Effectiveness of oral health education intervention among female primary school children in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Halawany, Hassan Suliman; Badr, Abid Al; Sadhan, Salwa Al; Balkhi, Mashaiel Al; Al-Maflehi, Nassr; Abraham, Nimmi Biju; Jacob, Vimal; Sherif, Gehan Al

doi:10.1016/j.sdentj.2018.04.001

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“…There was no attrition in both groups after intervention. On the other hand, some oral health intervention studies reported that there was drop-out of the participants when assessing the effect of OHE on oral health knowledge and behavior in Wuhan City of China [13], Tehran of Iran [14], and Riyadh of Saudi Arabia [15] which are contrast to the ndings of the present study. The result of China documented that the drop-out rate is small amount and there is no problem in assessing the outcomes [13].…”

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“…The present study is compatible with a study conducted among six to eight year old with a sample of 1661 female primary school children in Saudi Arabia to assess the effectiveness of oral health education intervention on oral health knowledge and behavior in which there was signi cant improvement in all knowledge and behavior questions at after intervention (p<0.001) [15]. A study conducted in China to assess the effect of school based OHE intervention on children, mothers and school teachers reported that children in experimental group are more than those in control group regarding adoption of regular oral health behavior such as tooth brushing at least twice a day, dental visits annually, use of uoride toothpaste and less frequent consumption of cakes/biscuits which supports the present study [13].…”

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Effectiveness of oral health education on eight to ten year old school children in rural area of Magway Region, Myanmar

Swe

Soe

Aung

et al. 2020

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Background Oral diseases are common and widespread around the world. Many oral health problems are preventable and early onset is reversible. Myanmar faces many challenges in rendering oral health services and about 70 percent of total population resides in rural areas. These relate to the availability and accessibility of oral health services. Therefore, oral health education is one key element to prevent oral diseases and to promote oral health. Methods A quasi-experimental study was carried out at Basic Education Middle Schools in rural areas of Magway Township to study the effectiveness of oral health education on knowledge and behavior of eight to ten years old school children. A total of 220 school children, 110 from intervention school and 110 from control school, participated in this study from 2015 to 2017. Data for knowledge and behavior were collected before and after intervention in the two groups by using self-administered questionnaire. Tooth brushing method data were collected by direct observation with checklist. Oral health education was provided at eight weekly intervals for one year in the intervention group. After one year and six months, oral health knowledge and behavior were determined in the intervention group only to measure retention. Chi-square test, two samples t test, One way repeated measure ANOVA were used for data analysis. The study was approved by the Ethics Review Committee of University of Public Health in Yangon, Myanmar. Results There were significant differences between the two groups in oral health knowledge (p<0.05) except one and also in behavior (p<0.001) at after intervention. A positive effect of intervention was found in intervention group. The intervention had significant effect on sustainability of correct knowledge and behavior by the school children in intervention group although education session was stopped for six months after one-year education (p<0.001). Their mean knowledge and behavioral scores at three different points in time were (2.45±1.12 and 1.56±0.90) at baseline, (3.79±1.12 and 3.60±1.21) at one year after education, and (4.07±0.98 and 3.24±1.31) at six months after cessation of education, respectively. Conclusion The repeated oral health education was effective to promote and sustain oral health knowledge and behavior.

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Effectiveness of oral health education on eight to ten year old school children in rural area of Magway Region, Myanmar

Swe

Soe

Aung

et al. 2020

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“…A study conducted in China to assess the effect of school-based OHE intervention on children, mothers, and school teachers reported that children in the experimental group are more than those in the control group regarding the adoption of regular oral health behavior such as tooth brushing at least twice a day, dental visits annually, use of uoride toothpaste and less frequent consumption of cakes/biscuits which supports the present study [12]. The present study is similar to one study in Bangladesh which showed that overall signi cant improvement was observed in almost all the indicators of knowledge and behavior after OHE compared to before (p<0.001) [15]. When the present study assessed the percentage changes in response to knowledge and behavior on oral health before and after intervention between the two groups, a positive net effect of the intervention was observed.…”

