Cultural factors and children's oral health care: A qualitative study of carers of young children

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 429-438

  Hilton, Irene V ^a   Stephen, Samantha ^a   Barker, Judith C ^b   Weintraub, Jane A ^b  

^a Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Dental health perception; Disparities; Early childhood caries; Oral health; Quantitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION, PRIMARY; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 34548404215     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00356.x     Document Type: Article

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