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Introduction: oral diseases (OD), commonly dental caries and periodontitis are a major public health problem. Poor oral hygiene has been associated with OD, causing tooth loss, which leads to disability and compromised patients' oral health. In Rwanda, OD is among the leading causes of morbidity at the health center level. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and oral health practices among adult participants in Rwanda Methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study was done among participants attending public health facilities in Nyarugenge District, Rwanda. Participants were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using frequency distribution, percentage distribution, and bivariate and multivariate logistic regression at a 5% significant level. Results: among 426 participants who were interviewed, 39.44% (n=168) were 18-27 years old and the majority, 61.5% (n=262) were female. Poor oral health knowledge was found in 42% (n=179) of the participants, whilst 12.44% (n=53) showed poor oral health attitudes, and 67.37% (n=287) were found to have poor oral health practice. Participants with a high school level of education were more likely to have better oral health knowledge and the results were statistically significant aOR: 1.79, 95% CI 1.14; 2.82; p = 0.011 Conclusion: the findings of our study showed that almost half of the participants had poor oral health knowledge. Oral health attitude and oral hygiene practices were also lacking. There is a need to enhance oral health education in this community to improve their oral health knowledge, attitudes, and practices.
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Oral Hygiene , Oral Health , Rwanda , AdultABSTRACT
@#Introduction: Oral health knowledge ensures that the person has all the requisite information to find out which oral diseases are and how they occur and recognize the security measures that must be taken. This knowledge can lead to changes in attitude, which leads to changes in the person’s everyday life. This study aims to evaluate oral health-related knowledge and determine its associated factors among Universiti Putra Malaysia staff. Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 207 UPM staff. The study included the UPM Malaysian staff (permanent, temporary, contract), and excluded foreigners and staff on leave. Stratified random sampling was used to select a representative sample with five selected faculties. Oral health knowledge was assessed with a validated and pretested questionnaire. Results: The total respondents were 162 from 207 subjects, giving a response rate of 78.3%. In this study, more than half of the participants have satisfactory knowledge (56.2%). The results show a significant association between oral health knowledge and each of: level of education, monthly income, faculty, type of staff, and smoking. It is observed that postgraduate staff are more knowledgeable towards oral health with 63.2% compared to graduate level and below with 39.6% only. In addition, the staff with higher incomes are more likely to have satisfactory knowledge compared to the working staff with lower incomes with percentage up to 20%. Regarding the source of information association, none of the factors is found to have a significant association. Conclusion: More than half of the participants have satisfactory knowledge on oral health. Despite this, a significant proportion of staff have unsatisfactory knowledge, which suggests initiating an awareness program for the staff members to increase their knowledge of oral health.
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SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: This study aimed at the oral health problems of elderly patients with diabetes. A training course of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine was constructed, helping patients improve their oral health quality of life. METHODS: A randomized controlled prospective experimental study was conducted. A total of 190 elderly patients were divided randomly into an observation group and a control group with 95 cases in each. The control group received regular health education, while the observation group was based on the control group to implement the integrated experiential learning of traditional Chinese and Western medicine in small groups. The oral health knowledge, attitude, behavior, and blood glucose control status along with the oral health quality of life of the two groups were compared before the intervention and at 3-month postintervention. RESULTS: Three months after the intervention, the fasting blood glucose control and the 2-h postprandial blood glucose/glycosylated hemoglobin levels in the observation group were significantly better than in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (p<0.05). The oral health quality of life in the observation group was significantly better than in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: The small-group experiential learning model of integrated Chinese and Western medicine can promote the transformation of knowledge-beliefs-behaviors in elderly patients with diabetes, which is conducive to controlling blood sugar levels and improving the quality of oral health.
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Humans , Aged , Oral Health , Diabetes Mellitus/therapy , Quality of Life , China , Prospective Studies , Problem-Based Learning , Medicine, Chinese TraditionalABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the status of oral health knowledge, attitude, behavior of 12-15 years old children and provide a theoretical basis of prevention.@*METHODS@#Multi-stage stratified sampling method was used to extract four middle school students from Chongqing districts and counties (2 in the main urban area and 2 suburbs), and their oral health knowledge, attitudes and behaviors were investigated through questionnaires. All data were entered using Epidata and statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 21.0 software.@*RESULTS@#A total of 3 902 valid questionnaires were collected. The proportion of people who had good brushing habits was 39.7% (1 548), the average oral health knowledge accuracy rate was 58.9%, and the average oral health positive attitude was 88.6%. The number of middle school students who attended the dental experience was 54.5% (2 127), and that of the school who received oral health education was 17.5% (681). There were gender and regional differences in brushing habits.@*CONCLUSIONS@#The knowledge and behavior of oral health among 12-15-year-old middle school students in Chongqing need to be improved. Oral health education for middle school students should be strengthened, especially in rural and suburban areas.
