Assessment of periodontal knowledge following a mass media oral health promotion campaign: A population-based study

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gholami, Mahdia ^a,b   Pakdaman, Afsaneh ^a   Montazeri, Ali ^c   Jafari, Ahmad ^a   Virtanen, Jorma I ^d,e  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Mass media campaign; Oral health promotion; Periodontal disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ART; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PROCEDURES; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEVISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARTOONS AS TOPIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS; TELEVISION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898052205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-14-31     Document Type: Article

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