Title |
Common risk factor approach to address socioeconomic inequality in the oral health of preschool children – a prospective cohort study
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, May 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-14-429 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Loc G Do, Jane A Scott, W Murray Thomson, John W Stamm, Andrew J Rugg-Gunn, Steven M Levy, Ching Wong, Gemma Devenish, Diep H Ha, A John Spencer |
Abstract |
Dental caries remains the most prevalent chronic condition in children and a major contributor to poor general health. There is ample evidence of a skewed distribution of oral health, with a small proportion of children in the population bearing the majority of the burden of the disease. This minority group is comprised disproportionately of socioeconomically disadvantaged children. An in-depth longitudinal study is needed to better understand the determinants of child oral health, in order to support effective evidence-based policies and interventions in improving child oral health. The aim of the Study of Mothers' and Infants' Life Events Affecting Oral Health (SMILE) project is to identify and evaluate the relative importance and timing of critical factors that shape the oral health of young children and then to seek to evaluate those factors in their inter-relationship with socioeconomic influences. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 2 | 67% |
Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Scientists | 2 | 67% |
Members of the public | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
Colombia | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 184 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 32 | 17% |
Student > Bachelor | 22 | 12% |
Researcher | 13 | 7% |
Student > Postgraduate | 13 | 7% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 5% |
Other | 43 | 23% |
Unknown | 53 | 28% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 64 | 34% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 26 | 14% |
Social Sciences | 13 | 7% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 3% |
Psychology | 6 | 3% |
Other | 14 | 8% |
Unknown | 57 | 31% |