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Adolescent , Child , Humans , Attitude to Health , Health Behavior , Health Education, Dental , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Oral Health , Rural Population , Surveys and Questionnaires , ToothbrushingABSTRACT
@#The important role of non-dental healthcare professionals (HCPs) in promoting oral health is well-accepted and has received increased attention in recent years. However, greater efforts are needed to train them in ensuring better competency in delivering this role. The aim of the present study is to assess oral health and care knowledge among HCPs by further exploring possible challenges faced by them in managing oral health problems, particularly in regard to patients in a public primary healthcare clinic. In the case of the current research, a focus group discussion was carried out with ten HCPs who are directly involved with patients from different units within the health clinics. In particular, the questions developed for the focus group discussion were divided into two parts: (1) knowledge on oral health and its link to general health, and (2) issues and challenges faced by HCPs in handling patients with oral health problems in their daily routine. The session was recorded on a digital audio tape, the responses were then transcribed, followed by the grouping of the scripts which were then qualitatively analysed. The results revealed that majority of the participants appeared to have good knowledge of general and basic oral health; however, only very few of them were aware of the relationship between oral health problems with systemic conditions. Meanwhile, one of the main challenges faced by HCPs in handling patients with oral health problems is their limited knowledge of oral health problems. Specifically, the main challenges refer to the management of medically compromised patient requiring dental treatment as well as the difficulty in changing the mindset of patients regarding oral health issues, especially in terms of seeking dental treatment. In conclusion, it has been clearly observed that HCPs involved in the present study have good knowledge of general health and oral health but limited knowledge related to oral health to systemic health. Furthermore, they tend to face numerous challenges when dealing with patients, especially due to their limited knowledge of oral health facts and drug prescription for oral problems. Therefore, there is an urgent need of additional training for both HCPs and dental teams for the purpose of enabling both parties to provide coordinated and comprehensive service to patients with oral health problems at the primary healthcare clinics.
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Introduction: A healthy oral cavity aids a subject inperforming their routine body functions, which in turn helpsin providing adequate nutrition to the body. For the occurrenceof periodontal pathologies and dental caries, one of themajor risk factors is poor oral hygiene. The importance oforal hygiene cannot be detached from the general context ofadolescence. Adolescence has the capability of independentlyattaining adequate oral hygiene but self-awareness is missingin adolescence.Material and methods: The present cross-sectionalstudy was conducted among 12 to 15 years old 199 schoolchildren of Lucknow semi-urban area using a self-structuredquestionnaire. List of schools in the periphery of Lucknowwas searched and 8 schools were chosen using simplerandom technique (2 from every direction). Selected subjectswere analyzed for basic oral health knowledge, attitude,and practices of oral hygiene using the self-structuredquestionnaire. The oral hygiene status was evaluated usingsimplified oral hygiene index (OHI-S). Oral prophylaxiswas performed and oral health education was given to all thesubjects, using a power point presentation, and tooth brushingmodel. All subjects were reassessed after 4 weeks. The valueswere compared.Results: 199 students were present on both the day ofexamination. All the subjects were taken from 6th and 7thstandard falling into the age range of 12 to 15 years. Significantimprovement in OHI-S scores (before-2.62, After – 1.11) wasobserved in this study. Difference in the number of subjectsgiving correct answer at baseline and second visit was alsosignificant showing improvement in their knowledge andpractice of oral hygiene.Conclusion: School based oral health education program is acost effective strategy which can be implemented using veryless infrastructure and personnel. This study also showed thatoral health education program can improve the knowledge,attitude and practice regarding oral hygiene maintenance.Thus this kind of programs should be conducted regularly inschools.
