ArticleJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2020
Health Literacy and Parental Oral Health Knowledge, Beliefs, Behavior, and Status Among Parents of American Indian Newborns.
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- Longitudinal Association of Health Literacy with Parental Oral Health Behavior.Health literacy research and practice · 2021Trial
- Assessment of Oral Health Literacy of Parents Regarding Their Children's Oral Health: A Cross-Sectional Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026Article
- Association of parental oral health literacy and child temperament with dental attendance in children with early childhood caries: a cross-sectional study.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026Article
- Strain-level genomic variation ofPeerJ · 2026Article
- Oral health literacy from a person-centered focus in the United States: a narrative review.BMC oral health · 2025Review
- Analysis of factors influencing delayed treatment seeking for dental caries in preschool children: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The association between oral health literacy and oral health-related behaviours among female adolescents in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study.The Saudi dental journal · 2024Article
- Perceived Barriers among Indonesian General Dentists in Providing Caries Preventive Care for Pediatric Patients.European journal of dentistry · 2024Article
- An Epistemic Look at Parental Conceptual Knowledge and Oral Health Outcomes in Children.Global pediatric health · 2024Article
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- Analysis of Oral Health Literacy in Caregivers of Special Needs Individuals in Special Schools and Social Institutions in Jakarta.Dentistry journal · 2023Article
- Patterns of Change in Parental Health Literacy in Relation to Children's Oral Health.Health literacy research and practice · 2023Article
- Oral Health Behaviours, Knowledge, and Literacy of Expectant Mothers: A Cross-Sectional Study among Maternity Ward Patients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Analysis of a Pediatric Dental School Patient Population Revealed Increasing Trends of Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Patients: Implications for Pediatric Dental Public Health and Access to Care.Pediatric reports · 2022Article
- Romanian Version of the Oral Health Values Scale: Adaptation and Validation.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Awareness and knowledge of dental erosion and its association with beverage consumption: a multidisciplinary survey.BMC oral health · 2022Article
- Influence of Parental Health Literacy on Change over Time in the Oral Health of American Indian Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Assessment of Parents' Oral Health Literacy and Its Association with Caries Experience of Their Preschool Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the relationship between health literacy (HL) and parental oral health knowledge, beliefs, behavior, and self-reported oral health status (OHS) among parents of American Indian (AI) children.
methodsThis analysis used baseline data from a randomized controlled trial that tested an oral health intervention with parents of AI newborns. Participants were recruited in parent-child dyads (N = 579). Parents completed items assessing sociodemographic characteristics, HL, and parental oral health knowledge, beliefs, behavior, and self-reported OHS. We examined the correlation of HL with each oral health construct, controlling for parent age and income.
resultsOn average, parents felt quite confident in their HL skills, performed well on questions assessing parental oral health knowledge, and endorsed beliefs likely to encourage positive parental oral health behaviors (e.g., confidence that one can successfully engage in such behaviors). Parents with more limited HL had significantly less knowledge, perceived cavities to be less severe, perceived more barriers and fewer benefits to recommended oral health behaviors, were less confident they could engage in these behaviors, and were more likely to believe their children's oral health was under the control of the dentist or a matter of chance (P values < 0.001). Limited HL was not associated with behavior (P > 0.05) but was linked to worse self-reported OHS (P = 0.040).
conclusionsHL was associated with parental oral health knowledge, beliefs, and self-reported OHS. Oral health education interventions targeting AI families should facilitate development of knowledge and positive oral health beliefs among parents with more limited HL skills.
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