Knowledge, attitudes and practices of caregivers in relation to oral health of preschool children

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 167-172

  Ashkanani, Fatima ^a   Al Sane, Mona ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Attitude; Children; Early childhood caries; Infant oral health; Knowledge; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CARIES PREVENTION; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; KUWAIT; SCORING SYSTEM; VACCINATION; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTIST; FEMALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

SUGAR;

EID: 84873715208     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341764     Document Type: Article

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