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Investigating Perceptions of Teachers and School Nurses on Child and Adolescent Oral Health in Los Angeles County

This study reports the results of focus groups with school nurses and teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools to explore their perceptions of child and adolescent oral health. Participants included 14 school nurses and 15 teachers (83% female; 31% Hispanic; 21% White; 21% Asian; 14% Afric...

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Autores principales: Maida, Carl A., Marcus, Marvin, Xiong, Di, Ortega-Verdugo, Paula, Agredano, Elizabeth, Huang, Yilan, Zhou, Linyu, Lee, Steve Y., Shen, Jie, Hays, Ron D., Crall, James J., Liu, Honghu
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9032022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35457591
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084722
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author Maida, Carl A.
Marcus, Marvin
Xiong, Di
Ortega-Verdugo, Paula
Agredano, Elizabeth
Huang, Yilan
Zhou, Linyu
Lee, Steve Y.
Shen, Jie
Hays, Ron D.
Crall, James J.
Liu, Honghu
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Marcus, Marvin
Xiong, Di
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Huang, Yilan
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Lee, Steve Y.
Shen, Jie
Hays, Ron D.
Crall, James J.
Liu, Honghu
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description This study reports the results of focus groups with school nurses and teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools to explore their perceptions of child and adolescent oral health. Participants included 14 school nurses and 15 teachers (83% female; 31% Hispanic; 21% White; 21% Asian; 14% African American; and 13% Others). Respondents were recruited from Los Angeles County schools and scheduled by school level for six one-hour focus groups using Zoom. Audio recordings were transcribed, reviewed, and saved with anonymization of speaker identities. NVivo software (QSR International, Melbourne, Australia) was used to facilitate content analysis and identify key themes. The nurses’ rate of “Oral Health Education” comments statistically exceeded that of teachers, while teachers had higher rates for “Parental Involvement” and “Mutual Perception” comments. “Need for Care” was perceived to be more prevalent in immigrants to the United States based on student behaviors and complaints. “Access to Care” was seen as primarily the nurses’ responsibilities. Strong relationships between community clinics and schools were viewed by some as integral to students achieving good oral health. The results suggest dimensions and questions important to item development for oral health surveys of children and parents to address screening, management, program assessment, and policy planning.
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spelling pubmed-90320222022-04-23 Investigating Perceptions of Teachers and School Nurses on Child and Adolescent Oral Health in Los Angeles County Maida, Carl A. Marcus, Marvin Xiong, Di Ortega-Verdugo, Paula Agredano, Elizabeth Huang, Yilan Zhou, Linyu Lee, Steve Y. Shen, Jie Hays, Ron D. Crall, James J. Liu, Honghu Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study reports the results of focus groups with school nurses and teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools to explore their perceptions of child and adolescent oral health. Participants included 14 school nurses and 15 teachers (83% female; 31% Hispanic; 21% White; 21% Asian; 14% African American; and 13% Others). Respondents were recruited from Los Angeles County schools and scheduled by school level for six one-hour focus groups using Zoom. Audio recordings were transcribed, reviewed, and saved with anonymization of speaker identities. NVivo software (QSR International, Melbourne, Australia) was used to facilitate content analysis and identify key themes. The nurses’ rate of “Oral Health Education” comments statistically exceeded that of teachers, while teachers had higher rates for “Parental Involvement” and “Mutual Perception” comments. “Need for Care” was perceived to be more prevalent in immigrants to the United States based on student behaviors and complaints. “Access to Care” was seen as primarily the nurses’ responsibilities. Strong relationships between community clinics and schools were viewed by some as integral to students achieving good oral health. The results suggest dimensions and questions important to item development for oral health surveys of children and parents to address screening, management, program assessment, and policy planning. MDPI 2022-04-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9032022/ /pubmed/35457591 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084722 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Hays, Ron D.
Crall, James J.
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