EFFICIENCY OF PREVENTION OF DISEASES OF THE ORAL CAVITY IN CHILDREN. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ISSUE FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN

Subject. Dentine pathology is widely prevalent among children in many countries around the globe, which determines the relevance of consideration, organisation and performance of different forms of health education activities for this part of the population. Programmes for dental disease prevention are represented by different methods and means, the purpose of which is creation of correct skills and abilities aimed at preservation and maintenance of oral cavity health. For blind and hyposeeing children, there is absence of special technology for teaching dental culture and rational hygiene of the oral cavity. Aim – studying and analysis and literature related to forms and methods of health education activities for children with consideration for their somatic status. Methods.The study was carried out based on the search for and analysis of original articles devoted to issues of dental disease prevention among children and adolescents in the following databases: ELIBRARY, PubMed, Medline, Cyberleninka. A total of 45 sources have been analysed (25 by Russian and 20 foreign authors). Conclusions. Preventive dental care programmes for conventionally healthy children at the modern stage of development are sufficiently effective, diverse in their contents, point at the necessity of further introduction of individual preventive care activities. Few organisational forms of health education activities have been developed for children with health limitations. There is no special method for organisation of health education activities for blind and hyposeeing children. These circumstances point at the necessity of development and introduction of correction methods for primary prevention of oral cavity diseases for this category of subjects.

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School-Based Dental Disease Prevention and Oral Health Education: Programs of the North Carolina Oral Health Section

North Carolina Medical Journal ◽

10.18043/ncm.69.6.490 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 69 (6) ◽

pp. 490-494

Author(s):

Rebecca S. King ◽

R. Gary Rozier

Keyword(s):

North Carolina ◽

Oral Health ◽

Health Education ◽

Disease Prevention ◽

Dental Disease ◽

Education Programs ◽

Oral Health Education ◽

The North ◽

School Based

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The Effects of the BAILAMOSTM Dance Program on Physical Activity Levels and Cognition of Older Latino Adults: A Pilot Study

Journal of Aging and Health ◽

10.1177/08982643211020996 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 089826432110209

Author(s):

Guilherme M. Balbim ◽

Susan Aguiñaga ◽

Olusola A. Ajilore ◽

Eduardo E. Bustamante ◽

Kirk I. Erickson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Pilot Study ◽

Health Education ◽

Repeated Measures ◽

Activity Levels ◽

Cognitive Health ◽

Physical Activity Levels ◽

Global Cognition ◽

Latino Adults ◽

And Performance

Objective: To investigate the effects of the BAILAMOSTM dance program on physical activity (PA), cardiorespiratory, and cognitive health. Methods: A parallel, two-armed pilot study was conducted with 57 older Latinos randomized to the BAILAMOSTM dance program ( n = 28) or health education (HE) ( n = 29). We conducted two- and three-way repeated-measures ANOVAs. Results: BAILAMOSTM participants increased participation in leisure moderate-to-vigorous PA (LMVPA) ( F[1,53] = 3.17, p = .048, η2 G = .01) and performance in global cognition relative to HE participants ( F[1,52] = 4.19, p = .045, η2 G = .01). Attendance moderated increases in moderate PA, MVPA, LMVPA, and total PA ( p < .05). Participants of both groups with ≥75% attendance increased participation in PA. Among participants with <75% attendance, BAILAMOSTM participants increased PA relative to HE. Discussion: BAILAMOSTM positively impacted self-reported PA and global cognition in older Latinos. Even smaller doses of dance appear to impact self-reported PA levels.

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Effect of health education on awareness and practices of breast self-examination among females attending a charitable hospital at North Karachi

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association ◽

10.47391/jpma.04-564 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 71 (9) ◽

Author(s):

Zohra Jabeen ◽

Nighat Shah ◽

Zaeema Ahmer ◽

Sulhera Khan ◽

Amir Hussain Khan ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Education ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Positive Association ◽

Control Group ◽

Low Resource ◽

Resource Setting ◽

Low Resource Setting ◽

Study Results ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

And Performance

Abstract Objective: The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of health education as an intervention to promote BSE among intervention and non-intervention group presenting in a low resource setting at North Karachi Methodology: This Quasi-experimental study was conducted from January-August 2018 in a charitable hospital in Karachi after taking ethical approval by the Institutional Review Board of Jinnah Sindh Medical University and relevant approvals from the hospital authorities. This study recruited 172 eligible women by dividing them into intervention (n=86) and control (n=86) groups from a low resource setting in Karachi. Demographic variables were collected through pretested questionnaire by interview. Intervention group then received health education regarding carcinoma of breast, importance of BSE and monthly motivation to perform BSE through cell phone. The questionnaire was again filled after 6 months of intervention. Control group was also given health education sessions upon completion of study. Results: Results revealed that both groups were similar initially. After 6 months females in intervention group showed significant (p=<0.001) improvement in knowledge and performance of BSE from 44.2% to 88.4% but there was no change in control group. Being in intervention group (RR=2.714, 95% CI= 1.760 - 4.186, p=0.001) and education (RR=0.573, 95% CI= 0.361 - 0.910, p=0.018) showed positive association with BSE performance. Upon adjusting with age, marital status, family history and education, intervention group (RR=2.570, 95% CI= 1.654 - 3.992, p= 0.001) remained significant while education (RR=1.466, 95% CI =0.910 - 2.363, p=0.116) became insignificant. Continuous...

