A school‐based public health model to reduce oral health disparities

Abstract

Using a broad based, oral health coalition, a school-based universal screening and fluoride varnishing program can improve the oral health of children with a high burden of untreated dental diseases.

Introduction of the School Health Program in the city of Cascavel, Paraná State: report of nurses

“…The presence of cavities from infancy is not unique to this study. In Los Angeles, California, oral health programs offered in schools were designed to improve access to oral health care, with participation of school nurses and oral health, dentists, parents, teachers and researchers in pediatric health services for respond to stakeholders within and outside the education system (7) . In the study in question, curative/restorative actions were necessary and the dental care of the basic units seem to have met the demand of the students assessed by SHP.…”

“…The school has relevance in the construction of a new health culture and nurses have competence to approach school and health, a condition already proven in other countries, making health interventions faster and more efficient (3,(6)(7) , contributing for the creation of spaces of health education in the school, highlighting the principles guiding the promotion and its ethical values, adapting the actions according to the reality of the students and stimulating them to think and reflect on their own health condition. Through the knowledge transfer and reflexive critical thinking, questioning and co-authors of their health are constructed (23)(24) .…”

“…The intersectoral articulation between health and school is a practice adopted in international settings (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8) , as in Cuba (2) , the United States (3,6) , Canada (4) , California (7) , Argentina (8) , with evidence of an increase in the number of nurses in the school environment to attend this model of Health Care (3,(6)(7) , and in the United States there is a specialization in School Nursing (6) . Schools are understood as a key channel for health interventions because of their capacity to achieve results in an extended way (5) , since it covers the family; an economic intervention for the prevention of diseases and diseases throughout the life, with reduction of the overload of the public health (4,6) .…”

Veli̇leri̇n ‘Okullarda Florürlü Verni̇k Uygulamasi’ Programi Hakkinda Tutum Ve Yaklaşimlarinin Değerlendi̇ri̇lmesi̇

“…1 Çürüğün oluşum mekanizması incelendiğinde, karyojenik plak bakterilerinin besinlerdeki karbonhidratları fermente ettiği ve bunun sonucunda oluşan organik asitlerin dişlerin mine, dentin ve sement gibi mineralize dokularını etkilediği görülmüştür 1 Diş çürüğünü önlemedeki etkinliği kabul edilen florür, sistemik veya topikal olarak uygulanmaktadır. [1][2][3][4] Sistemik uygulamalar içerisinde içme sularının, tuzların, sütün florürlenmesi ve florürlü damla ile florür tabletleri bulunmaktadır. Topikal uygulamalar içerisinde ise jeller, solüsyonlar, florürlü vernikler, florürlü gargaralar ve florür içeren diş macunları bulunmaktadır.…”

“…17 İsveç' te 2003 yılından beri okullarda altı ayda bir florürlü vernik uygulaması yapıldığı, bu programa katılmayan bölgelerde çürük oranının daha yüksek olduğu rapor edilmiştir. 2 Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'nde Los Angeles bölgesinde pilot okullarda iki yıl süreyle florürlü vernik uygulaması yapılmış, bu uygulamanın ağız ve diş sağlığını olumlu etkilediği ve toplumun geneline yaygınlaştırılması gerektiği bildirilmiştir 3 . Dudovitz ve ark.…”