The evaluation of awareness and function of 6-7-years-old children parents of childhood caries and the preventive procedure in parents in ilam in 2018

  Aim &abjects :Health education is one of the most important factor in the prevention of dental caries and parents have an important role in the oral health of their children. Their information can establish appropriate health behaviors in their children. This study aims to evaluate the awareness and performance of parents in the field of health. And oral health of 6-7 year old children in Ilam city in 1398. Materials and methods:This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on 100 parents of 6-7 year old children in Ilam who was selected by multi-stage cluster sampling. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire which validity and reliability were confirmed. The questionnaire consisted of three parts: the first part of demographic information , the second part consisted of 23 awareness assessment questions and the third part consisted of 9 performance assessment questions. SPSS 24 statistical software were analyzed using t-test and Pearson correlation coefficient at a significance level of P = 0.05 Results :In this study , the mean performance score of mothers was 7.77 ±2.52 and the mean performance score of fathers was 6.64± 2.55.The mean score of fathers chr('39')awareness was 27.3 ± 4.41 and the mean score of motherschr('39') awareness was 29.68 ±2.55. There was a statistically significant relationship between the mean score of parentschr('39') knowledge ( P=0.05) . A statistically significant relationship was observed between the level of knowledge and performance  of education  fathers with the level of knowledge and performance  of education  mothers.( P=0.05). Conclusions:The results of this study showed that in general the level of parental awareness about oral health of children aged 6-7 years is appropriate but their performance in this area is poor.