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Objetivo: Avaliar a eficácia de um programa educativo-preventivo em saúde bucal em pré-escolares de uma instituição filantrópica de Lagoa Santa (MG)...
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Humans , Male , Female , Child, Preschool , Dental Care for Children/organization & administration , Preventive Dentistry/organization & administration , Dental Health Services/organization & administration , Education, Dental/organization & administration , Program EvaluationABSTRACT
A cárie dentária é a doença bucal predominante na população brasileira e especialmente preocupante nas crianças com até cinco anos de idade. Assim, torna-se necessário o aumento da oferta de cuidados clínicos e medidas preventivas com a intensificação das ações educativas para a comunidade. O papel do cirurgião dentista dentro do contexto da saúde oral da população infantil é essencial, uma vez que tet~em amplo conhecimento dos fatores etiológicos, meios de prevenção e controle de doenças bucais...
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Humans , Male , Female , Pregnancy , Infant, Newborn , Infant , Child, Preschool , Health Education, Dental , Public Health Dentistry/trends , Health Promotion , Preventive Dentistry/organization & administration , Health ServicesABSTRACT
En el mes de junio del año 2007 se cumplió un año de mi designación como coordinador nacional del DES-CORA. En un balance de lo realizado al cabo del tiempo transcurrido debo decir que al momento de hacerme cargo la situación estaba planteada con problemas diferentes, por lo que se realizaron gestiones para solucionarlos.
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Preventive Dentistry/methods , Preventive Dentistry/organization & administration , Oral Health/standards , ArgentinaABSTRACT
A cross-sectional survey was undertaken to assess dental caries status, knowledge, attitude and practice in oral health among 12-year-old primary schoolchildren participating in the Oral Health Preventive School Program (OHPSP) conducted since 1998 in Phnom Penh City, Cambodia. Schools were stratified into 3 groups by levels of cooperation (good, partial, and poor) with the OHPS program and samples of schools randomly selected from each group. A total sample size of 239 schoolchildren was randomly selected from the sampled schools. There were 79, 82, and 79 children from schools with good, partial, and poor cooperation, respectively. Dental caries status DMFT (Decayed Missing Filled teeth) and knowledge, attitude and practices in oral health were assessed from 21 January to 5 February 2002. Opinions of school directors toward the OHPS Program were evaluated by interview. The results showed the overall mean DMFT per person in schoolchildren in Phnom Penh City, Cambodia of 2.33 (95%CI=2.05-2.61) while mean DT(Decayed teeth) was 2.31 (95%CI=1.97-2.52) and mean MT (Missing teeth) and mean FT (Filled teeth) were 0.01 per person, which were quite small. Children from schools with good cooperation with the OHPSP had the lowest significant mean DMFT 1.62 (95%CI=1.25-1.98) compared to children from schools with partial and poor cooperation (Mean DMFT=2.67:95%CI=2.10-3.23, and 2.69:95%CI=2.19-3.19, respectively). There were no significant differences in levels of knowledge, attitude and practices in oral health among the 3 groups of schools, but the proportion of good practices was highest in good cooperation schools compared to the schools with partial and poor cooperation to the OHPSP (41.3%, 27.3%, and 31.3%, respectively). Among 35 school directors, the majority of them (97.1%) believed that the OHPS program can reduce the dental caries prevalence among schoolchildren. Only 20.0% agreed that parents of schoolchildren should pay money to the school for tooth brushes and tooth paste of their children for brushing after lunch at school. The remaining answers were, they were uncertain (37.1%) and disagree (42.9%) that the school should have to manage that donated money. Among them, 82.9% reported that the OHPS Program activities did not disturb their time at school; 65% of them agreed there should be volunteers to help the schools in implementing the activities of the program. The majority of school directors (97.1%) thought that oral health examinations for schoolchildren were necessary. The results of the study suggested a need for continuous monitoring and strengthening of activities and cooperation of the Oral Health Preventive School Program among primary schools in Phnom Penh City to reduce the prevalence of dental caries among primary schoolchildren in Phnom Penh City, Cambodia.