Chae-Min Yoon, Hye-Jin Kim
Influencing Factors of Behavior for Reducing Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Demand for Related Education
European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education
parental oral health literacy ohl determinant oral health behavior oral health status children delineate pathways parental ohl oral health consequences children validate turkish version oral health literacy assessment task tohlatp crosssectional study conducted 315 parentchild dyads tohlatp psychometrically evaluated item analysis performed determine reliability tohlatp construct validity tested comparing commonly used instrument using pearsons productmoment correlation coefficients path model developed evaluate associations parental ohl oral health consequences children model consisted five endogenous variables parental oral health behaviors childrens oral health behaviors childrens dental anxiety dental caries oral healthrelated quality life ohrqol one exogenous variable parental ohl path analysis used test compatibility conceptual model statistical significance p 001 statistically significant association parental oral health behaviors childrens oral health behaviors dental caries ohrqol variable directly affected parental ohl parental oral health behaviors whereas variable indirectly affected parental ohl childrens oral health behaviors path analysis revealed significant associations parental childrens oral health behaviors dental caries ohrqol understanding pathways necessary establish strategies improve childrens oral health tohlatp useful future assessments turkish children