Effectiveness of different oral health education interventions in visually impaired school children

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barkha S. Tiwari ◽  
Anil V. Ankola ◽  
Sagar Jalihal ◽  
Pratibha Patil ◽  
Roopali M. Sankeshwari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
School Children ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Oral Health Education ◽  
Education Interventions ◽  
Health Education Interventions

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

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyu Kyu Swe ◽  
Aung Kyaw Soe ◽  
Saw Htun Aung ◽  
Htin Zaw Soe
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
School Children ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Oral Diseases ◽  
Oral Health Education ◽  
One Year ◽  
And Behavior

Abstract 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.

scholarly journals Impact of oral health education on oral health knowledge of private school children in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 186
Author(s):  
MohammadAbdul Baseer ◽  
AbdulrahmanDahham Al Saffan ◽  
AbdulAziz Alshammary ◽  
Mansour Assery ◽  
Ashraf Kamel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
School Children ◽  
Private School ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge ◽  
Oral Health Education ◽  
Riyadh City

scholarly journals GAMBARAN PERANAN PENYULUHAN METODE DEMONSTRASI TERHADAP PENGETAHUAN MENYIKAT GIGI PADA SISWA/I KELAS IV SD 068003 KAYU MANIS PERUMNAS SIMALINGKAR KECAMATAN MEDAN TUNTUNGAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-8
Author(s):  
Sri Junita Nainggolan
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
School Children ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Dental Hygiene ◽  
Permanent Teeth ◽  
Health It ◽  
Oral Health Education ◽  
The One

Brushing teeth is one of the methods to maintain dental hygiene and oral health. It can ward off the incidence of caries. In general, dental and oral health education is obtained from counseling. The group of people that usually becomes the target is elementary school children because the age of 6-14 years is a transition period or the change in permanent teeth (mixed teeth period).In this research, the counseling was the one with demonstration method which was aimed to increase the knowledge of brushing teeth in Grade IV students at SD 068003 Kayu Manis, Perumnas Simalingkar, Medan Tuntungan Subdistrict with 30 students as the samples.The result of the research showed that before the counseling, 18 respondents (60%) were in good criteria in their knowledge of brushing teeth correctly and 11 respondents (36.7%) were in moderate category. After the counseling with demonstration method, all respondents (100%) were in good category.The conclusion was that counseling with demonstration method could improve students’ knowledge of brushing teeth. It is recommended that Grade IV students at SD 068003 brush their teeth properly and correctly.

scholarly journals Pengaruh edukasi kesehatan gigi dan mulut berbasis buku Braille terhadap tingkat kebersihan gigi dan mulut penyandang tunanetra di SLB-A TPA dan SLB Negeri JemberThe effect of oral health education in the form of Braille book towards the oral hygiene status of visually impaired student attending Special School-A TPA and Public Special School of Jember

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
Adilia Putri Istadi ◽  
Niken Probosari ◽  
Sulistiyani Sulistiyani
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Special School ◽  
P Value ◽  
Paired Sample ◽  
Oral Health Education ◽  
Visually Impaired Students

