Knowledge, attitude and practice of oral health promoting factors among caretakers of children attending day-care centers in Kubang Kerian, Malaysia: A preliminary study

Mani, Shani Ann; Aziz, Azlan Abdul; John, Jacob; Ismail, Noor Huda

doi:10.4103/0970-4388.66741

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“…Only twelve percent of the surveyed population knew that ECC is actually an infectious disease, which could be transmitted via cavity-causing bacteria from caregivers to children. These results are similar to that of Mani et al who noted that only 15% of the surveyed participants were familiar with the role of bacteria in caries etiology (19); the other studies found somewhat higher percentages: from 33% to 46% (19,35). It is obvious that concepts of vertical and horizontal bacterial transmission are not properly addressed within formal education about oral health.…”

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confidence: 74%

“…These factors have been identified in numerous studies as very influential to caries risk and severity of the disease; unfortunately, the level of mothers's knowledge about them was frequently low (they were not aware of the hidden sugars in breast milk) (19,35,43).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The presence of a dentist's office in educational institutions has a positive impact on children's oral health condition but the role of preschool facilities staff is also very important. It has been observed that if they are educated and efficient, they have consequential role in cavity prevention (19).…”

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Measuring Potential of Preschool Facility Staff to Prevent Early Childhood Caries

Jaksic-Gvozdic¹,

Janković²,

Pajović³

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Acta Facultatis Medicae Naissensis

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The aim of this study was to investigate the possible potential of preschool staff through a newly designed questionnaire and evaluate their role in the prevention of early childhood caries (EEC) in Serbia where extremely high prevalence of this preventable disease was recorded.We preformed a cross-sectional study of 268 preschool staff using specially prepared semistructured questionnaire for measuring potential of secondary children's caregivers to prevent EEC. The questionnaire was tested on a pilot sample and after that all collected data were analyzed trough construction of correlation matrix with the evaluation of the value of each question, reliability testing, factorial analysis and estimating of its validity using SPSS software.The tested questionnaire had good internal consistency based on the Cronbach's alpha coefficient value of 0.873 calculated directly and similar value (0.899) after applied Spearman-Brown "prediction" formula. Using exploratory factorial analysis and orthogonal rotation, we identified two domains that emerged with similar loadings (4.043 and 3.183). The first factor (domain) reflected attitudes of the study participants towards prevention of EEC, and the second factor (domain) showed behaviour of the study participants, which includes preventive actions against EEC.The total score of the questionnaire was correlated positively with oral health knowledge (Spearman's correlation coefficient 0.331, p=000) and inversely with the length of employment, where each additional year of employment decreased the total score of the questionnaire by 1.20. These findings could partially explain an extremely high prevalence of EEC in young children and indicate that preschool teachers should be more engaged in health education activities and motivation programs.

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Measuring Potential of Preschool Facility Staff to Prevent Early Childhood Caries

Jaksic-Gvozdic¹,

Janković²,

Pajović³

et al. 2016

Acta Facultatis Medicae Naissensis

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“…In this study about 39.8% of parents started semisolid food at the age of 6-9 months whereas only 11.8% of parents started semisolid food by the age of 1 yr. Where as in a study conducted by Mani (Mani SA et al .2010) et al in (2010) in Malaysia about 64.7 % of parents started the semisolid food only by the age of 1 year which is comparatively higher than this study. The early age of introduction of semisolid food increases the rate of prevalence of ECC, so the parents should be instructed to strictly follow the oral hygiene practices.…”

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“…In another study conducted by Orawan et al in (Suwansingha O et al2014) Thailand the prevalence was 46.3% which was higher than our study. Similarly in a study conducted by Mani (Mani SA et al .2010) et al in 2010 in Malaysia it was revealed that about 42% of parents gave plane water after each feeding. Most of the parents were not aware of importance of feeding with water after feeding milk as the remnants from milk present on the tooth surface can cause demineralisation of the enamel, which later leads to frank cavitation.…”

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Feeding practices and prevalence of early childhood caries among preschool children in urban and rural areas of Kannur district

Sreedharan

Chandru

2016

IJDR

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Background: Early childhood caries (ECC) is one of the most prevalent chronic conditions among children. Lack of proper Parental knowledge regarding feeding practices will have a deleterious effect on child oral health. Objective: The purpose of the study was to assess the prevalence of ECC and parental knowledge regarding feeding practices in young children. Methods: 500 preschool children aged between 36-60 months, were selected from twenty schools. The children's were examined at the respective schools to determine the presence or absence of caries by using WHO criteria .A structured questionnaire was provided to 500 parents of the respective school children examined to assess their knowledge regarding feeding practices and oral hygiene measures in preschool children for prevention of ECC Result: The results of the children examined and the parent surveyed were tabulated and statistically analyzed by using chi-square test. The result showed that the prevalence rate of ECC among 500 children surveyed were about 56.3%.The knowledge regarding the feeding practices and oral hygiene measures overall was found to be 56.5% Conclusion: The prevalence of ECC was relatively high among the preschool children. The feeding practices and oral hygiene measures among parents was more off supporting the promotion of ECC. More emphasis should be given regarding introduction of oral hygiene practice from the first year of child's life and also to conduct public awareness programme to achieve optimum oral health care in children.

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of oral health promoting factors among caretakers of children attending day-care centers in Kubang Kerian, Malaysia: A preliminary study

Abstract: Implementation of nursery-based oral health promotion programs for secondary caretakers is needed to counteract early childhood caries.

Cited by 49 publications

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Measuring Potential of Preschool Facility Staff to Prevent Early Childhood Caries

Measuring Potential of Preschool Facility Staff to Prevent Early Childhood Caries

Feeding practices and prevalence of early childhood caries among preschool children in urban and rural areas of Kannur district

Children's toothbrush contamination in day-care centers: how to solve this problem?

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