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Context: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a chronic systemic metabolic disease. This disorder affects mainly children and adolescents. The main complications of diabetes mellitus affect the organs and tissues rich in capillary vessels such as kidney, retina, and nerves. These complications are secondary to the development of microangiopathy. Similar changes in small vessels can be found in the oral tissues. There is a significant increase in gingival inflammation and plaque seen in children with T1DM. Aims: The aim of this study is to assess the oral health status and knowledge among T1DM children and young adolescents aged 10–15 years in Bengaluru. Subjects and Methods: One hundred and seventy-five 10–15 year-old children with T1DM and 175 age, sex, and socioeconomic status matched nondiabetic controls were included in the study. Oral health status was assessed using community periodontal Index and decayed/decayed-missing/missing-filled/filled teeth index (DMFT/dmft). Oral health knowledge was assessed using 11 item questionnaire. Chi-square test and Student's t-test were used in the statistical analysis. Results: With regard to periodontal status, subjects with healthy periodontal tissue were less in diabetic than control group. Patients with bleeding and calculus were more in diabetic group than control group. The difference between diabetic group and control group was statistically significant (P = 0.001).The mean number of DMFT/dmft were less in diabetics (0.07 ± 0.006)/(0.26 ± 0.05) compared to control groups (0.1 ± 0.01)/(0.84 ± 0.2), respectively. Overall, oral health knowledge was more among diabetic patients (8.3 ± 1.7) compared to controls (7.5 ± 1.8). Conclusions: The results of the present study showed more gingival changes and higher oral health knowledge in diabetic group when compared to control group.
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To investigate knowledge and attitude of parents about early childhood caries and dental caries prevention, a questionnaire survey was conducted on 247 parents of children who had oral screening experience among 3 to 5 years old children in 3 kindergartens in Jeonju city.A total of 220 completed questionnaires were selected for final analysis. The overall perception of the parents about oral health of the children was 82.3 points (10.7 / 13) in terms of 100 points. There were statistically significant correlations between maternal age (p = 0.027), maternal education level (p = 0.002), household monthly income (p = 0.000) and maternal oral health knowledge level. The main source of oral health information was ‘dentist and dental hygienist’(83.6%) followed by ‘Web search’(22.3%).Compared with the previous studies, the level of knowledge of parents about oral health of the children was improved. However, in order to raise awareness of the parents about the poorly assessed items in this study, it is necessary to increase the participation rate by advertising the national dental screening program for infants and children and make efforts to improve the quality of oral health education in screening.
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Child , Child, Preschool , Humans , Infant , Dental Caries , Education , Family Characteristics , Mass Screening , Maternal Age , Oral Health , ParentsABSTRACT
Objective@#To understand the level and current status of oral health knowledge among people aged 35-44 years in Guangdong Province and to provide a reference for oral health education in Guangdong Province.@*Methods@#An equal-sized, stratified, multistage, random sampling design was applied to obtain representative sample groups consisting of 288 Guangdong residents aged 35-44 years in four urban areas and four rural areas with a gender ratio of one to one. According to the Guideline of the 4th National Oral Health Survey, a questionnaire survey was conducted, and a statistical analysis of the questionnaire responses related to oral health knowledge was performed.@*Results@#In total, 288 people participated in the survey, of which 95.8 percent were aware that “Oral health is very important to their own lives, and the prevention of oral diseases depends on themselves first”, 76.0% recognized that “Regular oral examination is very necessary”, and 66.7% disagreed that “Teeth were innate and had little to do with their own protection”. The percentages of participants that agreed with the statements “Eating sugar can cause dental caries”, “Oral disease may affect general health”, “Bacteria may cause dental caries” and “Bacteria may cause gum inflammation” were 87.2%, 84.7%, 80.9%, and 80.2%, respectively. However, the rates of awareness that teeth could be protected by fluoride and by pit and fissure sealant were only 36.8% and 18.8%, respectively.@*Conclusion@#General knowledge of oral health care was relatively high among adults aged 35-44 years in Guangdong Province, but knowledge of fluoride, pit and fissure sealing and caries prevention was relatively low. Oral health education should be continuously improved, especially regarding the popularization of oral health knowledge.
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El propósito de este trabajo es realizar una revisión bibliográfica acerca de los conocimientos, las actitudesy las prácticas en salud bucal (CAPSB), tres componentes culturales que influyen en la incidencia de afecciones de la cavidad oral. La cultura y sus componentes han pasado por tres fases en su conceptualización: la concreta, la abstracta y la simbólica; esta última es la que se encuentra vigente y sobre la cual otras áreas del conocimiento han trabajado, entre ellas, las ciencias de la salud. La cultura es aprendida, estandarizada y compartida. Los componentes culturales son transmitidos mediante los procesos de socialización (primaria y secundaria) que determinan la manera en la que la salud, y por lo tanto el proceso salud-enfermedad, son comprendidos por los individuos. Los conocimientos son resultado deprocesos sociales y cognitivos que están determinados por las características aceptadas y representativas del grupo social en el que se desarrollan, son la parte cognitiva de la cultura. La concepción que cada ser humano tenga acerca de la salud bucal determinará su actitud. La actitud representa una forma de ser, una posición, inclinación o tendencia, es la variable intermedia entre una situación y la manera encómo se responde a ella. Las prácticas ante el proceso salud-enfermedad son acciones observables en los individuos y están presentes en los niveles individual, familiar y comunitario e impactan en la saludgeneral de las poblaciones. Este trabajo es una aproximación al tema, haciendo un acercamiento al casode la población mexicana.
The aim of this work is to review the literature about the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) about oral health, the three cultural components influencing the incidence of diseases at the oral cavity. The concept of culture and its components has undergone three phases: the concrete phase, the abstract phase and the symbolic phase; the latter is the current one, and the one over which other areas of knowledge have worked, including the health sciences. Culture can be learned, standardized and sha-red. Cultural components are transmitted through the processes of socialization (primary and secondary socialization) and they help determine the way in which health, and therefore the health-disease pro-cess, is understood by individuals. Knowledge is the result of social and cognitive processes determined by the characteristics accepted by and representative of the social group where they develop; they are the cognitive part of culture. The notion that every human being has about oral health will determine his/her attitude towards it. Attitude shows a way of being, a position, an inclination or tendency, it is a variable between situations and how people respond to them. Practices to face the health-disease process are actions that can be observed in individuals. They are present at the individual, family and community levels, and they impact on the overall health of the population. This work is an approach to the theme, while we discuss the Mexican population case.
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Humans , Cultural Characteristics , Oral Health/education , Social Conditions , Review Literature as Topic , MexicoABSTRACT
Introducción: con el propósito de conocer la situación de salud bucal de pacientes que asisten a la cátedra práctica, Clínica Preventiva I de la Facultad de odontología de la Universidad nacional del nordeste (Unne), Argentina, se hizo un estudio de cortetransversal en septiembre y octubre del año 2010. Métodos:las variables consideradas fueron: datos sociodemográficos, nivel deconocimientos en salud bucodental, hábitos de higiene bucodental y de consumo de hidratos de carbono, estado gingival, higiene bucal, estadode los dientes y acceso a la atención odontológica. Para la recolección de datos se utilizaron encuestas estructuradas autoadministradasy las historias clínicas de cada paciente. Se analizaron los datos con los programas estadísticos SPSS® 15.0 y epidat®3.1. Resultados: si bien predomina un nivel de conocimientos de salud bucodental bueno, esto no se refleja en los hábitos de higiene oral y en la periodicidad de búsqueda de atención odontológica preventiva. El examen clínico bucodental reveló higiene deficiente, alta prevalencia de gingivitis leve y elevada prevalencia de caries dental y de dientes obturados y perdidos como consecuencia de la misma. Conclusiones: es necesariala búsqueda de estrategias programadas que permitan optimizar la educación sanitaria y mejorar los comportamientos preventivos de lapoblación de estudio.
Introduction: with the intention of identifying the oral health status of patients attending the Preventive Clinic Practicum I at the School of Dentistry, Universidad nacional del nordeste (Unne), Argentina, a cross-sectional study was conducted between September and october 2010. Methods:the variables taken into account were: socio-demographic data, level of oral health knowledge, oral hygienehabits and carbohydrate consumption, gingival status, oral hygiene, teeth status, and access to dental care.the data were collected by means of structured self-administered surveys and the medical records of each patient, and they were analyzed with the statistical software SPSS® 15.0 and epidat® 3.1. Results: although a good level of oral health knowledge is predominant, it is not reflected in oral hygiene habits or in the frequency in which individuals seek preventive dental care. The clinical examination revealed poor oral hygiene habits,high prevalence of mild gingivitis and high prevalence of dental caries as well as filled and missing teeth as a result of it. Conclusions: it is necessary to search for strategies to optimize health education and to improve preventive behaviors within the study population.
