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An audit of school oral health education program in a developing country
OBJECTIVE: The increasing prevalence of oral diseases in children in developing countries is a major public health concern and creates the need to review various preventive strategies put in place on oral health promotion. In the absence of formal national programs, tertiary health institutions have...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4247551/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25452928 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0762.144600 |
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description | OBJECTIVE: The increasing prevalence of oral diseases in children in developing countries is a major public health concern and creates the need to review various preventive strategies put in place on oral health promotion. In the absence of formal national programs, tertiary health institutions have adopted low-budget school oral education programs targeted at improving oral health awareness and behavioral changes in school children. The aim of this study was to review the school oral health education programs conducted by the Community Dentistry Unit of a tertiary hospital in a major city in Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An evaluation of the school oral health education programs conducted in the city over a 5-year period was done. Data collected included: venue of the program, the number of students and teachers educated in each school, screening and referrals, adequacy of teaching aids, desire for revisit, and barriers noted in its conduct. RESULTS: A total of 104 oral health education programs were conducted during this period involving 16,248 participants. The majority (80%) of the schools visited were primary schools and 54% were privately owned. Over half of the programs was conducted on assembly grounds, 21% in classrooms, and 13% in school halls. Challenges encountered included: lack of audiovisual aids, transportation problems, inadequacy of screening tools, and insufficient promotional materials. All the schools visited requested for (subsequent) regular visitation. CONCLUSION: The study showed the feasibility of low-budget oral health education and willingness of schools to benefit from such programs. There are barriers to effective communication, which can be mitigated in order to achieve an optimal school oral health education program in a low resource setting. |
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spelling | pubmed-42475512014-12-01 An audit of school oral health education program in a developing country Lawal, Folake B. Taiwo, Juliana O. J Int Soc Prev Community Dent Original Article OBJECTIVE: The increasing prevalence of oral diseases in children in developing countries is a major public health concern and creates the need to review various preventive strategies put in place on oral health promotion. In the absence of formal national programs, tertiary health institutions have adopted low-budget school oral education programs targeted at improving oral health awareness and behavioral changes in school children. The aim of this study was to review the school oral health education programs conducted by the Community Dentistry Unit of a tertiary hospital in a major city in Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An evaluation of the school oral health education programs conducted in the city over a 5-year period was done. Data collected included: venue of the program, the number of students and teachers educated in each school, screening and referrals, adequacy of teaching aids, desire for revisit, and barriers noted in its conduct. RESULTS: A total of 104 oral health education programs were conducted during this period involving 16,248 participants. The majority (80%) of the schools visited were primary schools and 54% were privately owned. Over half of the programs was conducted on assembly grounds, 21% in classrooms, and 13% in school halls. Challenges encountered included: lack of audiovisual aids, transportation problems, inadequacy of screening tools, and insufficient promotional materials. All the schools visited requested for (subsequent) regular visitation. CONCLUSION: The study showed the feasibility of low-budget oral health education and willingness of schools to benefit from such programs. There are barriers to effective communication, which can be mitigated in order to achieve an optimal school oral health education program in a low resource setting. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4247551/ /pubmed/25452928 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0762.144600 Text en Copyright: © Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community Dentistry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Lawal, Folake B. Taiwo, Juliana O. An audit of school oral health education program in a developing country |
title | An audit of school oral health education program in a developing country |
title_full | An audit of school oral health education program in a developing country |
title_fullStr | An audit of school oral health education program in a developing country |
title_full_unstemmed | An audit of school oral health education program in a developing country |
title_short | An audit of school oral health education program in a developing country |
title_sort | audit of school oral health education program in a developing country |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4247551/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25452928 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0762.144600 |
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