1. Oral health literacy in mothers of children with microcephaly
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Tereza Maria Alcântara Neves, Marcia Regina Soares Cruz, Giselle Rodrigues de Sant’Anna Neves, José Carlos Pettorossi Imparato, Emanuelle Paiva de Vasconcelos Dantas, Weslany de Oliveira Dantas, Maria Nauside Pessoa da Silva, Victor Cavallaro Bottesini, and Danilo Antonio Duarte
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child ,health literacy ,microcephaly ,oral health ,Dentistry ,RK1-715 - Abstract
Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the level of knowledge and literacy in oral health of mothers of children with microcephaly. Methods: It was used a sample consisting of 74 mothers of children with microcephaly, under multiprofessional monitoring at the rehabilitation center for special patients at the Microcephaly Clinic of CEIR. A validated questionnaire was used to assess the mothers’ degree of knowledge about oral health and the BREALD-30 to assess the level of oral health literacy. Results: It was observed that most mothers (63.5%) studied between 8 and 11 years old. In most interviewees, family income was 1 minimum wage. There was a significant difference in the association between the level of literacy in oral health and family income (p
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- 2022
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