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Adult , Dental Caries , Feeding Behavior , Oral HygieneABSTRACT
Objective: To assess the knowledge of primary school teachers in Dharwad, India, regarding the prevention of oral cancer and gum disease. Materials and Methods : In this cross sectional study a self administered questionnaire was used for data collection. A total of 184 school teachers were selected for the study. A response rate of 96.7% (n = 178) was obtained. Results : Of the respondents, 36.5% (n = 65) had poor knowledge, while 27.5% had good knowledge regarding the prevention of oral cancer and gum disease. School teachers with postgraduate qualification were better informed with regard to the prevention of oral diseases as compared to those with only a bachelor degree. Factors such as education, sex, and type of institutional funding (public/private) were significantly correlated with the level of knowledge (R2 = 0.1128; P < 0.05). Conclusion : School teachers need to be motivated to improve their awareness and knowledge about the prevention of oral cancer and gum diseases, particularly the younger teachers and those with only bachelor degrees. Establishment of school-based oral-health promotion programs in India is urgently required.
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Background: Children with poor oral health are 12 times more likely to have restricted-activity days. Dental health education [DHE], with the objective of improving the oral hygiene of the participants, would have obvious merits. Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of school DHE, conducted at repeated and differing intervals, in improving oral health knowledge, practices, oral hygiene status, and the gingival health of schoolchildren belonging to two socioeconomic classes. Materials and Methods: This 36-week duration study assessed the effectiveness of school DHE conducted every three weeks against every six weeks on oral health knowledge, practices, oral hygiene status and gingival health of 415, 12- to 13-year-old schoolchildren belonging to social classes I and V. Of the three selected schools of each social class, one each was subjected to the intervention of either three or six weeks or was a control, respectively. Oral health knowledge and practices were evaluated using a questionnaire. Oral hygiene and gingival health were assessed using plaque and gingival indices. Statistical Analysis Used: Friedman's test was used for the longitudinal analysis of data. ANOVA and Student's t test were used for continuous data. Results: Plaque and Gingival score reductions were highly significant in intervention schools, and were not influenced by the socioeconomic status. When oral health knowledge was evaluated, highly significant changes were seen in intervention schools; more significantly in schools receiving more frequent interventions. The socioeconomic status influenced the oral hygiene aids used and the frequency of change of toothbrush. Controls showed no significant changes throughout. Conclusions: The DHE program conducted at three-week intervals was more effective than that conducted at six-week intervals in improving oral health knowledge, practices, oral hygiene status, and gingival health of schoolchildren.
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Adolescent , Analysis of Variance , Child , Dental Plaque Index , Female , Gingival Diseases/prevention & control , Health Education, Dental , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Humans , India , Male , Oral Hygiene/methods , Oral Hygiene/statistics & numerical data , Periodontal Index , Surveys and Questionnaires , School Dentistry , Social Class , Statistics, Nonparametric , Time FactorsABSTRACT
Dental caries is a major health problem affecting an estimated 90% of school children worldwide. This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate oral health knowledge, attitude, and practices among secondary school students in Kuching, Sarawak. Data was collected using a pretested questionnaire on 209 randomly selected students from four schools. Results showed no significant differences between the gender and age groups in terms of knowledge level, but significant differences were observed between the schools. The students had positive attitude towards the dental services, but their dental visits were still low due to fear of dental needle and handpieces. Toothbrush and toothpaste were still the most commonly used oral hygiene aids. As compared to parents and friends, dentist was perceived to have more influence on oral hygiene practices among the students. Girls consumed more sweets, snacks and soft drinks than boys. However, girls spent longer time to brush their teeth and brush more frequently. Oral health education should be a life-long practice and incorporated into the school environment with the support of teachers and parents.
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Subjects comprising the population of this study were recruited from 6 high schools of Khovd province. Total of 104210-12 aged children were participated in this study. Oral health education knowledge of study population was notenough. This range of age is most healthy period of permanent dentition. Therefore for these children giving informationabout healthy foods for teeth, importance of having good oral health behavior by oral health education program is veryeffective to prevent dental caries. It is necessary constitute oral health education program for children which is simple,cheap, and sufficient. Also for this oral health education program for high school children requires active participation ofschool teachers and parents.
