Gizem Elvan Hacioglu

1 INTRODUCTION The preschool period is a time when children begin to adapt to their environment and may be at risk of contracting diseases (da Silva et al., 2016; Perazzo et al., 2022; Weihrauch-Blüher & Wiegand, 2018). Diseases that can occur in childhood can also have an impact later in life (Turkel et al., 2007).