Association between maternal socioeconomic factors, decision‐making status, and dental utilization by children with early childhood caries in sub‐urban Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 288-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan ◽  
Micheal Alade ◽  
Abiola Adeniyi ◽  
Maha El Tantawi ◽  
Tracy L. Finlayson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Dental Utilization ◽  
Childhood Caries

scholarly journals Women’s Economic Empowerment, Participation In Decision-Making And Exposure To Violence As Risk Indicators For Early Childhood Caries 

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan ◽  
Maha El Tantawi ◽  
Ana Vukovic ◽  
Robert Schroth ◽  
Balgis Gaffar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Median Income ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Children’S Oral Health ◽  
Childhood Caries

Abstract Objectives In view of the association between early childhood caries [ECC] and maternal social risk factors, this study tried to determine if there were associations between indicators of processes, outputs and outcomes of women’s empowerment, and the prevalence of ECC.Methods This was an ecological study. Indicators measuring the explanatory variables - economic empowerment, decision-making and violence against women - were selected from the Integrated Results and Resources Framework of the UN-Women Strategic Plan 2018-2021 and WHO database. Indicators measuring the outcome variables - the prevalence of ECC for children aged 0 to 2 years, and 3 to 5 years - were extracted from a published literature. The general linear models used to determine the association between the outcome and explanatory variables were adjusted for economic level of countries. Regression estimates (B), 95% confidence intervals and partial eta squared (η 2 ) were calculated.Results Countries with more females living under 50% of median income had higher prevalence of ECC for 3 to 5-year olds (B= 1.82, 95% CI= 0.12, 3.52). Countries with higher percentage of women participating in their own health care decisions had higher prevalence of ECC for 0 to 2-year-olds (B= 0.85, 95% CI= 0.03, 1.67). Countries with higher percentage of women participating in decisions related to visiting family, relatives and friends had higher prevalence of ECC for 3 to 5-year-olds (B= 0.67, 95% CI= 0.03, 1.32). None of the indicators for violence against women was significantly associated with the prevalence of ECC.Conclusion Empowerment of women is a welcome social development that may have some negative impact on children’s oral health. Changes in policies and norms are needed to protect children’s oral health while empowering women.

scholarly journals Early childhood caries: Are maternal psychosocial factors, decision-making ability, and caries status risk indicators for children in a sub-urban Nigerian population?

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Alade ◽  
Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan ◽  
Maha El Tantawi ◽  
Ayodeji Babatunde Oginni ◽  
Abiola A. Adeniyi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Dental Anxiety ◽  
Executive Dysfunction ◽  
Risk Indicators ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Childhood Caries

Abstract Objective Early childhood caries (ECC) is caries in children below the age of 72 months. The aim of the study was to determine the association of maternal psychosocial factors (general anxiety, dental anxiety, sense of coherence, parenting stress, fatalism, social support, depressive symptoms, and executive dysfunction), decision-making abilities, education, income and caries status with the prevalence and severity of ECC among children resident in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Methods A dataset of 1549 mother–child (6–71-months-old) dyads collected through examinations and a household survey, using validated psychometric tools to measure the psychosocial factors, were analyzed. The DMFT for the mothers and the dmft for the child were determined. The association between maternal psychosocial factors, education, income, and decision-making ability, the prevalence of maternal caries, and the prevalence of ECC was determined using logistic regression analysis. Results The prevalence of maternal caries was 3.3%, and the mean (standard deviation-SD) DMFT was 0.10 (0.76). The ECC prevalence was 4.3%, and the mean (SD) dmft was 0.13 (0.92). There was no significant difference between the prevalence and severity of maternal caries and ECC by maternal age, education, income, or decision-making abilities. There was also no significant difference in maternal caries, ECC prevalence and ECC severity by maternal psychosocial factors. The only significant association was between the prevalence of caries in the mother and children: children whose mothers had caries were over six times more likely to have ECC than were children with mothers who had no caries (AOR: 6.67; 95% CI 3.23–13.79; p < 0.001). Conclusion The significant association between ECC and maternal caries prevalence suggests that prenatal oral health care for mothers may reduce the risk for ECC.

scholarly journals Women’s economic empowerment, participation in decision-making and exposure to violence as risk indicators for early childhood caries

