Browsing by Author "Onyejaka, Nneka Kate"

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    Governance, maternal well-being and early childhood caries in 3-5-year-old children.
    (BMC Oral Health., 2020-06-05T00:00:00Z) Folayan, Morenike Oluwatoyin; El Tantawi, Maha; Vukovic, Ana; Schroth, Robert J; Alade, Micheal; Mohebbi, Simin Z; Al-Batayneh, Ola B; Arheiam, Arheiam; Amalia, Rosa; Gaffar, Balgis; Onyejaka, Nneka Kate; Daryanavard, Hamideh; Kemoli, Arthur; Díaz, Aída Carolina Medina; Grewal, Navneet
    This study assessed the direct, indirect and total effect of distal - political - risk indicators (affecting populations), and proximal risk indicators (affecting women) on the global prevalence of early childhood caries (ECC) in 3-5 year old children.
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    Habit-breaking methods employed by mothers of children with nonnutritive sucking habits resident in suburban Nigeria.
    (Wolters Kluwer - Medknow, 2018) Onyejaka, Nneka Kate; Kolawole, Kikelomo Adebanke; Folayan, Morenike Oluwatoyin; Oziegbe, Elizabeth Obhioneh; Chukwumah, Nneka Maureen; Oyedele, Titus Ayodeji; Agbaje, Hakeem Olatunde; Oshomoji, Olusegun Victor
    Parents are often concerned about their children's nonnutritive sucking (NNS) habits and may institute mechanisms to try to break them.
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    Social predictors of oral hygiene status in school children from suburban Nigeria.
    (PubMed, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z) Oyedele, Titus Ayodeje; Folayan, Morenike Oluwatoyin; Chukwumah, Nneka Maureen; Onyejaka, Nneka Kate
    Oral hygiene, which is measured by the status of plaque-free tooth surfaces, is essential for the promotion of oral health. This study aimed to determine the social predictors of good oral hygiene for children in a suburban population in Nigeria. This was a secondary analysis of data. The study participants were 8- to 16-year-old children who were residents in Ile-Ife, which is a suburban population in Nigeria. Information on the age, gender, socioeconomic status, family structure, number of siblings and birth rank of each study participant was retrieved from the an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Oral hygiene status was determined through a simplified-oral hygiene index (OHI-S) and categorized as good, fair and poor. The association between oral hygiene status and sociodemographic variables was determined. The predictors of good oral hygiene were determined using a binomial regression analysis. Data on 2,107 individuals were retrieved, of which 44.8% had good oral hygiene and 17.1% had poor oral hygiene. The odds of having good oral hygiene were reduced for children who were 13 to 16 years old (p = 0.02) or male (P=0.002) and children with low socioeconomic status (p ≤ 0.001). The odds of having good oral hygiene increased for children who were last-born compared with those who were first-born (p = 0.02). Age, gender, socioeconomic status and birth-rank were significant social predictive factors of oral hygiene status among the study population. Based on these findings, targeted interventions can be conducted to improve the oral hygiene status of children and adolescents with these social profiles.