The Effect of Identification and Management of Dental Health Problems on Kindergarten and Elementary School Teachers Knowledge Levels in Keputih Public Health Center (Puskesmas)

Background: Caries is a common dental and oral health problem. Caries is one of the serious health problems for schoolchildren, especially elementary school children. Primary school-age children are susceptible to dental and oral healthproblems due to lack of knowledge, and they are still unable to maintain oral and dental health. The level of teacher’sknowledge about dental and oral health influences students’ attitudes and behavior regarding dental and oral health.Purpose: To identify the effect of identification and management of dental health problems empowerment program onkindergarten and elementary school teachers’ knowledge in Keputih public health center (Puskesmas). Methods: Thiswas an analytic observational study with a cross-sectional approach. The population was a kindergarten and elementaryteachers in Keputih. Results: The result showed an increase in teachers’ knowledge from 50% to 72.5% after theintervention. Conclusions: The program concluded that there was an increase in teachers’ knowledge levels regardingthe identification and management of resolving dental health problems.

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Preventing Dental Cavities with Mouth Rinsing Song for Elementary School Students, Sawahan District, Surabaya City

Indonesian Journal of Dental Medicine ◽

10.20473/ijdm.v2i1.2019.19-21 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 19

Author(s):

Yohana Vita Melodi Hutapea ◽

Intan Andiyani ◽

Fanny Nuradiyah ◽

Ica Yusticia ◽

Agung Ridwan Hidayanto ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Elementary School ◽

Oral Health ◽

Dental Health ◽

Health Indicators ◽

Health Problems ◽

School Students ◽

Local Public Health ◽

Mouth Rinsing

Background: Dental and oral health is one of the public health indicators. Dental and oral health problems decreaseindividual health function. A lack of mouth rinsing causes dental and oral health problems in children after consumingsweet food. Dental health promotion can help the children learn about mouth rinsing and encourage them to have itregularly. MisDent is an educational program about dental health designed for children. We demonstrated and promotedmouth rinsing to the students, especially after they confused sweet food. Purpose: To promote correct tooth brushingto children and help monitoring student’s dental health partnering with the local public health center. Methods: Theprogram used dental health promotion strategies Patemon 2 Elementary School. We evaluated the program as well.Results: About 60% of students at Petemon 2 Elementary School were able to answer the questions correctly, have mouthrinsing correctly, memorize the “REK KUMUR REK” song. Conclusion: “MisDent” involved the first and second-gradestudents of Patemon 2 Elementary School. The program was expected to help to educate the students about dental andoral health.

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Sarana Sehat Kalijudan (SARASEHAN) Whatsapp Group: A Platform to Disseminate Children’s Dental and Oral Health Information

Indonesian Journal of Dental Medicine ◽

10.20473/ijdm.v2i1.2019.10-12 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 10

Author(s):

R. Darmawan Setijanto ◽

Rita Yuana Rachmawati ◽

Hayyin Sabila Kandar ◽

Dwicha Rahma Nuriska Hartono ◽

Agtadila Novitananda ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Oral Health ◽

Health Center ◽

Parental Behavior ◽

Dental Health ◽

Children Under Five ◽

Public Health Center ◽

Under Five ◽

Dental Health Care

Background: Two main influencing factors of dental and oral health in developing countries are attitude and behavior.A person’s behavior is influenced by intentions, attitudes, subjective norms, perceived control. Attitudes and parentalbehaviors, especially mothers, have a significant effect on children’s behaviors, especially in maintaining dental health.A mother should be literate about and set examples on dental and oral health to her child. An epidemiological studyconducted at the Kalijudan Health Center involving 105 research respondents reported that parental behavior, especiallyperceived control, had a significant effect on the dental health care of children under five. Therefore, we created anempowerment program by using WhatsApp as the communication platform. Dentists of Kalijudan Public Health Center(Puskesmas), cadres of Integrated Health Service Post (Posyandu), and mothers of children under five have joinedthe group to facilitate QA with the dentist regarding dental health care for children. Purpose: To ease the access toinformation and consultation regarding dental health care for children under five. Methods: To empower the mothersby having discussions with the stakeholders Kalijudan Public Health Center via WhatsApp group. Results: 5 out of 10active mothers gave questions about the health of toddlers’ teeth and were answered directly by a dentist representativefrom the Kalijudan Health Center during a two-hour forum. Conclusion: Cadres and mothers of children under five wereable to access information and consult with dentists of Kalijudan Public Health Center easily via WhatsApp group namedSARASEHAN. The program was beneficial for mothers as it facilitated the mothers to learn more about their children’sdental care.

