic factors shaping them, and children's post-program oral health behaviors.

Methods

Conducted at four randomly-selected comprehensive healthcare centers in Tehran (July-August 2020), this cross-sectional study phone-surveyed parents of primary school children who participated in Iran's SOHPP. The questionnaire covered sociodemographics, children's post-program oral health behaviors, and awareness and satisfaction with key SOHPP components: oral health education, fluoride therapy, electronic oral h

SUBMITTER: Khami MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12948110 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature