Fostering Oral Hygiene Habits and Self-Regulation Skills

Gaeta, M.; Cavazos, Judith; Cabrera, Maria del Rosario; Rosário, Pedro

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“…In response to COVID-19, a need for new resources that focused on respiratory tract infection and were specifically aimed at young children was identified. The Germ's Journey better toothbrushing habits than those in the control group [25], highlighting the potential for increased understanding and behavioural change due to school-based interventions regarding health and hygiene education. Although there have been many school-based educational interventions regarding health for young children, these primarily focused on nutrition, oral health and exercise [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36], with little research considering the effects of infection prevention educational interventions.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…With many children (71.85% (194)), before the workshop intervention, either scoring 0 (presenting no knowledge of how germs make us poorly) and 1 (presenting little knowledge of how germs make us poorly), this suggests that although children are aware of COVID-19, having lived through the pandemic, this sample of children were mostly unaware of how pathogens can actually cause illness. This demonstrates a need for better and more consistent education around the topic in order to limit transmission of contagious illnesses and increase preparedness for future pandemics, reinforcing the importance of promoting habit-forming health educational interventions from an early age that carry on in later life [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36].…”

Section: Children's Understanding Of Pathogens and Transmissionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“Bye-Bye Germs”: Respiratory Tract Infection Prevention—An Education Intervention for Children

Younie,

Crosby,

Firth

et al. 2024

Education Sciences

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Becoming one of the first studies in the field to do so, specially developed educational interventions (Germ’s Journey) designed to teach children about respiratory tract infection prevention were delivered to 273 pupils aged five to six across five primary schools in the U.K. The intervention aimed to increase understanding of pathogens and respiratory tract illness, transmission and infection prevention, and preparedness for future pandemics due to a lack of such resources for young children at present. To assess the impact of the intervention, children were asked five questions related to knowledge of pathogens, transmission of infection, and infection prevention directly before and after activity-based workshops, as well as one month later. Responses were scored for pupils’ level of knowledge; differences in the frequency of responses between the time points were analysed using Pearson’s chi-squared test. Teachers also took part in semi-structured interviews to evaluate the workshop from the educators’ points of view. Children showed increased knowledge in all three areas immediately after the workshops. This improvement was retained to a lesser or equal extent one month following the learning intervention workshop. The consistent use of teaching resources and interventions such as Germ’s Journey should be implemented in the school curriculum in order to increase understanding and reduce the transmission of respiratory tract illness. Specially designed activity-based workshops using a range of learning skills can help young children to understand the link between pathogens, infection transmission, and control.

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“Bye-Bye Germs”: Respiratory Tract Infection Prevention—An Education Intervention for Children

Younie,

Crosby,

Firth

et al. 2024

Education Sciences

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The effect of preschool children’s motor skills on self-care skills

Sezici¹,

Akkaya²

2020

Early Child Development and Care

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Frequent toothbrushing boosts resilience among children in poverty: results from a population-based longitudinal study

Suzuki,

Tani,

Isumi

et al. 2024

BMC Oral Health

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Background Poverty negatively impacts beneficial aspects of mental development, such as resilience. Toothbrushing, an oral health behavior, has the potential to protect children’s resilience through its anti-inflammatory and self-management effects and may be more effective for children, especially children in poverty. This study investigated whether toothbrushing boosts resilience among children, especially children under poverty, and modifies the association between poverty and resilience using a longitudinal population sample of school children. Methods Data from the Adachi Child Health Impact of Living Difficulty (A-CHILD Study) were analyzed. A baseline study was conducted in 2015 in which the children were in first grade and followed through fourth grade ( N = 3459, response rate: 80%, follow-up rate: 82%). Poverty was assessed by material deprivation (life-related deprivation and child-related deprivation) and annual household income at baseline. Children’s toothbrushing frequency was assessed at baseline and classified into less than twice a day or twice or more a day. Children’s resilience was assessed at baseline and follow-up using the Children’s Resilient Coping Scale (range 0-100). Results Children who brushed their teeth twice or more a day in first grade had 3.50 points greater resilience scores in fourth grade than those who brushed their teeth less than twice a day in first grade. After adjusting for confounders, including resilience in first grade, among underpoverty children, those who brushed their teeth twice or more a day in first grade had higher resilience scores [2.66 (95% CI = 0.53, 4.79)] than those who brushed their teeth less than twice a day. Among nonpoverished children, toothbrushing frequency in first grade did not significantly correlate with resilience in fourth grade. Conclusions The beneficial effect of toothbrushing twice or more a day on resilience was more significant among children in poverty than among those without poverty in elementary school in Japan. Health policy focused on frequent toothbrushing may contribute to boosting resilience among children living in poverty. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12903-024-04686-9.

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Fostering Oral Hygiene Habits and Self-Regulation Skills

Cited by 7 publications

References 19 publications

“Bye-Bye Germs”: Respiratory Tract Infection Prevention—An Education Intervention for Children

“Bye-Bye Germs”: Respiratory Tract Infection Prevention—An Education Intervention for Children

The effect of preschool children’s motor skills on self-care skills

Frequent toothbrushing boosts resilience among children in poverty: results from a population-based longitudinal study

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