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Conference Paper: Oral health literacy- Implications for Hong Kong's Children
Title | Oral health literacy- Implications for Hong Kong's Children |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Behavioral science Children Epidemiology and Health services research |
Issue Date | 2013 |
Publisher | Sage Publications, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal201925 |
Citation | The 91st General Session & Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), Seattle, WA., 20-23 March 2013. In Journal of Dental Research, 2013, v. 92 n. Special Issue A: abstract no. 1998 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Objectives:
To describe the relationship between caregivers’ oral health literacy and the oral health status of pre-school children in Hong Kong.
Methods:
A random sample of three hundred and one child/caregiver dyads (average child age: 5 yrs) was recruited from kindergartens in Hong Kong Island. Two locally-developed and validated oral health literacy assessment tasks: HKREALD-30 (Hong Kong Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry-30) and HKOHLAT (Hong Kong Oral Health Literacy Assessment Task) were administered to caregivers to assess their oral health literacy levels. The children’s oral health status [dental caries experience- dmft and oral hygiene status- Visible Plaque Index (VPI)] were simultaneously assessed.
Results:
The results showed that the caregivers’ HKOHLAT had a stronger association with children’s dmft: Odds ratio: 0.47, 95% CI: 0.26-0.86 (p<0.05) than HKREALD-30: Odds ratio: 0.92, 95% CI: 0.85-0.99 (p<0.05). HKOHLAT was also associated with VPI: Odds ratio: 0.42, 95% CI: 0.22-0.79 (p<0.01), but there was no association between HKREALD-30 and VPI.
Conclusions:
The caregivers’ oral health literacy was associated with pre-school children’s oral health status in Hong Kong. HKOHLAT had a stronger association with dmft and VPI than HKREALD-30.
Student Presenter This abstract is based on research that was funded entirely or partially by an outside source: Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (Ref: 760009). |
Description | Poster Presentation Session 255: Oral Health Literacy and Psychosocial Factors |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/183211 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 5.7 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.909 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Bridges, SM | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | McGrath, CPJ | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, HM | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Yiu, CKY | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Au, TKF | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Parthasarathy, SD | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-15T01:48:16Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-15T01:48:16Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | The 91st General Session & Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), Seattle, WA., 20-23 March 2013. In Journal of Dental Research, 2013, v. 92 n. Special Issue A: abstract no. 1998 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-0345 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/183211 | - |
dc.description | Poster Presentation | - |
dc.description | Session 255: Oral Health Literacy and Psychosocial Factors | - |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: To describe the relationship between caregivers’ oral health literacy and the oral health status of pre-school children in Hong Kong. Methods: A random sample of three hundred and one child/caregiver dyads (average child age: 5 yrs) was recruited from kindergartens in Hong Kong Island. Two locally-developed and validated oral health literacy assessment tasks: HKREALD-30 (Hong Kong Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry-30) and HKOHLAT (Hong Kong Oral Health Literacy Assessment Task) were administered to caregivers to assess their oral health literacy levels. The children’s oral health status [dental caries experience- dmft and oral hygiene status- Visible Plaque Index (VPI)] were simultaneously assessed. Results: The results showed that the caregivers’ HKOHLAT had a stronger association with children’s dmft: Odds ratio: 0.47, 95% CI: 0.26-0.86 (p<0.05) than HKREALD-30: Odds ratio: 0.92, 95% CI: 0.85-0.99 (p<0.05). HKOHLAT was also associated with VPI: Odds ratio: 0.42, 95% CI: 0.22-0.79 (p<0.01), but there was no association between HKREALD-30 and VPI. Conclusions: The caregivers’ oral health literacy was associated with pre-school children’s oral health status in Hong Kong. HKOHLAT had a stronger association with dmft and VPI than HKREALD-30. Student Presenter This abstract is based on research that was funded entirely or partially by an outside source: Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (Ref: 760009). | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal201925 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Dental Research | en_US |
dc.rights | Journal of Dental Research. Copyright © Sage Publications, Inc. | - |
dc.subject | Behavioral science | - |
dc.subject | Children | - |
dc.subject | Epidemiology and Health services research | - |
dc.title | Oral health literacy- Implications for Hong Kong's Children | en_US |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Bridges, SM: sbridges@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | McGrath, CPJ: mcgrathc@hkucc.hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Wong, HM: wonghmg@hkucc.hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Yiu, CKY: ckyyiu@hkucc.hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Au, TKF: terryau@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Bridges, SM=rp00048 | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | McGrath, CPJ=rp00037 | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Wong, HM=rp00042 | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Yiu, CKY=rp00018 | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Au, TKF=rp00580 | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 214389 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 92 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | Special Issue A: abstract no. 1998 | en_US |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0022-0345 | - |