Amanda K Burbage, Yuane Jia, Thuha Hoang
The impact of community of inquiry and self-efficacy on student attitudes in sustained remote health professions learning environments
BMC medical education
objectives early diagnosis treatment particularly important children dental caries reported children taken dental clinic even though diagnosed dental caries school dental checkups purpose study investigate factors related passive attitude caregivers regarding dental care visits elementary junior high school children diagnosed dental cariesmethods crosssectional study conducted utilizing data 2016 adachi child health impact living difficulty achild study questionnaire administered 1994 parents 4th 6th grade students elementary school 8th grade students junior high school 1994 parents 1652 83 responded caregivers asked whether take child dental clinic immediately child diagnosed dental caries answered cannot take immediately defined caregivers passive attitude towards dental care visits reasoning probed questionnaire validity answer ie taking child dental clinic assessed childs untreated dental caries obtained results school dental health checkup number children excluded analysis due lack information dental caries andor attitude parents 1613 logistic regression analysis performed investigate association passive attitude dental care visit demographic factors eg childs sex grade number siblings household members lifestyle eg time home caregiver grandparent coresidence skipping breakfast snacking habits sugarsweetened beverage intake frequency teeth brushing parentchild relationship socioeconomic status eg annual household income educational attainment caregiver employment status caregiverresults total 269 167 caregivers reported passive attitude dental care visit child frequent reason dont time take child dental clinic 172 people 558 passive attitude caregivers associated untreated decay child p0001 passive attitude caregiver dental care visit associated lower maternal educational attainment skipping breakfast child lower frequency brushing teeth elementary school children passive attitude caregiver dental care visit also significantly associated maternal employment later time getting home mother lack interaction children caregiverconclusion passive attitude caregiver pertaining dental care visit child associated maternal socioeconomic background health promotion activities considering maternal socioeconomic background needed