Mexican American mothers' initiation and understanding of home oral hygiene for young children.
作者： Judith C Barker , Kristin S Hoeft , Erin E Masterson
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关键词: Medicine 、 Young adult 、 Early childhood caries 、 Social class 、 Mexican americans 、 Oral hygiene 、 Low income 、 Social work 、 Tooth brushing 、 Family medicine 、 Nursing
摘要: Purpose To investigate caregiver beliefs and behaviors as key issues in the initiation of home oral hygiene routines. Oral helps reduce prevalence early childhood caries, which is disproportionately high among Mexican-American children. Methods Interviews were conducted with a convenience sample 48 mothers young children low income, urban neighborhood. digitally recorded, translated, transcribed, coded analyzed using standard qualitative procedures. Results The average age tooth brushing was 1.8 +/- 0.8 years; only small proportion parents (13%) initiated accord American Dental Association (ADA) recommendations. Mothers 2 forms hygiene: infant regular brushing. For 48% who participated hygiene, prompted by pediatrician social service (WIC) professionals. initiation, set maternal exist about when this practice becomes necessary for Beliefs are mainly based on child's dental maturity, interest, capacity age/size. Conclusions Most (87%) study do not initiate practices compliance ADA These findings have implications educational messages.
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