Blake, Holly

Brady, L.R.

Dawett, B.

Deery, C.

Leighton, Paul

Younis, F.

Nottingham ePrints

Blake, Holly and Brady, L.R. and Leighton, P.A. and Younis, F. and Deery, C. and Dawett, B. (2011) Does oral health knowledge and behaviour improve following brief dental care professional (DCP) delivered educational intervention in schools? In: UK Society for Behavioural Medicine 7th Annual Scientific Meeting, 13-14 December 2011, Stirling, Scotland. Access from the University of Nottingham repository: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39294/1/2011%20Blake%20et%20al%20Dental%20UKSBM%20Stirling.pdfCopyright and reuse: The Nottingham ePrints service makes this work by researchers of the University of Nottingham available open access under the following conditions.This article is made available under the University of Nottingham End User licence and may be reused according to the conditions of the licence.  For more details see: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/end_user_agreement.pdfA note on versions: The version presented here may differ from the published version or from the version of record. If you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher’s version. Please see the repository url above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription.For more information, please contact eprints@nottingham.ac.ukCitation: BLAKE H., BRADY LR., LEIGHTON PA., YOUNIS F., DEERY C., DAWETT B. Does oral health knowledge and behaviour improve following brief dental care professional (DCP) delivered educational intervention in schools? In: Proceedings of the UK Society for Behavioural Medicine, 7th Annual Scientific Meeting, Stirling, 13-14 December 2011.   Poster Title: Does oral health knowledge and behaviour improve following brief dental care professional (DCP) delivered educational intervention in schools?  BLAKE H., BRADY LR., LEIGHTON PA., YOUNIS F., DEERY C., DAWETT B.  Background: Poor oral health in childhood can result in significant problems later in life. Individual oral health education during clinical encounters has been shown to be largely ineffective and community-delivered approaches to oral health education are warranted.  Objectives: To assess change in oral health care knowledge and oral health behaviours in children following group oral health education delivered in the school setting by a dental care professional.  Methods: 150 children (10-11 years) received a 60-minute classroom-based interactive educational session. All children completed oral health knowledge questionnaire and self- reported oral health behaviours before, immediately after and 6 weeks following intervention.  Results: Children‟s dental knowledge significantly improved following intervention (F (2, 292) = 49.92, p< 0.001, partial η2 = 0.26), with improvement evident at immediate follow- up (t(147) = -8.01, p < 0.001, η2 = 0.31) and maintained 6 weeks later (t(148) = -8.91, p < 0.001, η2 = 0.35). Significantly more children used dental floss 6 weeks after the intervention compared with baseline (Z = - 3.99, p < 0.001). No significant differences were detected in tooth brushing or dietary behaviours.  Conclusions: Community preventative oral health education can generate short-term improvements in children‟s knowledge of oral health and aspects of oral hygiene behaviour. 

Does oral health knowledge and behaviour improve following brief dental care professional (DCP) delivered educational intervention in schools?

Abstract

Similar works

Full text

Available Versions

Nottingham ePrints