Pendahuluan: Tunanetra merupakan istilah yang digunakan untuk kondisi seseorang yang mengalami gangguan dalam indera penglihatannya. Keterbatasan fisik yang dialami oleh tunanetra menyebabkan pengetahuan tentang kesehatan gigi dan mulut sulit didapatkan dan cenderung memiliki tingkat kebersihan gigi dan mulut yang rendah. Oleh karena itu diperlukan pendekatan khusus agar pengetahuan dan kebersihan gigi dan mulut dapat meningkat. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk menganalisis pengaruh edukasi kesehatan gigi dan mulut berbasis Braille terhadap tingkat kebersihan gigi dan mulut penyandang tunanetra. Metode: Jenis penelitian ini merupakan pre-eksperimental dengan desain penelitian one-group pretest-posttest design. Subjek penelitian berjumlah 18 siswa penyandang tunanetra SLB-A TPA dan SLB Negeri Jember yang diberikan edukasi berupa buku panduan kesehatan gigi dan mulut berbasis buku Braille. Subjek diminta untuk menjaga kebersihan gigi dan mulut salah satunya dengan menyikat gigi dua kali sehari selama 21 hari. Pengukuran tingkat kebersihan gigi dan mulut dilakukan menggunakan indeks OHI-S Green dan Vermillion. Pengukuran dilakukan pada hari ke-1 (evaluasi 1) sebelum diberi perlakuan dan pelatihan sikat gigi, hari ke-10 (evaluasi 2), dan hari ke-21 (evaluasi 3). Data dianalisis dengan uji komparatif parametrik paired sample t-test. Hasil: Distribusi data adalah normal dengan p-value (p>0,05) sebesar 0,200 (evaluasi 1), 0,126 (evaluasi 2), dan 0,118 (evaluasi 3). Edukasi yang diberikan selama 10 hari tidak menurunkan indeks OHI-S dengan p-value 0,317 (p>0,05). Edukasi selama 21 hari dapat menurunkan indeks OHI-S dengan p-value sebesar 0,000 (p<0,05). Simpulan: Pemberian edukasi kesehatan gigi dan mulut berbasis buku Braille pada penyandang tunanetra di SLB-A-TPA dan SLB Negeri   Jember berpengaruh terhadap peningkatan kebersihan gigi dan mulut.Kata kunci: Tunanetra, edukasi, Braille, kebersihan gigi dan mulut, OHI-S. ABSTRACTIntroduction: Visual impairment is a term used for the condition of a person who has a disturbance in the sense of sight. Physical limitations experienced by visually impaired individual make the knowledge regarding oral health difficult to obtain and tends to have a low level of oral hygiene. Therefore, a personal approach is needed so that the oral health knowledge and oral hygiene can be improved. This study was conducted to analyse the effect of Braille-based oral health education on the level of the visually impaired students’ oral hygiene. Methods: This research was pre-experimental research with a one-group pretest-posttest design. Research subjects were 18 students with a visual impairment from Special School-A TPA and Public Special School of Jember who were given education in the form of oral health manuals in the form of Braille books. Subjects were asked to maintain their oral hygiene by brushing their teeth twice a day for 21 days. Measurement of the oral hygiene level was carried out using the Green and Vermillion OHI-S index. Measurements were made on day 1 (evaluation 1) before being treated and trained in toothbrushes; day 10 (evaluation 2); and day 21 (evaluation 3). The data were analysed by the paired sample t-test parametric comparative analysis. Results: Data distribution was normal with p-value > 0.05 of (p = 0.200) (evaluation 1), 0.126 (evaluation 2), and 0.118 (evaluation 3). The counselling was conducted for ten days and had not reduced the OHI-S index, with a p-value of 0.317 (p > 0.05). Counselling then continued for 21 days and was able to reduce the OHI-S index with a p-value of 0.000 (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Providing Braille books-based oral health education to visually impaired students in Special School-A TPA and Public Special School of Jember improving their oral hygiene.Keywords: Visual impairment, education, Braille, oral hygiene, OHI-S.

The effect of conventional oral health education versus animation on the perception of Saudi males in primary school children

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 121
Author(s):  
AbdulhadiIbrahim Ali Alhayek ◽  
MousaJafar Alsulaiman ◽  
HussainAli Almuhanna ◽  
MohammedAbdullah Alsalem ◽  
MohammedAbdulaziz Althaqib ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Oral Health Education

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

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyu Kyu Swe
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
School Children ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge ◽  
Oral Health Education ◽  
One Year ◽  
And Behavior

Abstract 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: After education, a positive net effect of intervention and significant improvement was found in the intervention group compared to the control group regarding oral health knowledge (p<0.05) except one that is foods that can cause dental caries (p=0.107) and behavior (p<0.001). Retention of mean ± standard deviation on knowledge and behavioral scores were 2.45±1.12, 3.79±1.12, 4.07±0.98 and 1.56±0.90, 3.60±1.21, 3.24±1.31 at baseline, at one year after education and at six months after cessation of education respectively, and, total knowledge and behavioral scores were significantly improved (p<0.001) among the school children in the intervention group.Conclusion: The repeated oral health education was effective to promote and sustain oral health knowledge and behavior. Word counts: 342

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