'I can't relate it to teeth': A qualitative approach to evaluate oral health education materials for preschool children in New South Wales, Australia

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 302-309

  Arora, Amit ^a   Mcnab, Michelle A ^a   Lewis, Matthew W ^a   Hilton, Glen ^b,c   Blinkhorn, Anthony S ^a   Schwarz, Eli ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FISSURE SEALANT; FLUORIDE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSION; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MOTHER; NOMENCLATURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; TEACHING; TOOTH ERUPTION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOTTLE FEEDING; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMPREHENSION; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MOTHERS; NEW SOUTH WALES; ORAL HEALTH; PAMPHLETS; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TEACHING MATERIALS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TOOTH ERUPTION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84861811617     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2011.01195.x     Document Type: Article

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