Impact of Parents' Oral Health Literacy on Their Own and Their Children's Oral Health in Chinese Population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oral health literacy (OHL) has been recognized as a component of oral health disparities; however, the precise relationship between literacy and oral health outcomes has not been established. To explore the role of parents' OHL for their own subjective oral health, related behavior, and for the proxy assessment of their child's oral health, oral health-related behavior.

Methods

Survey data were collected from 406 parents of 4- to 7-year-old children in Beijing, China. The background characteristics, oral health assessment, oral health-related behavior, knowledge and attitudes, and diet-related questions of parents and their children were surveyed by a questionnaire. OHL was assessed with the Hong Kong Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry (HKREAL-30) Scale

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8957213 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature