Alex Sheen, Parth Shah, Tracy L. Finlayson, Patricia A. Braun, Nadia Laniado
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Abstract
Objective
The role of family relationships in oral health care management for children has received increasing attention as health systems and policy makers seek to improve outcomes and decrease disparities by addressing the social determinants of oral health. The aim of this study was to examine the association of positive parent–child interaction, represented by two age-specific objectives from Healthy People 2030, with oral health problems and unmet oral health needs in children ages 1–17 years in the U.S. from 2020 to 2021.
Methods
This cross-sectional, population-based study analyzed 83,977 children ages 1–17 years from the National Survey of Children's Health, 2020–2021. The exposure variable, parent–child interaction, and the two outcome variables, oral health problems and unmet oral health need, were measured using parent/caregiver survey responses. Weighted simple and multiple logistic regression analyses were performed. Final models were adjusted for demographic characteristics as well as parental, household, and neighborhood factors.
Results
Children from families who experience positive parent–child interaction had 25% lower odds of having any oral health problems (OR 0.75; 95% CI, 0.68–0.83) compared with children who did not experience positive parent–child interaction.
Conclusions
Experiencing positive parent–child interaction was associated with lower odds of children having any oral health problems. Future investigation to explore the specific mechanisms through which positive parent–child interaction is associated with children's oral health is warranted.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Public Health Dentistry is devoted to the advancement of public health dentistry through the exploration of related research, practice, and policy developments. Three main types of articles are published: original research articles that provide a significant contribution to knowledge in the breadth of dental public health, including oral epidemiology, dental health services, the behavioral sciences, and the public health practice areas of assessment, policy development, and assurance; methods articles that report the development and testing of new approaches to research design, data collection and analysis, or the delivery of public health services; and review articles that synthesize previous research in the discipline and provide guidance to others conducting research as well as to policy makers, managers, and other dental public health practitioners.