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- Title
Family-Centered Social Cognitive Factors Preventing Primary Tooth Caries in Children Based on Intervention Mapping Approach.
- Authors
Kabiri, Bahareh; Hidarnia, Ali Reza; Alavijeh, Mehdi Mirzaei; Motlagh, Mohammad Esmaeel; Montazeri, Ali
- Abstract
Background. Given the increasing prevalence of primary tooth caries in Iran and the importance of providing evidence- and theory-based family-centered prevention programs, the present study is aimed at determining the family-centered social cognitive factors preventing deciduous tooth caries among children using the intervention mapping protocol. Methods. This cross-sectional study was performed on 240 Iranian mothers in Ilam who were randomly selected to participate in the study. The data were collected using a self-designed questionnaire including items on demographic information and social cognitive constructs (knowledge, attitude, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, practice guidance, perceived self-efficacy, behavior intention, subjective norms, and social norms). The questionnaire was completed by mothers, and the data were analyzed by performing one-way analysis of variance and linear regression. Results. The results obtained from linear regression analysis showed that perceived self-efficacy (B = 0.295 , p < 0.001), perceived barriers (B = 0.084 , p < 0.028), practice guidance (B = 0.774 , p < 0.001), and social norms (B = 0.137 , p < 0.020) accounted for 71% of the behavioral intention variance and were the most important predictors for preventing primary tooth caries among children. Conclusion. The findings suggest that perceived self-efficacy, perceived barriers, practice guidance, and social norms are essential for developing family-centered programs to prevent primary tooth caries in children.
- Subjects
IRAN; CAVITY prevention; MOTHERS; COUNSELING; ATTITUDES of mothers; FAMILY medicine; CROSS-sectional method; ONE-way analysis of variance; COGNITION; SOCIAL factors; REGRESSION analysis; SELF-efficacy; HEALTH literacy; SEVERITY of illness index; QUESTIONNAIRES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; STATISTICAL sampling; CHILDREN
- Publication
BioMed Research International, 2021, p1
- ISSN
2314-6133
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2021/6626090