Effects of nutrition and hygiene education on oral health and growth among toddlers in rural Uganda:

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dc.contributor.authorMuhoozi, K. M. Grace
dc.contributor.authorAtukunda, Prudence
dc.contributor.authorSkaare, B. Anne
dc.contributor.authorWillumsen, Tiril
dc.contributor.authorDiep, My Lien
dc.contributor.authorWesterberg, C. Ane
dc.contributor.authorIversen, O. Per
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-03T20:08:19Z
dc.date.available2025-04-03T20:08:19Z
dc.date.issued2018-04
dc.descriptionArticle
dc.description.abstractObjective: To examine the effect of a nutrition and hygiene education intervention on oral health behaviour and whether early onset of caries was related to child growth in rural Uganda. Methods: Follow-up study of a cluster-randomised controlled trial conducted between October 2013 and January 2015. Data were available from 399 mother/child pairs (203 in the intervention and 198 in the control group) of the original trial (78%) when the children were 36 months old. Oral health behaviour was evaluated using questionnaires. Photographs of the maxillary anterior teeth were examined for unmistakably carious lesions, and 115 water samples from the study area were analysed for fluoride concentration. Results: The frequency of cleaning of the child’s teeth at 36 months was about twice as high in the intervention as in the control group (84.3% vs. 46.6%; P = 0.0001). Cavitated carious lesions occurred more frequently in the control than the intervention group (27.8% vs. 18.2%; P = 0.04). Extraction of ‘false teeth’ (ebiino), a painful and crude traditional operation, was profoundly reduced in the intervention group (8.9% vs. 24.7%; P = 0.001). There was no evidence of association between the occurrence of caries and child growth. Conclusions: The education intervention improved oral hygiene practices and reduced the development and progression of caries and extraction of ebiino. Early childhood caries was not clearly associated with child growth. Keywords: Children, nutrition education, oral hygiene, teeth, caries, Uganda
dc.identifier.citationMuhoozi, G. K., Atukunda, P., Skaare, A. B., Willumsen, T., Diep, L. M., Westerberg, A. C., & Iversen, P. O. (2018). Effects of nutrition and hygiene education on oral health and growth among toddlers in rural Uganda: follow‐up of a cluster‐randomised controlled trial. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 23(4), 391-404.
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/10358
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofseriesTropical Medicine and International Health ; volume 23 no 4 pp 391–404
dc.titleEffects of nutrition and hygiene education on oral health and growth among toddlers in rural Uganda:
dc.title.alternativefollow-up of a cluster-randomised controlled trial
dc.typeArticle
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