| KAP | Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices |
| D | Psychosocial dimension |
| K | Oral Health Knowledge |
| P | Oral Health Practices |
| GM | Gross mobility |
| NDC | Net directional change |
| CIOMS | Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences |
| CEBIC | Committee on Ethics, Bioethics, and Scientific Integrity |
| E.S.E | Three letter acronym in Spanish for Empresa Social del Estado [State Social Enterprise] |
| DANE | Four letter acronym in Spanish for Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística [National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia] |