Oral health-related behaviours do not mediate the effect of maternal education on adolescents' gingival bleeding: A birth cohort study

Oral health-related behaviours do not mediate the effect of maternal education on adolescents' gingival bleeding: A birth cohort study

Objectives: To test whether maternal education has a direct effect on gingival bleeding in adolescents aged 12 and to assess whether oral health behaviours over time mediate that association. Methods: Two oral health studies nested in the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort study were carried out in...

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Main Authors: Demarco, F.F (Author), Menezes, A.B (Author), Nascimento, G.G (Author), Peres, K.G (Author), Peres, M.A (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Munksgaard 2018
Subjects:
adolescent
Adolescent
Brazil
child
Child
cohort studies
educational status
Educational Status
epidemiology
female
Female
gingiva bleeding
gingival bleeding
Gingival Hemorrhage
health
health behavior
Health Behavior
human
Humans
life course
male
Male
marginal structural modelling
mediation analysis
mother
Mothers
oral behaviours
Oral Health
oral heath inequalities
path analysis
tooth brushing
Toothbrushing
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