Maede Hosseinnia, Maryam Amidi Mazaheri, Zahra Heidari
Knowledge, attitude, and behavior of elementary teachers regarding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Journal of education and health promotion
evaluate impact mothers literacy child dental caries based national oral health survey iran investigate possibility ecological fallacy aggregate data analysis existing data second national oral health survey carried 2004 including 8725 6 years old participants association mothers literacy caries occurrence dmf decayed missing filling total score 0 child assessed using individual data logistic regression model association percentages mothers literacy percentages decayed teeth 30 provinces iran assessed using aggregated data retrieved data second national oral health survey iran alternatively census statistical center iran using linear regression model significance level set 005 analysis individual data analysis showed statistically significant association mothers literacy decayed teeth children p 002 odds ratio 083 statistical significant association mothers literacy child dental caries aggregate data analysis oral health survey p 079 b 003 census statistical center statistics p 060 b 014 literate mothers preventive effect occurring dental caries children according high percentage illiterate parents iran logical consider suitable methods oral health education need reading writing aggregate data analysis individual data analysis completely different results study