Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Effectiveness of a curriculum‑based educational intervention on oral health behavior and dental caries experience among Indian schoolchildren

. Vineetha Karuveettil; . S. Vijay Kumar; . Chandrashekar Janakiram; . Joe Joseph

Volume 10, Issue 4 , April 2020, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: The high incidence of dental diseases among Indian children can be attributed to lowawareness regarding the oral health maintenance. The school health curriculum in India ... Read More BACKGROUND: The high incidence of dental diseases among Indian children can be attributed to lowawareness regarding the oral health maintenance. The school health curriculum in India is deficientof an oral health component, and there are no organized oral health programs for schoolchildrenexisting at present. Therefore, the present study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of an oralhealth curriculum in improving the oral health behavior and dental caries experience in schoolchildren.METHODS: A nonrandomized trial with pretest/posttest design was conducted among 600schoolchildren. Two intervention arms were designed with one group receiving health education from adental health professional and other from a school teacher. The oral health curriculum was customizedfor three sections of different age groups (lower primary [LP], upper primary [UP], high school [HS])and implemented for a period of 1 year. Oral health behaviors were recorded using a Knowledge,Attitude and Practice (KAP) questionnaire and were evaluated at baseline, 6 months, and 1 year ofthe educational intervention. Dental caries experience was measured Pre and Post - interventionusing deft and decayed, missing, and filled teeth indices. Descriptive statistics were calculated forcontinuous data, and the change in KAP scores and dental caries experience was analyzed usingthe repeated measures of ANOVA, independent t‑tests, and paired t‑tests.RESULTS: There were significant improvements in KAP regarding oral health among Indianschoolchildren. Significant reductions in decayed primary teeth were observed in LP and UPschoolchildren post-intervention. However, there was no significant difference in primary outcomebetween the two intervention arms.CONCLUSIONS: A curriculum‑based health education intervention customized for different agegroups was found to be effective in improving oral health behavior and dental caries experienceamong Indian schoolchildren.

Parents outlook on preventive dental modalities for their children in Udham Singh Nagar, India

. Sukirat Kaur; . Ravishankar Lingesha Telgi; . Vaibhav Tandon; . Ramneek Kaur; . Shyamalima Bhattacharyya

Volume 9, Issue 3 , March 2019, , Pages 1-5

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AIM: The aim is to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practices of parents toward preventivedental treatment modalities.METHODOLOGY: A convenient sample of parents was selected randomly ... Read More

Malocclusion and dental caries experience among 8–9‑year‑old children in a city of South Indian region: A cross‑sectional survey

. Patil Disha; . P. Poornima; . Suryakanth M. Pai; . N. B. Nagaveni; . N. M. Roshan; . M. Manoharan

Volume 7, Issue 6 , December 2017, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: Although numerous studies have documented malocclusion in various age groupsin India, the literature on the prevalence of malocclusion in mixed dentition is scanty. Dental ... Read More

The impact of mother’s literacy on child dental caries: Individual data or aggregate data analysis?

. Ali‑Akbar Haghdoost; . Hossein Hessari; . Mohammad Reza Baneshi; . Maryam Rad; . Arash Shahravan

Volume 7, Issue 1 , March and April 2017, , Pages 1-4

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Introduction: To evaluate the impact of mother’s literacy on child dental caries based on anational oral health survey in Iran and to investigate the possibility of ecological ... Read More

Impact of school‑based oral health education program on oral health of 12 and 15 years old school children

. Vinay Kumar Bhardwaj; . Kapil Rajiv Sharma; . Rajeshwar Prasad Luthra; . Pravesh Jhingta; . Deepak Sharma; . Ashish Justa

Volume 3, Issue 7 , July 2013, , Pages 1-4

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Background: Health education for the school age child is a specialized field within thebroad discipline of education. Oral health education program are educational aspects of anycurative, ... Read More

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Effectiveness of a curriculum‑based educational intervention on oral health behavior and dental caries experience among Indian schoolchildren

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Parents outlook on preventive dental modalities for their children in Udham Singh Nagar, India

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Malocclusion and dental caries experience among 8–9‑year‑old children in a city of South Indian region: A cross‑sectional survey

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The impact of mother’s literacy on child dental caries: Individual data or aggregate data analysis?

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Impact of school‑based oral health education program on oral health of 12 and 15 years old school children

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