Determination of the mothers' practice about orodental health of their children up to six years old

Mahin Naderifar; Fereshteh Ghaljaei; Majid Reza  Akbarizadeh

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Determination of the mothers' practice about orodental health of their children up to six years old

Author(s):

Mahin Naderifar^1,*,

Fereshteh Ghaljaei¹,

Majid Reza Akbarizadeh²

1Instructor of Pediatrics Nursing, Research Center for Children and Adolescent's Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Zahedan, Iran.

2Resident of Pediatrics Diseases, Shahid Beheshty University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran.

Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 12, issue 4; e94289

Published online:Sep 26, 2010

Article type:Research Article

Received:Sep 27, 2009

Accepted:Jun 24, 2010

How to Cite:Mahin NaderifarFereshteh GhaljaeiMajid Reza AkbarizadehDetermination of the mothers' practice about orodental health of their children up to six years old.Zahedan J Res Med Sci.12(4):e94289.

Abstract

Background: Healthy community is strictly dependent on having healthy children. Orodental care must begin from childhood. This study was designed to determine the mothers´ practice of mothers´ of orodental health of their 1-6 years old children.

Materials and Method: This was a cross-sectional study in which data was gathered using questionnaire and interview. Five hundreds mothers of 1-6 years old children,selected by random sampling method, took part in the study.

Results: Results proved 30.2% of mothers to be inefficent and 69.8% to be medium, but noefficent practice was absereved. There was no direct relation between practice with age, education and mothers jobs, economic status and place of residence (p=0.001).

Conclusion: Findings showed that none of the mothers had efficient practice. This involves a broad planning and demonstrating the outcome of inefficient practice, by means media and special programs by health centers for all mothers with different ages and jobs.

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