Assessment of parental oral health knowledge and behaviors among American Indians of a Northern Plains tribe.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Investigate the relationship between sociodemographic variables and oral health knowledge and behaviors of American Indian (AI) parents as the initial step in a program aimed at reducing caries experience among AI children.

Methods

Survey data were collected from a sample of 147 AI parents of children ages 0-7 years who are residents of a Northern Plains reservation. Questions addressed sociodemographic variables for parents/their children and parent oral health knowledge and behavior. Overall knowledge was measured as percentage of items answered correctly. Overall behavior was measured as percentage of items reflecting behavior consistent with accepted oral health recommendations. Oral health knowledge and behaviors, and the relationship between them, were evalu

SUBMITTER: Wilson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4065026 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature