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Fujiwara, Takeo
Iwase, Toshihide
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Kawachi, Ichiro
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Abstract | Little is known about the association between social capital and child behaviors. This study aims to investigate that association. A complete population-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted for all the caregivers with preschool children in a rural town in Okayama prefecture in Japan. Two dimensions
of individual-level social capital and unhealthy child behaviors were reported by parent-administered
questionnaire. We analyzed 354 preschool children (57.6% of all children for whom questionnaires
were completed). Children whose main caregiver had high cognitive social capital were 89% less likely to miss breakfast (odds ratio [OR]=0.11;95% confidence interval [CI]:0.01-1.03). Children whose caregiver had high structural social capital were 71% less likely to wake up late (OR=0.29;95% CI:0.12-0.71) and 78% less likely to skip tooth brushing more than once per day (OR=0.22;95% CI:0.05-0.93). Both cognitive and structural social capital were negatively associated with unhealthy child behaviors. A further intervention study is needed to confirm the impact of social capital
on child behavior.
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Keywords | tooth brushing
child health
social capital
skipping breakfast
watching TV
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Amo Type | Original Article
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Publication Title |
Acta Medica Okayama
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Published Date | 2012-08
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Volume | volume66
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Issue | issue4
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Publisher | Okayama University Medical School
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Start Page | 343
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End Page | 350
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ISSN | 0386-300X
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NCID | AA00508441
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Journal Article
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English
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Copyright Holders | CopyrightⒸ 2012 by Okayama University Medical School
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File Version | publisher
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True
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