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<journal>
<title>Health Education and Health Promotion</title>
<title_fa>Health Education and Health Promotion</title_fa>
<short_title>Health Educ Health Promot</short_title>
<subject>Medical Sciences</subject>
<web_url>http://hehp.modares.ac.ir</web_url>
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<journal_id_issn>2588-5715</journal_id_issn>
<journal_id_issn_online>2345-2897</journal_id_issn_online>
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<language>en</language>
<pubdate>
	<type>jalali</type>
	<year>1392</year>
	<month>9</month>
	<day>1</day>
</pubdate>
<pubdate>
	<type>gregorian</type>
	<year>2013</year>
	<month>12</month>
	<day>1</day>
</pubdate>
<volume>1</volume>
<number>3</number>
<publish_type>online</publish_type>
<publish_edition>1</publish_edition>
<article_type>fulltext</article_type>
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	<article>


	<language>en</language>
	<article_id_doi></article_id_doi>
	<title_fa></title_fa>
	<title>Socio-Economic Statues and Oral Health Behaviours in a Sample of Iranian Students</title>
	<subject_fa></subject_fa>
	<subject></subject>
	<content_type_fa></content_type_fa>
	<content_type></content_type>
	<abstract_fa></abstract_fa>
	<abstract>Aim: Oral health is one of the most important parts of public health which significantly affects on quality of life. The purpose of this study is to assess the socio-economic statues as well as oral health behaviors among a sample of Iranian students studying in elementary level. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study which was conducted from April 2012 to November 2012. Data obtained from a face-to-face interviews with students studying in elementary schools of Chahbahar, Iran. Considering inclusion criteria, 300 eligible students were selected through a two - stage random cluster sampling. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics using SPSS version 11.5. Finding: Totally 300 students who studying in grade four or five of elementary schools took part in the study. The mean age of subjects was (11± 2.81). Of all students, 11/7% (n = 35) never brush their teeth, 18% (n=54) never floss and 20% (n= 62) never used mouth wash. Furthermore, 94 students (31%) of students had no dental visits regularly. As the results showed, there were significant relationship between lower parents’ educational level (P=0.02), not to access to dental caries services (P=0.04) and lower income (P=0.03) and reasons for not doing oral health behaviour. Conclusion: According the results of this study the students who were in lower socio economic levels, doing less dental healthy behaviors.</abstract>
	<keyword_fa></keyword_fa>
	<keyword>Oral healthy behavior,Socio-economic,Elementary students,Cross sectional study,Iran</keyword>
	<start_page>87</start_page>
	<end_page>96</end_page>
	<web_url>http://hehp.modares.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-5-1000-1998&amp;slc_lang=en&amp;sid=4</web_url>


<author_list>
	<author>
	<first_name>Fatemeh</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Mohammadkhah</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa>Fatemeh</first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa>Mohammadkhah</last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email></email>
	<code>100319475328460055062</code>
	<orcid>100319475328460055062</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>Department of Health Education &amp; Health Promotion, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa>Department of Health Education &amp; Health Promotion, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran</affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>Farkhondeh</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Amin Shokravi</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa>Farkhondeh</first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa>Amin Shokravi</last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email></email>
	<code>100319475328460055063</code>
	<orcid>100319475328460055063</orcid>
	<coreauthor>Yes
</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>Department of Health Education &amp; Health Promotion, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa>Department of Health Education &amp; Health Promotion, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran</affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>Soghrat</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Faghihzadeh</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa>Soghrat</first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa>Faghihzadeh</last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email></email>
	<code>100319475328460055061</code>
	<orcid>100319475328460055061</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>Department of Biotic Statistic &amp; Epidemiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa>Department of Biotic Statistic &amp; Epidemiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran</affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>Sedigheh Sadat</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Tavafian</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa>Sedigheh Sadat</first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa>Tavafian</last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email></email>
	<code>100319475328460055002</code>
	<orcid>100319475328460055002</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>Department of Health Education &amp; Health Promotion, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa>Department of Health Education &amp; Health Promotion, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran</affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>Arezoo</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Fallahi</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa>Arezoo</first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa>Fallahi</last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email></email>
	<code>100319475328460054833</code>
	<orcid>100319475328460054833</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>Department of Public Health, School of Health, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa>Department of Public Health, School of Health, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran</affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


</author_list>


	</article>
</articleset>
</journal>
