Knowledge, beliefs and behavior related to oral health among Tanzanian and Ugandan teacher trainees

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-18

  Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug ^a   Jackson, Watiti ^b   Mwangosi, Ibrahim E A T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adult behavior; Cross cultural; East Africa; Oral health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; SUGAR INTAKE; TANZANIA; TEACHING; TOOTH BRUSHING; UGANDA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DIETARY SUCROSE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH DISEASES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; TANZANIA; TEACHING; TOOTHBRUSHING; UGANDA;

EID: 0034137923     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000163500429370     Document Type: Article

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