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Published on in Vol 9 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/89204, first published .
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Use of WhatsApp in Children’s Oral Health Education Among Mothers in a Maternal and Child Cohort: Qualitative Content Analysis

Use of WhatsApp in Children’s Oral Health Education Among Mothers in a Maternal and Child Cohort: Qualitative Content Analysis

Natália Gardin Varano   1 , DDS ;   Ruann Oswaldo Carvalho da Silva   1 , MSc, PhD ;   Julia Schlichting Azevedo   1 , DDS ;   Juliana Schaia Rocha   1 , MSc, PhD ;   Luciana Reis Azevedo Alanis   1 , MsC, PhD ;   Deborah Carvalho   2 , MSc, PhD ;   Renata Iani Werneck   1 , MSc, PhD

1 School of Medicine and Life Sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

2 Graduate Program in Information Management, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Corresponding Author:

  • Renata Iani Werneck, MSc, PhD
  • School of Medicine and Life Sciences
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná
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