The impact of a school based oral hygiene instruction program on the gingival health of middle school children in Riyadh: Saudi Arabia

The present paper addresses basic evaluation and procedural concepts that are involved in the process of implementing a school-based program to promote oral hygiene practices among Indian school children using the I-change intervention mapping model. Core components for effective intervention design and implementation are presented as part of a comprehensive model composed of six stages along with in depth discussion about sustaining each step under the I-change model providing with the imminent need for such a school based program in India. This model systematically addresses the design program, the production of said program called insta-brush. Special attention has been given to the planned program implementation delineating suggested sequence of implementation followed by comprehensive measurement of the impact of the program with proposed process and summative evaluation plans. Assessment tools and evaluation strategies are recommended and illustrated based on evaluations of interventions implemented in school based oral health programs worldwide.

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Effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge and practices regarding oral hygiene among middle school children at Udaipur

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20212326 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Harish K. Kumawat ◽

Ashok Kumar ◽

Dev Narayan ◽

Dinesh K. Sharma ◽

Sanjay Nagda ◽

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Keyword(s):

Middle School ◽

Standard Deviation ◽

School Children ◽

Oral Hygiene ◽

Knowledge Score ◽

Middle School Children ◽

Teaching Programme ◽

Post Test ◽

The Mean ◽

Knowledge And Practice

Background: The vision of the Indian dental association is to improve oral health and achieving optimal national oral health for all. So, the present study was aimed to improve the knowledge and practice regarding oral hygiene using STP (structured teaching programme) among selected middle school children at Udaipur.Methods: Evaluative research approach and pre-experimental, one-group pre-test, post-test designs were adopted for this study. Using a non-probability, convenient sampling technique, sixty children were recruited from the sixth and seventh standards of selected middle schools at Udaipur city. Tools included demographic data, a self-structured knowledge questionnaire and an observational checklist. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential values by IBM statistical package for social sciences (SPSS version 23) software.Results: Data revealed that there was a lack of knowledge and practice (tooth brushing technique) on oral hygiene among middle school children which can be increased by administering STP on oral hygiene. The mean and standard deviation of post-test knowledge score and practice score 15.73±1.19 and 8.41±1.66 was higher than the mean and standard deviation of pre-test knowledge score and practice score 5.11±1.14 and 4.27±179 respectively.Conclusions: Greater attention to STP on oral hygiene is needed to improve knowledge and practice (tooth brushing technique) regarding oral hygiene among middle school children.

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