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The sexual health education experiences of Eritrean women in Toronto: an evaluation of the raising sexually healthy children (RSHC) Program

10.32920/ryerson.14668152 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Julie Keech

Keyword(s):

Health Education ◽

Sexual Health ◽

Immigrant Health ◽

Health Knowledge ◽

Immigrant Parents ◽

Healthy Children ◽

Sexual Health Education ◽

Health Education Program ◽

Program Coordinators ◽

Sexual Health Communication

Very few studies have focused on the health knowledge and practices of Eritrean women and their children in Canada. The research surrounding Eritrean women and their children’s awareness and exposure to sexual health education is even far more limited. This study aims to fill this gap in immigrant health research though an evaluation of the Raising Sexually Healthy Children (RSHC) Project, a sexual health education program for immigrant parents in Toronto. Evaluation is based on the Eritrean women’s experiences of the RSHC Program as well any challenges and benefits they encountered throughout its implementation. Six Eritrean women including four program participants as well as two program coordinators were interviewed. Findings indicated that despite the cultural taboo of discussing issues of sexual health, the women gained a greater sense of confidence, openness, and acceptance towards this topic. The study concluded that the RSHC program was successful in assisting the Eritrean women participants to develop effective sexual health communication with their children, family members, and wider community.

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History of HgTe-based photodetectors in Poland

Opto-Electronics Review ◽

10.2478/s11772-010-1025-8 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

Author(s):

A. Rogalski

Keyword(s):

High Performance ◽

Flicker Noise ◽

Vapour Phase ◽

Fast Response ◽

Thick Wall ◽

Vapour Phase Epitaxy ◽

Stage Of Development ◽

In Series ◽

Multiple Cell ◽

And Performance

AbstractIn Poland, the HgCdTe studies began in 1960 at the Institute of Physics, Warsaw University. The material processing laboratory was created by Giriat and later by Dziuba, Gałązka, and others. Bridgman technique with sealed thick wall quartz ampoules was used to grow material suitable for research and experimental devices. Among the first papers published in 1961 and 1963 there were the Polish works devoted to preparation, doping, and electrical properties of HgCdTe.Infrared detector’s research and development efforts in Poland were concentrated mostly on uncooled market niche. At the beginning, a modified isothermal vapour phase epitaxy has been used for research and commercial fabrication of photoconductive, photoelectromagnetic and other HgCdTe devices. Bulk growth and liquid phase epitaxy were also used. Recently, the fabrication of infrared devices relies on low temperature epitaxial technique, namely metalorganic vapour phase deposition.At present stage of development, the photoconductive and photoelectromagnetic (PEM) detectors are gradually replaced with photovoltaic devices which offer inherent advantages of no electric or magnetic bias, no heat load and no flicker noise. Potentially, photodiodes offer high performance and very fast response. However, conventional photovoltaic uncooled detectors suffer from low quantum efficiency and very low junction resistance. The problems have been solved with advanced band gap engineered architecture, multiple cell heterojunction devices connected in series, and monolithic integration of the detectors with microoptics.In final part of the paper, the Polish achievements in technology and performance of HgMnTe and HgZnTe photodetectors are presented.

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Preventive Dental Care: The Role of the Pediatrician

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.80.1.107 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 80 (1) ◽

pp. 107-110 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Henry J. Herrmann ◽

Michael W. Roberts

Keyword(s):

Oral Health ◽

Dental Caries ◽

Dental Care ◽

Oral Hygiene ◽

Dental Disease ◽

Daily Consumption ◽

Preventive Dental Care ◽

Hygiene Practices ◽

Dental Profession

The pediatrician can assist the dental profession in preventing dental disease and maintaining the oral health of children. Pediatricians are urged to counsel parents in dietary and oral hygiene practices that will prevent dental caries and to refer patients for professional dental care when appropriate. Systemic fluoride supplements should be prescribed when needed but only after a careful review of requirements and daily consumption.

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Quality of Life in Children with Asthma versus Healthy Children

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences ◽

10.3889/oamjms.2018.287 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (8) ◽

pp. 1413-1418 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Samaneh Kouzegaran ◽

Parisa Samimi ◽

Hamid Ahanchian ◽

Maryam Khoshkhui ◽

Fatemeh Behmanesh

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Physical Performance ◽

Control Group ◽

P Value ◽

Healthy Children ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Children With Asthma ◽

And Performance ◽

Asthma Group

BACKGROUND: Asthma is the most prevalent chronic disease in the pediatric age group. The disease affects different aspects of the children's lives, such as physical, emotional, social and educational aspects. Thus, more focus has been on the quality of life in these patients rather than the duration of their illness in recent years.AIM: This study examined the different aspects of quality of life in asthmatic children for the first time in this geographic area.METHODS: The study was cross-sectional conducted in 2015-2016. The asthmatic group was 100 patients aged 8 to 12 admitted to the Asthma and Allergy Clinic of Ghaem Hospital (as) in Mashhad with the control group composed of 100 healthy children of the same age and gender. The standard questionnaire pedsQLTM was used for comparing the quality of life of children in the two groups. Statistical analysis was SPSS23 with P-value less than 0.05, which was statistically significant.RESULTS: In each group, 58 patients were boys, and 42 were girls. In a comparison of the quality of life of children, the asthma group with a mean total score of Peds QL 20.99 ± 12.54 compared to the healthy children with a mean total score of Peds QL of 8.8 ± 5.41 had a lower quality of life (P < 0.001). Moreover, regarding various aspects of quality of life asthma group had a lower quality of life in physical performance, emotional performance and performance in school (P < 0.001). Nonetheless, there was no significant difference between the two groups considering social function (P = 0.267). Examining the relationship between Peds QL score of patients with asthma with various variables was indicative of the fact that Peds QL scores were significantly correlated with the gender of the patients, showing better quality of life in the girls (P = 0.001).CONCLUSION: The results indicated that children with asthma have a significantly lower quality of life compared with healthy children of the same age. Also, in examining the different aspects of quality of life, these children had a lower quality of life in physical performance, emotional performance, and performance at school, and were at the level as that of healthy children only in social performance.

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