Dental health education through home visits to mothers with young children
- 1 April 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
- Vol. 11 (2) , 98-101
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0528.1983.tb01363.x
Abstract
In the course of a recent experiment a group of 314 mothers with very young children were visited at home by a dental health educator on 3 occasions. Mothers were given advice about dental health for their children and were offered a free supply of fluoride drops. Results drawn from questionnaires completed at each home visit suggested that dental health education given in this way was able to influence maternal attitudes and behavior. Virtually all mothers accepted the offer of fluoride drops for their children and, after 14-16 mo., 65% of the group were still using the supplements.Keywords
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