Oral Health Knowledge, Attitude And Practices Of Indian Tribal Children.

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dc.contributor.authorPathak, Rajal S.
dc.contributor.authorHegde, Sapna
dc.contributor.authorMendiratta, Amit
dc.contributor.authorBolar, Dinesh Rao
dc.contributor.authorPandya, Dhara J
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-27T06:19:28Z
dc.date.available2016-12-27T06:19:28Z
dc.date.issued2016-09
dc.description.abstractBackground: The present study aimed to assess the oral health knowledge, attitude and practices of tribal schoolchildren of Gujarat, India. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a total of 693 tribal schoolchildren were surveyed using a self-administered, structured questionnaire. Children were grouped by age into 3 groups - 1 (3-5 years), 2 (6-9 years) and 3 (10-13 years). Analysis of Variance, Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation and linear regression analysis were used to assess the relationship between oral health knowledge-attitude (KA) scores and practice (P). Results: KA and P scores were highest for Group 2, followed by Group 3. The differences between scores of Groups 1 and 2, and Groups 1 and 3 were of statistical significance (P < 0.05). Pearson correlations between KA and P scores of study population and each study groups were positive indicating P increased with increase in KA. Linear relationship is seen between KA and P, indicating that oral health knowledge and attitude is a significant variable to predict oral health practices (P < 0.001). Conclusions: The study concluded that there were deficiencies in the tribal children’s knowledge and attitude towards oral health and oral health practices. However, all knowledge was not always converted into practice. [Rajal P NJIRM 2016; 7(5):64-68]en_US
dc.identifier.citationPathak Rajal S., Hegde Sapna, Mendiratta Amit , Bolar Dinesh Rao, Pandya Dhara J. Oral Health Knowledge, Attitude And Practices Of Indian Tribal Children. National Journal of Integrated Research in Medicine. 2016 Sept-Oct; 7(5): 64-68.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2230-9969
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/180510
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.scopemed.org/?mno=248099en_US
dc.subjecttribal childrenen_US
dc.subjectoral healthen_US
dc.subjectknowledge and attitudeen_US
dc.subjectoral health practiceen_US
dc.titleOral Health Knowledge, Attitude And Practices Of Indian Tribal Children.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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