Yu Jin Kang, Christine A Mueller, Joseph E Gaugler, Michelle A Mathiason Moore, Karen A Monsen
Toward ensuring care quality and safety across settings: examining time pressure in a nursing home with observational time motion study metrics based on the Omaha system
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
parents infant early childhood oral health knowledge paramount importance oral health behaviours exclusive domain parents early years life studies exploring association mothers behaviour oral health literacy childrens oral health outcomes scarce evaluate association mothers behaviour oral health literacy childrens dental caries experience crosssectional study conducted among one hundred preschool children aged 26 years mothers preschools bangalore india data regarding demographics mothers knowledge attitude practice kap collected questionnaire mothers oral health literacy assessed rapid estimate adult literacy dentistry30 reald30 scale caries experience children recorded using decayed missing filled teeth dmft index data entered excel sheet analysed using statistical package spss 220 mean kap reald30 dmft scores 1317 457 1768 585 261 221 respectively study reald30 score negatively correlated dmft score positively correlated kap score linear regression kap reald30 scores showed highly significant association dental caries mothers behaviour oral health literacy influenced caries experience children therefore improving behaviour oral health literacy mothers key influence childs oral health