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Effectiveness of a Training Program in School Teachers on the Role of Sugars in Oral and General Health

Background: Schools have a powerful influence on children's development and well-being, and school teachers are considered role models to transmit life values and instill health-related behaviors. The effectiveness of a training program for school teachers in understanding the role of sugars an...

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Autores principales: Bhadauria, Upendra S, Purohit, Bharathi M, Agarwal, Deepali, Duggal, Ritu, Mathur, Vijay, Priya, Harsh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9537328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36225463
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28865
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author Bhadauria, Upendra S
Purohit, Bharathi M
Agarwal, Deepali
Duggal, Ritu
Mathur, Vijay
Priya, Harsh
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description Background: Schools have a powerful influence on children's development and well-being, and school teachers are considered role models to transmit life values and instill health-related behaviors. The effectiveness of a training program for school teachers in understanding the role of sugars and their impact on oral and overall health has not been previously reported. Aim: The present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a training program for school teachers on the role of sugars in oral and general health. Methods: An interventional study was carried out on 308 Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan school teachers to evaluate the effectiveness of a training program in improving school teachers' knowledge of the role of sugars in oral and overall health. The training program was carried out using a training module, and a validated questionnaire was utilized to assess school teachers' knowledge before and after the training program. Results: The overall evaluation of mean knowledge change scores revealed significantly higher scores after the training program (8.12 ±1.58) when compared with the pre-training scores (6.84±1.66) Conclusion: A training program on the role of sugars in oral and general health effectively improved school teachers' knowledge. 
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spelling pubmed-95373282022-10-11 Effectiveness of a Training Program in School Teachers on the Role of Sugars in Oral and General Health Bhadauria, Upendra S Purohit, Bharathi M Agarwal, Deepali Duggal, Ritu Mathur, Vijay Priya, Harsh Cureus Medical Education Background: Schools have a powerful influence on children's development and well-being, and school teachers are considered role models to transmit life values and instill health-related behaviors. The effectiveness of a training program for school teachers in understanding the role of sugars and their impact on oral and overall health has not been previously reported. Aim: The present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a training program for school teachers on the role of sugars in oral and general health. Methods: An interventional study was carried out on 308 Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan school teachers to evaluate the effectiveness of a training program in improving school teachers' knowledge of the role of sugars in oral and overall health. The training program was carried out using a training module, and a validated questionnaire was utilized to assess school teachers' knowledge before and after the training program. Results: The overall evaluation of mean knowledge change scores revealed significantly higher scores after the training program (8.12 ±1.58) when compared with the pre-training scores (6.84±1.66) Conclusion: A training program on the role of sugars in oral and general health effectively improved school teachers' knowledge.  Cureus 2022-09-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9537328/ /pubmed/36225463 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28865 Text en Copyright © 2022, Bhadauria et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Duggal, Ritu
Mathur, Vijay
Priya, Harsh
Effectiveness of a Training Program in School Teachers on the Role of Sugars in Oral and General Health
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9537328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36225463
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28865
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