scholarly journals Oral health knowledge and attitudes of primary school teachers toward school-based oral health programs in Abha-Khamis, Saudi Arabia

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shreyas Tikare ◽  
NabeehA AlQahtani
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Health Programs ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
School Based ◽  
Health Knowledge And Attitudes

scholarly journals Oral Health Knowledge among Private Primary School Teachers in Riyadh City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 121-124
Author(s):  
Ghada Misfer Albisher ◽  
Hayat Mohammed Alghamdi ◽  
Saffannah Hatim AlAbbadi ◽  
Nouf Ibrahem Almukhyzim ◽  
Reem Abdulaziz Al Fayez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge ◽  
Riyadh City

scholarly journals Oral Health Knowledge and Attitude among Primary School Teachers of Madinah, Saudi Arabia

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 275-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Sami Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Significant Relation ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

ABSTRACT Background and objective Effect of oral health knowledge and attitude has direct effect on school children so aim of this study is to know the oral health knowledge and attitude among primary school teachers. Materials and methods This was a cross-sectional questionnaire based survey done in 2014. Four males and three females schools were selected using a convenience sampling method. Among them, three were private and the rest was government schools. Approval was obtained from the selected schools. One hundred twenty self-administered questionnaires in Arabic language were distributed among the primary school teachers. Results Completed questionnaires were returned with a response rate of 95%. Among the teachers, 57% were males and rests were females. The mean age was 36.1 years (SD ± 6.9). Sixty-eight percent were between 31 and 40 years old and among them female showed high score for oral health knowledge (80%) p < 0.001 whereas male showed high score of attitude (82%) p < 0.05. Thirty-three percent had 5 and 10 years of teaching experience. Ninety-eight percent were graduate or above. Eighty-nine percent had used toothbrush. There was no significant relation between the teaching experience and the oral health knowledge (p = 0.14) but there was a significant relation between teaching experience and attitude (p = 0.001). In this sample, irrespective of their frequency of tooth brushing, a significant number had good knowledge (p < 0.001) and highly acceptable attitudes (p = 0.001) toward oral health. Conclusion Primary school teachers had acceptable knowledge and attitudes regarding their oral health. Further studies are needed to evaluate and compare their oral health status to their knowledge and attitudes and to determine whether they offer oral health education to the school children. How to cite this article Ahmad MS. Oral Health Knowledge and Attitude among Primary School Teachers of Madinah, Saudi Arabia. J Contemp Dent Pract 2015;16(4):275-279.

scholarly journals Oral Health Knowledge, Attitude, and Approaches of Pre-Primary and Primary School Teachers in Mumbai, India

Scientifica ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankita Mota ◽  
Kunal C. Oswal ◽  
Dipti A. Sajnani ◽  
Anand K. Sajnani
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Children’S Oral Health

Background. School teachers have an internationally recognized potential role in school-based dental education and considerable importance has therefore been attributed to their dental knowledge. The objectives of this study were to determine the oral health related knowledge, attitudes, and approaches of pre-primary and primary school teachers in the city of Mumbai.Methods. The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in the suburban regions of Mumbai using a self-administered questionnaire and involved 511 teachers.Results. Teachers demonstrated inappropriate or incomplete knowledge regarding children’s oral health. Only 53.2% knew that an individual has two sets of dentition. Moreover, only 45.4% of the teachers knew that a primary dentition consists of 20 teeth. Only 56.9% of the teachers asked their children to clean their mouth after snacking during school hours. 45.0% of the teachers were unaware of fluoridated tooth pastes whilst 78.9% of them were unaware of school water fluoridation programmes. Also, 54.8% of the teachers never discussed the oral health of children with their parents during parents meet.Conclusions. The studied school teachers demonstrated incomplete oral health knowledge, inappropriate oral practices, and unfavourable approaches to children’s oral health. There is a definite and immediate need for organized training of school teachers on basic oral health knowledge.

scholarly journals Advancing Oral Health Knowledge and Attitudes of Physician Assistant Students Using the Smiles for Life Oral Health Curriculum

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (10) ◽  
pp. 775-778
Author(s):  
Jennifer Forbes ◽  
Talia Sierra ◽  
Jared Papa
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Physician Assistant ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge ◽  
Health Curriculum ◽  
Physician Assistant Students ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Life Curriculum ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Health Knowledge And Attitudes

Background and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine’s Smiles for Life: A National Oral Health Curriculum on the knowledge and attitudes of physician assistant students regarding oral health. Methods: Seventy-two didactic year physician assistant students from one physician assistant program were surveyed to assess their knowledge and attitudes regarding oral health prior to starting the Smiles for Life oral health curriculum. The students were electronically surveyed a second time 1 week after completing all online modules in the Smiles for Life oral health curriculum. Results: Precourse and postcourse survey response rates were 57% and 36%, respectively. The mean of the attitude statements increased from 3.20 on the precourse survey to 3.87 on the postcourse survey (P=.0012). The mean number of correct responses on the knowledge questions increased from 6.83 on the precourse survey to 9.85 on the postcourse survey (P&lt;.0001). Conclusions: Statistically significant improvements in the attitudes toward oral health and oral health knowledge of physician assistant students after completion of the Smiles for Life curriculum were observed. This study illustrates the effectiveness of the Smiles for Life curriculum as an interprofessional educational experience. This curriculum can be completed online and does not require faculty expertise in oral health, thus removing previously cited barriers to incorporating oral health into the physician assistant curriculum.

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