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Effectiveness of oral health education on eight to ten-year-old school children in rural areas of Magway Region, Myanmar

Swe

Soe²,

Aung

et al. 2020

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Background: Oral diseases are common and widespread around the world. The most common oral diseases are preventable and early onset is reversible. Myanmar faces many challenges in rendering oral health services because about 70 percent of the total population resides in rural areas. These relate to the availability and accessibility of oral health services. Therefore, oral health education is one key element to prevent oral diseases and to promote oral health.Methods: A quasi-experimental study was carried out at Basic Education Middle Schools in rural areas of Magway Township to study the effectiveness of oral health education on knowledge and behavior of eight to ten-year-old school children. A total of 220 school children, 110 from the intervention school, and 110 from the control school participated in this study from 2015 to 2017. Data were collected before and after intervention in the two groups by using a self-administered questionnaire. Tooth brushing method data were collected by direct observation with a checklist. Oral health education was provided at eight weekly intervals for one year. At one and a half years, third-time data collection was done on the intervention group to assess retention. Chi-square test, two samples t-test, one way repeated measure ANOVA were used for data analysis. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at the University of Public Health,Yangon, Myanmar.Results: There were significant differences between the two groups in oral health knowledge (p<0.05) except one and also in behavior (p<0.001) after the intervention. A positive effect of the intervention was found in the intervention group. The intervention had a significant effect on the sustainability of the correct knowledge and behavior of the intervention group although the education session was stopped for six months (p<0.001). Their mean knowledge and behavioral scores at three different points got at these times were (2.45±1.12 and1.56±0.90) at baseline, (3.79±1.12 and 3.60±1.21) at one year after education, and (4.07±0.98 and 3.24±1.31) at six months after cessation of education, respectively. Conclusions: The repeated oral health education was effective to promote and sustain oral health knowledge and behavior.

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“…Different educational interventions about oral health and treatment have been used varying from the simple delivery of information to more complex programs involving psychological and behavior change strategies (Halawany et al, 2018). Knowledge, attitudes, intentions, beliefs, behaviors, use of dental services and oral health status and adoption of lifestyles have all been targeted for change as a result of these interventions, which has stood the test of time as dentistry's most pioneering testimony towards concern with the prevention of oral diseases and creating awareness among the patients about their treatment.…”

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Knowledge and Awareness About Dental Procedures Among Parents Before and After Educational Intervention

Rangeela¹

2020

Biosci. Biotech. Res. Comm

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This study aims to determine the knowledge and awareness about dental procedures among parents before and after educational intervention. Different educational interventions about oral health and treatment have been used varying from the simple delivery of information to more complex programs involving psychological and behavior change strategies Knowledge, attitudes, intentions, beliefs, behaviors, use of dental services and oral health status and adoption of lifestyles have all been targeted for change as a result of these interventions, which has stood the test of time as dentistry's most pioneering testimony towards concern with the prevention of oral diseases and creating awareness among the patients about their treatment. It includes a questionnaire based study.The survey was conducted among 100 parents who visited a private dental institution. A self administered questionnaire was used.The results were obtained and statistically analysed through SPSS software, chi square test was done to check the association and a p value of 0.05 was said to be statistically significant. The results showed significant correlation between the knowledge and attitudes of parents about dental procedure and the oral health of their children. It is concluded that the awareness of parents about dental procedure and their prevention is not satisfactory before educational intervention. Thus after the educational intervention the parents are much clear about the etiology and prevention for the dental disease.

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Effectiveness of oral health education intervention among female primary school children in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abstract: The results of this study showed that an easy-to-organize and inexpensive school-based intervention can, on a short-term basis, be effective in improving the knowledge and self-reported oral health behavior of children.

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Effectiveness of oral health education on eight to ten year old school children in rural area of Magway Region, Myanmar

Effectiveness of oral health education on eight to ten year old school children in rural area of Magway Region, Myanmar

Effectiveness of oral health education on eight to ten-year-old school children in rural areas of Magway Region, Myanmar

Knowledge and Awareness About Dental Procedures Among Parents Before and After Educational Intervention

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