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan ◽  
◽  
Maha El Tantawi ◽  
Ana Vukovic ◽  
Robert Schroth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Exposure To Violence ◽  
Risk Indicators ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Participation In Decision Making ◽  
Childhood Caries

scholarly journals Women’s Economic Empowerment, Participation in Decision-Making and Exposure to Violence as Risk Indicators for Early Childhood Caries

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan ◽  
Maha El Tantawi ◽  
Ana Vukovic ◽  
Robert Schroth ◽  
Balgis Gaffar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Median Income ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Children’S Oral Health ◽  
Childhood Caries

Abstract Objectives In view of the association between early childhood caries [ECC] and maternal social risk factors, this study tried to determine if there were associations between indicators of processes, outputs and outcomes of women’s empowerment, and the prevalence of ECC. Methods In this ecological study, indicators measuring the explanatory variables - economic empowerment, decision-making and violence against women - were selected from the Integrated Results and Resources Framework of the UN-Women Strategic Plan 2018-2021 and WHO database. Indicators measuring the outcome variables - the prevalence of ECC for children aged 0 to 2 years, and 3 to 5 years - were extracted from a published literature. The general linear models used to determine the association between the outcome and explanatory variables were adjusted for economic level of countries. Regression estimates (B), 95% confidence intervals and partial eta squared (η 2 ) were calculated. Results Countries with more females living under 50% of median income had higher prevalence of ECC for 3 to 5-year olds (B= 1.82, 95% CI= 0.12, 3.52). Countries with higher percentage of women participating in their own health care decisions had higher prevalence of ECC for 0 to 2-year-olds (B= 0.85, 95% CI= 0.03, 1.67). Countries with higher percentage of women participating in decisions related to visiting family, relatives and friends had higher prevalence of ECC for 3 to 5-year-olds (B= 0.67, 95% CI= 0.03, 1.32). None of the indicators for violence against women was significantly associated with the prevalence of ECC. Conclusion Empowerment of women is a welcome social development that may have some negative impact on children’s oral health. Changes in policies and norms are needed to protect children’s oral health while empowering women.

Prevention and Treatment of Early Childhood Caries (ECC)

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey .
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Missing Teeth ◽  
Optimal Basis ◽  
Major Health Problem ◽  
Major Health ◽  
Childhood Caries

Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is a chronic disease that can be prevented. It commonlyaffects children involving in one or more decayed (with lesions or not) teeth, missing teeth (dueto caries), or teeth with fillings in children aged under 71 months. The disease is sometimesoverlooked, but this condition usually affects the general health of children. Early detection ofEarly Childhood Caries (ECC) can prevent problems which are harmful to children. Therefore,the ECC must be prevented and for teeth that have had dental caries they should be givenproper treatment so as not to worsen and affect the quality of life in children. Prevention of thisdisease is a significant component in any health program to prepare for the optimal basis forthe oral health of children. This condition will become a serious health problem if not handledproperly, and it is a major health problem for health providers throughout the world.Primarypreventive must be initiated since a woman getting pregnant.Keywords: Early Childhood Caries (ECC), prevention, treatment

Promotion of Oral Health Care in Infants - A Preventive Strategy to Reduce the Burden of Early Childhood Caries

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
Subhathira Rajasekaran ◽  
Sham S Bhat ◽  
Vidya Bhat ◽  
Sundeep Hegde K ◽  
Neha Thilak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Oral Health Care ◽  
Preventive Strategy ◽  
Childhood Caries

Breastfeeding and early childhood caries: a critical review

2004 ◽  
Vol 80 (8) ◽  
pp. 199-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nilza M. E. Ribeiro ◽  
Manoel A. S. Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Childhood Caries

scholarly journals Mutans Streptococci counts from saliva and its protein profile in early childhood caries

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 222-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Endang W. Bachtiar ◽  
Ferry P. Gultom ◽  
Atika Rahmasari ◽  
Boy M. Bachtiar
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Protein Profile ◽  
Mutans Streptococci ◽  
Childhood Caries

scholarly journals Caesarean delivery and early childhood caries: Estimation with marginal structural models in Brazilian pre‐schoolers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorena Lúcia Costa Ladeira ◽  
Sarah Pereira Martins ◽  
Cayara Mattos Costa ◽  
Elizabeth Lima Costa ◽  
Rubenice Amaral da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Caesarean Delivery ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Structural Models ◽  
Marginal Structural Models ◽  
Childhood Caries
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