ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Associations between Maternal Education and Child Nutrition and Oral Health in an Indigenous Population in Ecuador.
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- Dental caries experience in Indigenous children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis assessing worldwide disparities and time trends (1968-2024).Clinical oral investigations · 2026Pooled it
- Indigenous-non-Indigenous inequalities in oral health prevention among children and adolescents in Ecuador: a cross-sectional study.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- Maternal knowledge, attitudes, and practices are associated with dental caries in preschool children in eastern United Arab Emirates.Frontiers in oral health · 2026Article
- Maternal food literacy and health behaviors in relation to children's DMFT scores: a cross-sectional study from Türkiye.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Parental Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices and Their Association with Dental Caries in Children Aged 5-9 Years: A Cross-Sectional Study in Rural Ecuador.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Socio-Educational Factors Associated With the Caries Index in Indigenous Amazonian Nationalities.Cureus · 2025Article
- The impact of food-based incentive behaviors on oral health among Saudi children: a cross-sectional study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Observational
- Oral health knowledge among primary school adolescents: A cross-sectional study from Maasai populated areas in Tanzania.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Oral health profiles in the population of older adults in Ecuador: An analysis of latent classes.PloS one · 2025Article
- Social and Preventive Factors That Explain Oral Health among Pregnant Women in the Canton of Cuenca, Ecuador.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Caries Experience in Preschoolers in Three Ecuadorian Communities.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Association Between Dental Caries, Dental Biofilm, and Body Mass Index in Indigenous Children from Two Regions of Ecuador: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community DentistryArticle
- Analysis of Determinants of Stunting and Identifications of Stunting Risk Profiles Among Under 2-Year-Old Children in Ethiopia. A Latent Class Analysis.Health services research and managerial epidemiologyArticle
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Abstract
The global nutrition transition has increased the prevalence of childhood dental caries. Greater understanding is needed of the impact of social determinants—including maternal education—on child oral health. This is a cross-sectional analysis of a convenience sample of families of 458 indigenous Ecuadorian children aged 6 months through 6 years from 2011−2013. Data was collected by mother interviews and child dental and anthropometric examinations. Multivariate logistic and Zero-Inflated-Poisson regression analyses assessed associations between years of maternal education and maternal-child oral health practices and child oral health outcomes. Each additional year of maternal education was significantly (p < 0.05) associated with some healthier practices including greater likelihood of mothers and children drinking milk daily (OR 1.20; 95% CI 1.08, 1.34); and less healthy practices including greater likelihood of bottle-feeding children with sugary liquids (OR 1.14; 95% CI 1.06, 1.22) and to older age, giving children sweets daily, calming children with a bottle or sweets, and less likelihood of helping brush their children’s teeth (OR 0.93; 95% CI 0.88, 0.98). Each year of maternal education had a small but statistically non-significant influence on increasing the odds of children being among those who are cavity-free (OR 1.03; 95% CI 0.92, 1.16). Interventions to improve health outcomes should focus not just on maternal education but also address social and commercial determinants of health through nutrition and oral health education, as well as policies to reduce sugar and ensure universal access to oral health care.
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