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 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

Oral Health Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Among School Teachers in Kurnool – Andhra Pradesh

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-23
Author(s):  
G Manjunath ◽  
NN Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge ◽  
Sex Type ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Type Of School

ABSTRACT Introduction Teacher plays pivotal role in any educational system and if they are well educated, intellectually alive and take keen interest in their job, then only success is ensured. Present study was done with an aim to know the knowledge, attitude and practices among school teachers regarding oral health. Methods Closed ended questionnaire was filled by 500 school teachers chosen by stratified random sampling. Results Response rate is 100 % with 250 school teachers from Govt and privates schools. No statistical significant results were found based on age, sex, type of school and income when it comes to knowledge and attitude, but statistical significance was found based on income (p<0.05) when compared with behavior of school teachers with better practices on oral health seen as the monthly income increases. Conclusion Overall oral health knowledge attitude and behavior is poor among school teachers

scholarly journals Knowledge and Attitude Towards Corporal Punishment Among Primary School Teachers of Biratnagar Sub-Metropolitan City, Morang, Nepal

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 248-254
Author(s):  
Menuka Shrestha ◽  
Angur Badhu ◽  
Tara Shah ◽  
Dharanidhar Baral
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Corporal Punishment ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Government School ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Metropolitan City ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Introduction: School experience has remarkable effect on emotional and personal development of children. Intended developments can be achieved through qualified education. It is quite a challenging fact that corporal punishment is still being used in the schools of Nepal as reported in the news papers and other literature. However, there is littlie information about the knowledge and atitude of teachers towards corporal punishment.Objecive: To assess knowledge and atitude and to identify the association between the selected variables and knowledge and attitude towards corporal punishment among primary school teachers of Biratnagar Sub-Metropolitan City.Methodology Descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Biratnagar Sub-metropolitan City, Nepal. A total of 160 primary school teachers were included using total enumeration sampling technique. Data were collected by using self-administered, semi-structured questionnaire and Likert Scale. Written consent was taken from each participant and ethical approval was taken from Institutional Review Board of B.P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS.Results All respondents had heard about corporal punishment but most of them were not clear about the rules against corporal punishment in schools. The mean percentage score of knowledge was 58.81 ± 19.34 and for attitude 56.30 ± 6.98. There was a positive correlation (r=0.455, p <0.001) between knowledge and attitude towards corporal punishment. Majority of respondents scored less than the mean score. Females and government school teachers' knowledge and attitude were found to be more positive.Conclusion The study revealed that the teaching experience, training regarding corporal punishment and childhood experience of corporal punishment were significantly associated with teachers' knowledge and attitude. The government should begin public awareness campaigns to disseminate information on corporal punishment as violence through different media.Birat Journal of Health SciencesVol.2/No.3/Issue 4/Sep- Dec 2017, Page: 248-254

scholarly journals Assessment of Oral Health Knowledge, Attitude and Practice for Public Primary School Teachers in the City of Madinah, Saudi Arabia

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Wejdan Ali Al-Johani ◽  
May Gamar Elanbya
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Good Health ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Public Primary School

Background: School teachers can play an important role in helping to instill good health habits in their students. Consequently, teachers need to have an adequate knowledge and a proper attitude regarding oral health. Method and Materials: This is a cross sectional study conducted among public primary school teachers in Al-Madinah city. A questionnaire was distributed in 10 randomly selected schools. All teachers were asked to participate. Data was analyzed using SPSS software. Results:  200 teachers were asked to participate all of them responded. 81% of the teachers were aware that caries are caused by bacteria in the oral cavity. 69.5% of teachers thinks that fluorides strength teeth. 44.5 % of the teachers brushed their teeth twice a day. Only 15% of the teachers regularly discuss oral health topics with their students. 74.5% of them think that it is necessary to treat tooth caries in primary teeth. 70.5% think that dental health education should be included in the primary school curriculum. 64% of them believed that schools should restrict the consumption of caries causing snacks during school hours. Conclusion: Teachers’ knowledge regarding oral health needs improvement. Their own oral health practices are fair; however, their attitude towards oral health is very positive.

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