Effect of individual and neighborhood social capital on gingival bleeding in children: A 7‐year cohort study

摘要: BACKGROUND Social capital incorporates contextual and individual levels of interactions, which influence human health. The aim this study was to evaluate the social in early childhood on gingival bleeding children after 7 years. METHODS This 7-year cohort conducted with a randomized sample 639 (1 5 years old) evaluated 2010 (T1) Santa Maria, southern Brazil. Gingival recorded during follow-up (T2). Contextual (social class association number churches) (religious practice, volunteer networks, school involvement) variables were collected at baseline, along demographic, socioeconomic, oral health variables. A multilevel Poisson regression model used investigate mean bleeding. incidence rate ratio (IRR) 95% confidence interval (95% CI) calculated. RESULTS total 449 reassessed (70.3% retention rate). Children living areas larger churches baseline had lower follow-up. Regarding capital, whose parents did not attend activities more likely have Additionally, low maternal education, poor parents' perception health, non-use dental services, frequency tooth brushing related higher CONCLUSION presence neighborhoods involvement child's positively influenced children's these individuals