Dietary Recommendations for Infants and Toddlers among Pediatric Dentists in North Carolina
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Sim, Chien Joo
- Affiliation: School of Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry
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- The purpose of the study was to describe practice patterns, knowledge, and attitudes of pediatric dentists in North Carolina (NC) in delivering dietary recommendations for infants and toddlers and to identify barriers that limit the implementation of related recommendations. Our survey instrument included 30 questions covering eight domains of barriers to guideline adherence. We mailed surveys to 150 practicing pediatric dentists. We performed descriptive and bivariate analyses. Exploratory factor analysis was used to identify subscales and inform multivariable model. The response rate was 58% (87/150), 80% of whom reported providing infant/toddler feeding recommendations routinely. Knowledge of and agreement with the recommendation regarding breastfeeding duration was lower than bottle-feeding recommendations (50% vs. >90% respectively). Stepwise logistic regression analysis indicated that as disagreement with AAP and AAPD recommendations on bottle and juice consumption and practice constraints increased, survey respondents were 4 and 30 times more likely not to provide dietary recommendations regularly to infants and toddlers respectively. The majority of pediatric dentists in NC routinely provide dietary recommendations to infants and toddlers; however, there are gaps in practitioners' knowledge, attitudes, and practice behaviors relative to several aspects of infant/toddler dietary recommendations.
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- May 2013
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- Iida, Hiroko
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- Master of Science
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- 2013
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