dc.contributor.author | Kalaajieh, W.K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Rima, A.c. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-17T10:54:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-17T10:54:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2000 | EN |
dc.identifier.issn | 1020-3397 | EN |
dc.identifier.other | http://applications.emro.who.int/emhj/0605_6/EMHJ_2000_6_5-6_987_992.pdf | EN |
dc.identifier.uri | https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/118956 | |
dc.description | 987-992 | EN |
dc.description.abstract | We conducted a study of the state of oral health among 600 twelve-year-old schoolchildren in North Lebanon. We assessed the range of behaviours linked to dental health: dental hygiene, eating habits, use of fluoride and use of dental health services. Half of the students brushed their teeth at least once a day. For 74% of the children, it was mainly their mothers who taught them how to brush their teeth. Toothbrushes and toothpaste were used by 75% of the children. About 82% had heard of fluoride but only 58% understood its usefulness. Four out of five children drank sugared drinks on a daily basis and 83% said that they had never been to the dentist. The information can serve as a basis for the development and implementation of health promotion and education programmes for oral health within schools | EN |
dc.language.iso | fr | EN |
dc.subject | Schools | EN |
dc.subject | Students | EN |
dc.subject | Oral Hygiene | EN |
dc.subject | Food Habits | EN |
dc.subject | Dental Health Services | EN |
dc.subject | Fluorides | EN |
dc.subject.mesh | Oral Health | EN |
dc.title | [Oral health behaviour among schoolchildren in north Lebanon] | EN |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | EMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 6 (5-6), 987-992, 2000 | |