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Introducción y Objetivo: Las intervenciones con programas de promoción de la salud y prevención de la enfermedad oral han sido utilizadas en las comunidades vulnerables con el fin de evitar tratamientos de operatoria dental. El propósito de este estudio fue analizar los conocimientos, manejo y aplicación de los conceptos de salud y enfermedad oral, en familias desplazadas por la violencia. Materiales y Métodos: Un enfoque metodológico cualitativo, apoyado en el método de investigación acción participativa, fue utilizado en 15 familias desplazadas por la violencia con niños escolarizados. Para la recolección de la información se utilizaron los talleres, la entrevista individual estructurada, la entrevista a grupos focales y la observación. Resultados: Los pobladores lograron construir un nuevo conocimiento en el cual se estableció la salud como un proceso constituido por diferentes componentes (bienestar físico, mental y social). De igual manera, el método de enseñanza (IAP) permitió a los pobladores ser parte activa de la solución de sus problemas y dificultades, modificando conceptos vagos de salud y enfermedad y convirtiéndolos en personas inquietas en la búsqueda de situaciones que mejoren su calidad de vida, autoestima, motivación y sentido de pertenencia en la comunidad. Conclusiones: Es fundamental la interacción directa con la comunidad, donde se pueda conocer a fondo todos sus aspectos sociales y tomar este análisis como punto de partida para diseñar estrategias que permitan la intervención directa de la comunidad y mejorar su calidad de vida.
Introduction and Objective: The interventions with health promotion and prevention programs had been used in vulnerable communities, in order to reduce operative dentistry. The aim of the present study was to analyze the knowledge and application of health and illness concepts, in families displaced by violence. Materials and Methods: This project is based on a qualitative methodological focus, supported in the participatory action investigation method, including constructive and hermeneutical tools. 15 lower-income families displaced by violence and whose children were scholarized, were selected. Data collection was done through educational workshops, individual structured interviews, focus groups and observation of people responsible for the care of the children. Categories analyzed included Health and general illness, health and oral illness, prevention, knowledge on treatment of oral illnesses, oral health habits and social practices. Results: The settlers managed to build a new knowledge in which health was established as a process constituted by different components such as social, mental, and physical welll-being. Similarly, this technique of teaching (IAP) allowed settlers to participate actively in the solution of their problems and difficulties, modifying vague concepts of health and illness and becoming involved in looking for solutions that improve their quality of life, self-esteem, motivation and sense of belonging to the community. Conclusions: It is fundamental to have a direct interaction with the community, in order to know all its social aspects in depth. This analysis will serve as a starting point in order to design educational strategies that will permit direct intervention of the community and improve their quality of life.
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Child, Preschool , Child , Health Education, Dental , Oral Health , Violence/trendsABSTRACT
Objective:To investigate the ways of obtaining oral health knowledge in the population at the age of 12 and 35~ 44 in Chongqing,to provide information for publicizing oral health knowledge in Chongqing. Methods:By the stratified equal- sized random sampling,360 objects aged at 12 and 711 objects aged at 35~44 of three urban and three rural regions in Chongqing were surveyed by questionnaire on ways of obtaining oral health knowledge Results:Less than one third of the children aged at 12 and less than 10% of middle-aged people aged at 35~44 among samples got oral health knowledge from dentists. The main way of getting oral health knowledge for the former is from parents,and other ways are from television, broadcast and oral health teaching. For the latter,the main way is from television or broadcast. The urban children and middle-aged people are both more informed about oral health knowledge than the rural ones in above ways and there are statistical differences(P
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Objective:To investigate and analyze the oral health knowledge and behavior of 12-year-old schoolchildren in Chongqing.Methods:Based on"The Guidline for the Third National Oral Health Survey",a stratified equal-sized randomly sampling design was applied to obtain 359 objects aged at 12 years old who were responded to questionnaire on oral health knowledge and behavior.Results:Above 70% children had positive attitudes towards some oral health knowledges,while only less than 50% children could grasp knowledge about gingival bleeding.Most children could not take correct measure about gingival bleeding and toothache,and only brushed teeth once a day.Some children did not insist in brushing teeth everyday.The children living in the urban show higher percentages of positive attitudes to some basic oral health knowledge and toothbrushing than those living in the rural(P