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Eur J Orthod
December 2024
Institute of Family Medicine, UKSH Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Luebeck, Germany.
Background: Orthodontic treatment is one of the longest and most common medical interventions in adolescence. There are certain inequalities in care leading to risk factors associated with higher rates of untreated tooth malocclusion, resulting in a significant burden on oral health. Little is known about that certain psychosocial and personal risk factors influence the uptake of orthodontic treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Int Soc Prev Community Dent
December 2024
Scientific Research Department, Research Group in Dental Sciences, School of Dentistry, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú.
Aim: This study aimed to identify factors associated with adolescents' knowledge, practices, and attitudes (KPA-OH) regarding oral health in the Rupa-Rupa district, a high jungle region of Peru.
Materials And Methods: An analytical study was conducted with a sample of 408 adolescents (aged 13-17 years) from seven public schools in the Rupa-Rupa district (elevation: 649 meters above sea level). The sample was stratified by sex, age, and school.
Sudan J Paediatr
January 2024
Department of Paediatrics, Hind Institute of Medical Sciences, Barabanki, India.
Menstruation is a normal physiological process in females, and a lack of knowledge and understanding about it can lead to unsafe hygienic practices. This study aimed to assess sociodemographic and menstrual factors that affect the knowledge, attitude and practices of menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls. This cross-sectional study was done among adolescent school girls in Eastern Uttar Pradesh for nine months using an interviewer-administered questionnaire.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Clin Pediatr Dent
December 2024
Department of Prosthodontics, Indira Gandhi Govt Dental College and Hospital, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Background: Pedodontists have a vital role in maintaining the overall health of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) by providing basic, preventive, comprehensive, and restorative dental care to such children. In doing so, Pedodontists face many challenges due to several environmental and nonenvironmental barriers.
Aim: The aim is to gain insight into the perceptions of Pedodontists in India on providing oral health care to CSHCN and the challenges they encounter in doing so.
Int J Bullying Prev
April 2023
INVEST Flagship Research Center/Department of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland.
We examined how often teachers' targeted interventions fail in stopping bullying and to what extent this varies between schools vs. between students involved. In addition, we investigated which student-level factors were associated with intervention failure.
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