Open AccessOral health status of schoolchildren living in remote rural Andean communities: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Dave A. Bergeron,
Lise R. Talbot,
Isabelle Gaboury
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/jispcd.jispcd_438_19
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , confidence interval , psychological intervention , cross sectional study , environmental health , rural area , oral health , rural health , demography , dentistry , nursing , surgery , pathology , sociology
Oral health promotion (OHP) was introduced in Peruvian primary schools in 2013, and no evaluation has been undertaken in rural areas since then. To measure OHP outcomes, this cross-sectional study aimed to assess the oral health (OH) status of schoolchildren living in a remote rural area of the Cusco region.