Effects of time and socio?economic status on the determinants of oral health?related behaviours of parents of preschool children

This study aimed to assess the changes, over time, in the determinants of parental oral health?related behaviour based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour and to investigate socio?economic inequalities. The cohort consisted of the parents – mainly the mothers – of 1,057 children born in 2003 and 2004 in Flanders (Belgium). According to the Theory of Planned Behaviour, validated questionnaires, completed at children’s birth and at age 3 and 5?yr, assessed parental attitudes, social norms, perceived behavioural control, and intention towards three behaviours: dietary habits, oral hygiene habits, and dental attendance. Linear mixed?model analyses were applied. Positive parental attitudes towards oral health?related behaviours increased between birth and 3?yr of age, whereas t…
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