An overview of oral health promotion in adolescents

Brukienė, Vilma; Aleksejūnienė, Jolanta

doi:10.1111/j.1365-263x.2008.00954.x

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“…Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health [40]. Oral health education is an important part of oral health promotion and is an essential and basic part of oral health services [41].…”

Section: Oral Health Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of School Based Oral Health Education Program on the Level of Oral Health Knowledge Among Public Intermediate School Girls at Riyadh, 2016

Alotaibi¹,

Jad²,

Al-Sadhan³

2017

Dentistry

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Objectives: This study was conducted to assess the impact of oral health education program on the level of oral health knowledge among female public intermediate school students in Riyadh. As well as to evaluate the correlation between their oral health knowledge and selected socio-demographic variables. Methods:A pre-posttest quantitative study was conducted at public intermediate girls' schools in Riyadh. A sample of schools was selected using stratified random sampling technique to reflect the spectrum of intermediate schools under the Riyadh's educational regions (north, south, middle, east, and west). Five schools were randomly chosen from the department of education listings in each educational region. A total sample of 315 school students between the ages of 12 and 16 years completed the study. Permission to perform this study was received from the Institutional Review Board of King Saud University and Ministry of Education. A 15-item self-administered questionnaire was designed in Arabic language and used to assess the student's oral health knowledge. Followed by the intervention which consisted of 40 minutes interactive lecture using power point presentation presented by the investigator. The impact of the oral health education program was evaluated by measuring the change in the level of oral health knowledge one month after the program implementation. The data obtained from the questionnaire were entered into a Statistical Package for Social Sciences database (IBM, SPSS version 23, IL, USA). Descriptive statistics were used in calculating the frequency and percentage for categorical sociodemographic characteristics.Mean and standard deviation (SD) were calculated for the continuous variables e.g. age, total score of knowledge. The impact of the program was estimated by calculating the percentage of change in the oral health knowledge which is calculated by 100 (post test score -pretest score)/post test score. McNemar's Chi-square test was used to compare correct / incorrect responses to oral health based questions before and one month after the program implementation. Student t-test and one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were applied to compare responses to oral health questions in relation to selected socio-demographic variables. A p-value of <0.05 was used to report the statistical significance of results.Results: Three hundred and eighty questionnaires were distributed, out of which three hundred and fifteen were completed giving a response rate of 82.8%. Among the 315 students, 30.8% were first graders, 32.7% second graders, and 36.5% third graders. Nearly 80% of the participants were Saudis and the remaining were non-Saudis. The age range of the participants was 12-16 years with a mean age of 13.98 ± 1.094. Prior to the implementation of the educational program, the question regarding the indication to remove dental plaque and calculus at the dental clinic, received the lowest percentage of correct answers (13.3%). Regarding the knowledge of the number of permanent teeth, only 24.1% of ...

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Section: Oral Health Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of School Based Oral Health Education Program on the Level of Oral Health Knowledge Among Public Intermediate School Girls at Riyadh, 2016

Alotaibi¹,

Jad²,

Al-Sadhan³

2017

Dentistry

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“…It was expected that along with the aging, males would present higher frequency of trauma because of the greater independence and extreme sports practice (3,14). Nevertheless, no differences were found between genders with regard to age group (p = 0.975) ( Table 1).…”

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“…Zbog svega toga nužna su daljnja epidemiološka istraživanja kako bi se organizirale preventivne mjere stomatološke zaštite i riješio problem (13). Premalo je autora studija istraživalo utjecaj spola na oralno zdravlje (14,15), pa u literaturi nema dovoljno informacija o usporedbi spola i nastanka dentalne traume.…”

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“…oral health (14,15) and there is a gap in the literature as to the analysis of this variable in relation to dental trauma.…”

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“…Naime, kako dječaci odrastaju, sve su neovisniji i bave se ekstremnijim sportovima (3,14). Unatoč tomu nisu pronađene razlike između spolova i dobnih skupina ispitanika (p=0,975) (tablica 1.).…”

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Exploring School Oral Health Outcomes and Neighbourhood Factors in Schools Participating in Ontario’s “Healthy Schools” Recognition Program

Muirhead

Lawrence

2011

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Objectives: This ecologic study compared school-level oral health outcomes in schools participating in Ontario's "Healthy Schools" program and nonparticipating schools in York Region, Ontario in 2007-2008 and examined the effect of neighbourhood socio-economic factors.Method: School-aggregated data were obtained for all 243 elementary schools. York Region Public Health Unit provided oral health data from school dental screenings. We obtained information about schools participating in the Ontario's "Healthy Schools" program from publicly accessible websites. Neighbourhood socio-economic data based on school postcodes were extracted from Statistics Canada ( 2006) census databases. School oral health outcomes included the percentage of children in each school requiring preventive care, non-urgent dental treatment, urgent dental treatment and children with ≥ two decayed teeth.Results: One hundred and six elementary schools (42%) participated in Ontario's "Healthy Schools" program in 2007-2008. Schools participating in the "Healthy Schools" program had a significantly lower percentage of children with ≥ two decayed teeth (p<0.001) and children requiring urgent dental treatment (p=0.004) than non-participating schools. School participation/neighbourhood socio-economic factors interactions showed that a significantly lower percentage of children in low-income "Healthy Schools" had preventive and urgent dental treatment needs and ≥ two decayed teeth than in low-income non-participating schools (p<0.001) Conclusion: Schools participating in Ontario's "Healthy Schools" program had better school oral health outcomes than non-participating schools. School neighbourhood socio-economic factors affected school oral health outcomes, which could suggest that schools situated in poorer neighbourhoods may benefit more from health promotion activities than schools situated in more affluent neighbourhoods.

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An overview of oral health promotion in adolescents

Abstract: The limited success of the behavioural interventions and the lack of diversity in methods used do not allow identification of the best ways to promote oral health towards adolescents. Therefore, alternative approaches for oral health promotion in adolescents should be explored.

Cited by 55 publications

References 47 publications

The Impact of School Based Oral Health Education Program on the Level of Oral Health Knowledge Among Public Intermediate School Girls at Riyadh, 2016

The Impact of School Based Oral Health Education Program on the Level of Oral Health Knowledge Among Public Intermediate School Girls at Riyadh, 2016

Comparative Analysis of Gender: A Population-Based Study on Dental Trauma

Exploring School Oral Health Outcomes and Neighbourhood Factors in Schools Participating in Ontario’s “Healthy Schools” Recognition Program

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