Oral health beliefs and oral hygiene behaviours among parents of urban Alaska Native children

Oral health beliefs and oral hygiene behaviours among parents of urban Alaska Native children

American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) children have a prevalence rate of early childhood caries 5 times that of the overall US population. Oral hygiene and oral health beliefs have not been described among AI/AN parents. This study explored constructs of the health belief model informing oral health...

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Main Authors: Vanessa Y. Hiratsuka, Jamuir M. Robinson, Robert Greenlee, Amany Refaat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Subjects:
oral hygiene
early childhood caries
oral health
parent
self-report
native americans
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2019.1586274

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2019.1586274

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