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Conference Paper: School neighbourhood environment and dental caries among Hong Kong schoolchildren

TitleSchool neighbourhood environment and dental caries among Hong Kong schoolchildren
Authors
KeywordsAdolescence
Caries and Epidemiology
Issue Date2013
PublisherSage Publications, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal201925
Citation
The 2nd Meeting of the International Association of Dental Research - Asia Pacific Region (IADR-APR), Bangkok, Thailand, 21-23 August 2013. In Journal of Dental Research, 2013, v. 92 n. Special Issue B: abstract no. 431 How to Cite?
AbstractObjective: The study aimed to investigate the relationships between dental caries experience and school neighbourhood environment. Methods: Forty-five schools were randomly selected from 18 districts in Hong Kong. Within each school all Form 1 and Form 2 (equivalent to US Grades 6 and 7) students born during April 1st to May 31st, 1997 were invited to participate in the study. Oral health assessment included a dental caries assessment by way of counting the number of decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT) according to the methods and criteria recommended by the WHO. School neighbourhood environment was determined by the number of individual convenient store and the number of fast food restaurants within 5-minute walking distance from each school address. In addition, Social Deprivation Index (SDI) of each school address was determined. Logistic regression analyses were performed to determine the relationship between dental caries experience and school neighbourhood environment. Results: Of the 668 student that were recruited in the survey, 205 (30.7%) student had dental caries experience (DMFT > 0); 96 (14.4%) had ‘high’ caries experience (DMFT > SiC Index); 42 (6.3%) had ‘very high’ caries experience (DMFT > SiC10 Index). The mean (SD) of number of convenient store, the number of fast food restaurant, and SDI of 45 schools was 6.1 (4.3), 2.9 (2.3), and 0.13 (0.01), respectively. No significant association between dental caries experience and school neighbourhood environment was observed (p> 0.05). Conclusion: School neighbourhood environment is not associated with dental caries experience among a population-based sample of 12-year-old students in Hong Kong.
DescriptionConference Theme: We are the Future
Poster Presentation
Session 22: P2
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/192585
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 5.7
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.909

 

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dc.contributor.authorChu, WHen_US
dc.contributor.authorPeng, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorWong, HMen_US
dc.contributor.authorMcGrath, CPJen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-18T05:06:51Z-
dc.date.available2013-11-18T05:06:51Z-
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.identifier.citationThe 2nd Meeting of the International Association of Dental Research - Asia Pacific Region (IADR-APR), Bangkok, Thailand, 21-23 August 2013. In Journal of Dental Research, 2013, v. 92 n. Special Issue B: abstract no. 431en_US
dc.identifier.issn0022-0345-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/192585-
dc.descriptionConference Theme: We are the Future-
dc.descriptionPoster Presentation-
dc.descriptionSession 22: P2-
dc.description.abstractObjective: The study aimed to investigate the relationships between dental caries experience and school neighbourhood environment. Methods: Forty-five schools were randomly selected from 18 districts in Hong Kong. Within each school all Form 1 and Form 2 (equivalent to US Grades 6 and 7) students born during April 1st to May 31st, 1997 were invited to participate in the study. Oral health assessment included a dental caries assessment by way of counting the number of decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT) according to the methods and criteria recommended by the WHO. School neighbourhood environment was determined by the number of individual convenient store and the number of fast food restaurants within 5-minute walking distance from each school address. In addition, Social Deprivation Index (SDI) of each school address was determined. Logistic regression analyses were performed to determine the relationship between dental caries experience and school neighbourhood environment. Results: Of the 668 student that were recruited in the survey, 205 (30.7%) student had dental caries experience (DMFT > 0); 96 (14.4%) had ‘high’ caries experience (DMFT > SiC Index); 42 (6.3%) had ‘very high’ caries experience (DMFT > SiC10 Index). The mean (SD) of number of convenient store, the number of fast food restaurant, and SDI of 45 schools was 6.1 (4.3), 2.9 (2.3), and 0.13 (0.01), respectively. No significant association between dental caries experience and school neighbourhood environment was observed (p> 0.05). Conclusion: School neighbourhood environment is not associated with dental caries experience among a population-based sample of 12-year-old students in Hong Kong.-
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherSage Publications, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal201925-
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Dental Researchen_US
dc.rightsJournal of Dental Research. Copyright © Sage Publications, Inc.-
dc.subjectAdolescence-
dc.subjectCaries and Epidemiology-
dc.titleSchool neighbourhood environment and dental caries among Hong Kong schoolchildrenen_US
dc.typeConference_Paperen_US
dc.identifier.emailWong, HM: wonghmg@hkucc.hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailMcGrath, CPJ: mcgrathc@hkucc.hku.hken_US
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dc.identifier.volume92en_US
dc.identifier.issueSpecial Issue B: abstract no. 431en_US
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dc.identifier.issnl0022-0345-

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