Oral health behaviour of children and adults in urban and rural areas of Burkina Faso, Africa

Varenne, Benoît; Petersen, Poul Erik; Ouattara, Seydou

doi:10.1111/j.1875-595x.2006.tb00075.x

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“…Sobre un total de 28 puntos considerados para evaluar el nivel de conocimientos de salud bucodental, el puntaje mínimo obtenido en las respuestas fue de quince puntos. Estos resultados son similares a los obtenidos en un estudio previo [19] y difieren de trabajos realizados en Carolina del Norte, EEUU [27], China [3], Arabia Saudita [28], Jordania [29] y África [30] que reportaron en general un conocimiento de salud bucodental bajo en la población encuestada.…”

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Conocimientos de salud bucodental en relación con el nivel socioeconómico en adultos de la ciudad de Corrientes, Argentina

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2015

Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública

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Conocimientos de salud bucodental en relación con el nivel socioeconómico en adultos de la ciudad de Corrientes, Argentina

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“…No entanto, os dados mostram que, entre os estudantes da escola pública, houve uma porcentagem signifi cati va de indivíduos que responderam ter retornado ao denti sta em um tempo maior que um ano. Talvez isso possa ser explicado pelo poder aquisiti vo da população da insti tuição pública, ou mesmo seu nível educacional [15][16][17][18] . O moti vo da últi ma visita ao denti sta para os estudantes da escola privada demonstrou maior consciência preventi va desses, se comparados com os da escola pública.…”

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Conhecimento Odontológico e Comportamento de Retorno de Escolares em Função do Tipo de Instituição (Pública ou Privada)

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2010

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Objeti vo: Avaliar o conhecimento odontológico e comportamento de retorno de escolares em função do ti po de insti tuição (pública ou privada). Método: A amostra foi composta por 800 crianças matriculadas de 5ª a 8ª série, do ensino fundamental. O instrumento de análise baseou-se em um questi onário, composto por questões abertas, tornando possível a multi plicidade de informações, evitando o direcionamento das respostas e a distorção dos resultados. O seu conteúdo abordou questões relati vas ao últi mo retorno, ti po de retorno prati cado, importância do mesmo e conhecimento sobre a cárie dental e doença periodontal. Realizou-se análise estatí sti ca descriti va. Para o estudo da associação uti lizou-se o teste Qui-quadrado (X2), com nível de signifi cância de 5%. Resultados: Observou-se diferença signifi cati va entre os estudantes das diferentes insti tuições com relação ao tempo (p=0,001) e principal moti vo (p=0,001) da últi ma visita ao denti sta, conhecimento sobre a necessidade de visitar o denti sta roti neiramente (p=0,001), sobre a importância do retorno periódico (p=0,001) e frequência dos mesmos (p=0,001), sobre a cárie dental (p=0,001) e doença periodontal (p=0,001). Conclusão: Os adolescentes apresentaram conhecimento odontológico e comportamento de retorno disti ntos, segundo o ti po de insti tuição de ensino. Conhecimento Odontológico e Comportamento de Retorno de Escolares em Função do Tipo de Instituição (Pública ou Privada) KEYWORDSObjecti ve: To evaluate the dental knowledge and att endance of elementary schoolchildren according to the type of insti tuti on (public or private). Method:The sample was composed of 800 children from the 5th to 8th grades of the elementary educati on. The research instrument was a questi onnaire composed of open questi ons referring to the last recall visit, type and importance of the recall visit, and knowledge of dental caries and periodontal disease. Descripti ve stati sti cal analysis was done and the chisquared test was used with a signifi cance level of 5%.Results: There was stati sti cally signifi cant diff erence between the students from the diff erent insti tuti ons regarding the ti me (p=0.001) and main reason (p=0.001) of the last visit to the denti st, knowledge of the need of periodic visits to the denti st (p=0.001), importance (p=0.001) and frequency (p=0.001) of periodic recalls, and knowledge of dental caries (p=0.001) and periodontal disease (p=0.001). Conclusion:The adolescents presented diff erent dental knowledge and att endance, according to the type of teaching insti tuti on.

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“…This condition was also influenced by the proper frequency of tooth brushing, as well as the use of tooth brushing devices and methods. 11 In a study conducted by Nurhidayat et al in 2012 showed that in Indonesia, the people ignorance on the importance of oral health care was still high. This condition proofed by the rate of Indonesian people who was not brushing their teeth was as much as 22.8%, and from 77.2% of the people were brushing their teeth only 8.1% of the people were brushing their teeth on the right frequency and time as recommended by dentists.…”

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Differences in the oral health behaviour of the 12-years-old children in rural and urban areas

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Introduction:The oral diseases have increased significantly in the past decade. The Health Service of Cimahi reports showed an increasing number of oral diseases. Behaviour plays an important role in preventing oral disease. The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in the oral health behavior of the 12-years-old children in the rural and urban area of the city of Cimahi. Methods: The research type was analytic with the cross-sectional design. The sample was determined using pathfinder survey method from oral health surveys basic methods. Data were collected through a questionnaire containing knowledge and attitudes, observations of practice assessed in the checklist and assessment of the health status of the teeth using the Patient Hygiene Performance Data Index and analyzed using the Mann-Whitney test. Results: The results showed that children in both rural and urban areas were having a good knowledge and positive attitude. Both the rural and urban children were doing the improper tooth brushing methods, and the children in the rural area had a fair PHP index value whilst the children in the urban area had a poor value. There were significant differences in the knowledge (p = 0.017), there was no significant difference in the attitude (p = 0.312) and practice (p = 1.000) in children of both rural and urban areas. Conclusion: Difference only found in the oral health knowledge of the 12-years-old children in the rural and urban area of the city of Cimahi.

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Oral health behaviour of children and adults in urban and rural areas of Burkina Faso, Africa

Abstract: Health authorities should strengthen the implementation of oral disease prevention and health promotion programmes rather than traditional curative care. Community-oriented essential care and affordable fluoride toothpaste should be encouraged.

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Conocimientos de salud bucodental en relación con el nivel socioeconómico en adultos de la ciudad de Corrientes, Argentina

Conocimientos de salud bucodental en relación con el nivel socioeconómico en adultos de la ciudad de Corrientes, Argentina

Conhecimento Odontológico e Comportamento de Retorno de Escolares em Função do Tipo de Instituição (Pública ou Privada)

Differences in the oral health behaviour of the 12-years-old children in rural and urban areas

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