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Social economy and dietary patterns with incidence of stunting in elementary school children at working area of Lapai public health center Padang

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20202969 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (7) ◽

pp. 2483

Author(s):

Dasril Oktariyani ◽

Yuni Resi Fitri ◽

Rahmatiqa Chamy

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Elementary School ◽

Health Center ◽

School Children ◽

Dietary Patterns ◽

Elementary School Children ◽

School Age Children ◽

School Age ◽

Public Health Center

Background: The incidence of stunting in the Lapai Public Health Center has increased. The incidence of stunting in primary school-age children 6-12 years is a manifestation of stunting in infants, with 84 cases. Socio-Economic Level and Dietary Patterns are one of the factors that influence stunting. The aim of the study was to determine the socioeconomic and dietary patterns with the incidence of stunting in elementary school children in Lapai Public Health Center, Padang.Methods: This type of research is observational analytic with case-control study program. The study period was June 2019 with a sample of 19 cases and 19 controls. Data collection using questionnaires and univariate analysis using descriptive statistics in the form of frequency and percentage distributions while bivariate with chi-square test α 0.05.Results: From the results of the case group more than half (63.2%) of respondents have high socioeconomic status, more than half (63.2%) of respondents have good dietary patterns, there is no relationship between socioeconomic status with the stunting incidents and there is a meaningful relationship between dietary patterns and stunting incidents. From analysis, the OR value was 14 times the risk of stunting in elementary school children in Lapai Public Health Center.Conclusions: Dietary patterns in school-age children have an important role in improving nutritional status. It is recommended for families to pay attention to children's dietary patterns, adjust their diet according to schedule and accompany children when eating and to the health center to provide counselling to families to play a role in providing care for the child's eating.

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PENGARUH PERILAKU SISWA SD TERHADAP KUNJUNGAN PEMELIHARAAN KESEHATAN GIGI DAN MULUT

Contagion: Scientific Periodical Journal of Public Health and Coastal Health ◽

10.30829/contagion.v2i1.7311 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 14

Author(s):

Raudhatul Jannah ◽

Mappeaty Nyorong ◽

Yuniati Yuniati

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Qualitative Research ◽

Health Center ◽

Parental Support ◽

Dental Health ◽

Research Approach ◽

Chi Square ◽

Public Health Center ◽

Purposive Sampling

<div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p align="center"><strong>Abstrak</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>Masalah kesehatan gigi terutama pada anak di Indonesia mencapai 93 %. Berdasarkan survey awal yang dilakukan oleh peneliti di Puskesmas Sentosa baru dengan melihat data sekunder diketahui bahwa pencapaian target tentang kesehatan gigi belum mencapai 80 %. Adapun tujuan penelitian ini yaitu untuk menganalisis pengaruh perilaku siswa SD terhadap kunjungan pemeliharaan kesehatan gigi di Puskesmas Sentosa Baru. Jenis penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan menggunakan cross sectional. Penelitian dilakukan di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Sentosa Baru kota Medan. Sampel kuantitatif diperoleh dengan menggunakan teknik purposive sampling sebanyak 95 siswa. Sedangkan Informan pada peenlitian kualitatif berjumlah 3 orang siswa. Untuk menganalisis data kuantitatif digunakan uji Chi Square dan regresi logistik dan kualiatif dilakukan dengan observasi dan wawancara. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian kuantitatif diketahui bahwa ada 5 variabel yang memengaruhi siswa SD dalam kunjungan pemeliharaan kesehatan gigi dan mulut di Puskesmas Sentosa Baru yaitu pengetahuan, sikap, dukungan orangtua, dukungan guru, dukungan teman sebaya. Kesimpulan dalam penelitian ini yaitu bahwa variabel yang paling berpengaruh terhadap kunjungan pemeliharaan di Puskesmas Sentosa Baru yaitu dukungan guru. Sehingga disarankan agar guru dapat memberikan dukungan yang penuh kepada siswa agar siswa bersedia berkunjung ke Puskesmas Sentosa Baru untuk melakukan pemeliharaan kesehatan.</p><p> </p><p>Kata kunci: Perilaku, Kunjungan Pemeliharaan Gigi dan Mulut</p><p>Abstract</p><p>Dental health problems especially in children in Indonesia still very alarming 93%. Based on an initial survey conducted in the Sentosa Baru Public Health Center by looking at secondary data it was known that the achievement of targets on dental health has not reached 80%. The general purpose of this studied IS to analyzed the influence of students still low behavior on dental health service visits at the Sentosa Baru Public Health Center The types of research was a mix methods with an explanatory research approach. Quantitative samples were obtained using a purposive sampling technique of 95 students. While the informants in qualitative research were 3 students. To analyzed quantitative data the Chi Square test was used and logistic and qualitative regression was carried out by observation and interview. Based on the results of quantitative research, it was known that there was 5 variables that affect elementary students in dental and oral health care visits at the Sentosa Baru Public Health Center, namely knowledge, attitudes, parental support, teacher support, and peer support. Based on qualitative research results, it was obtained that 2 informants experienced cavities and dirty teeth. The conclusion is that the most influential variable on maintenance visits at the Sentosa Baru Public Health Center is teacher’s support. So it was suggested that teachers can provide full support to students are willing to visit the Sentosa Baru Public Health Center to examing their teeth and mouths problems performing health care.</p><p> </p>Keywords: Behavior, Maintenance Visit Dental and Mouth

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