Valerie A. Ubbes|Abby M. Witter
Parental Influences on Children’s Oral Health Behaviors, Reading Behaviors, and Reading Attitudes Associated with the Sharing of a Digital Story from the eBook for Oral Health Literacy© Curriculum
Miami University|University of Cincinnati Medical Center
study investigated relationships parents children oral health behaviors reading behaviors reading attitudes liking perceptions one chapter ebook curriculum intervention qualtrics platform used survey 316 parentchild dyads across united states shared reading one chapter ebook oral health literacy entitled setting goals going dentist participants answered 75 questions teeth brushing flossing behaviors number cavities often visited libraries bookstores enjoyment reading perceptions liking words pictures chapter read heard statistically significant relationships found parents children oral health behaviors 2 4912 p lt 0001 reading behaviors 2 104 p lt 001 reading attitudes 2 8773 p lt 001 perception liking ebook chapter read heard 2 113813 p lt 001 results 301 parentchild dyads point importance social modeling parents play development childrens oral health behaviors reading behaviors reading attitudes testing additional chapters ebook intervention warranted