A cross sectional study examining social desirability bias in caregiver reporting of children's oral health behaviors

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sanzone, Lauren A ^a   Lee, Jessica Y ^a   Divaris, Kimon ^a   DeWalt, Darren A ^b   Baker, A D ^a   Vann, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers children; Health literacy; Oral health; Oral health behaviors; Oral health literacy; Oral hygiene; REALD 30; Social desirability bias

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; ORAL HYGIENE; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 84878345087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-13-24     Document Type: Article

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