Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Investigate the role of positive and negative memories from dentistry in the anxiety of dental patients in Kerman, Iran

Maryam Alsadat Hashemipour; Farideh Mohammadi; Homa Kamyabi

Volume 12, Issue 11 , December 2022, , Pages 1-8

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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Several research works show that anxiety is more common in women,low‑income classes, and middle‑aged and elderly populations. The present study aimed to investigatethe ... Read More

A model for implementing oral health‑promoting school: Integration with dental students’ educational curriculum: A protocol study

. Bahareh Tahani; . Imaneh Asgari

Volume 12, Issue 7 , August 2022, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: Schools are ideal setting for children’s oral health‑promoting programs. It is anintegrated model for oral health‑promoting schools (OHPS) with the capacities ... Read More BACKGROUND: Schools are ideal setting for children’s oral health‑promoting programs. It is anintegrated model for oral health‑promoting schools (OHPS) with the capacities of dental school’scurriculum and dental students as workforces. In this protocol, the principle of planning andimplementation of the oral health program is described.MATERIALS AND METHODS: Based on the PRECEDE‑Policy, Regulatory, and OrganizationalConstructs in Educational and Environmental Development (PROCEED) planning model, a frameworkfor determining the potential predisposing, reinforcing, and enabling factors that could be interveningwas diagnosed. To adapt the phases of the planning model for integration of the “OHPS” principlesand the dental students’ curriculum, the following steps are supposed to be considered: Phases1–5 which are to assess the baseline data will include the assessment of children oral health statusand parents and teachers’ knowledge, attitude, and performance. Phase 6 or implementation phasewill be allocated to oral health education interventions for students, parents, and teachers, professionalscreening, prevention, and referral. Phase 7 or the process assessment phase will be to record thenumber of screened students, the amount of fissure sealant and fluoride provision, and percentageof trained parents and teachers. Phase 8 or the impact assessment phase will assess the students’improvement in knowledge and practice, decayed, missing, and filled teeth scores, teachers andmothers’ oral health attitudes and behaviors, and brushing and flossing behaviors. At the last, costanalysis of the program and long‑term monitoring of the interventions is suggested.CONCLUSION: In case that the effectiveness of this model is proven, it can be implemented by otherdental schools for the primary schools in their regions. Considering the number and distribution ofdental schools in the country, this model is executable as targeted population oral health promotionapproach in 6–12‑year‑old schoolchildren.

New psychometric evidences on the Dental Environment Stress questionnaire among Romanian students

. Ruxandra Sfeatcu; . Beatrice Adriana Balgiu; . Ioanina Parlatescu

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: The academic environment is a challenge for dental students due to the multiplesources of stress they face. For this reason, the present study analyzes the psychometric ... Read More BACKGROUND: The academic environment is a challenge for dental students due to the multiplesources of stress they face. For this reason, the present study analyzes the psychometric propertiesof the Dental Environment Stress (DES) questionnaire. The secondary objective was to identify thespecific sources of stress perceived by dental students related to gender and years of study.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross‑sectional study was conducted among dentalstudents (n = 340; Mage = 22.45) from the Romanian University of Medicine and Pharmacy inOctober– December 2019. The factorial structure of the questionnaire was performed by meansof the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and the multi group‑CFA. The convergent and divergentvalidities were measured by associating DES with scales that measure depression, anxiety, andtension/stress (Depression Anxiety Stress Scale‑21‑R), perceived stress (Perceived Stress Scale‑14),and life satisfaction (Satisfaction with Life Scale).RESULTS: New measure obtained supported a five‑factor and thirty‑item structure, which is genderinvariant. All the factors within DES have a significant positive correlation with depression, anxiety,tension/stress, and perceived stress and a negative correlation with life satisfaction. The Cronbach’sα coefficients are acceptable (range: 0.67–0.89). The female students perceive aspects related toperformance, the relations with the faculty, clinical responsibilities, and personal life to be morestressful than males. Senior students perceive more stressed aspects related to personal life, whilefreshmen have higher scores on stress associated with clinical responsibilities.CONCLUSIONS: The present results show that DES has psychometric properties which are adequatefor the assessment of dental stress in the case of Romanian students; nevertheless, it is necessaryto extend the use of DES to students attending other universities and to dental practitioners.

Knowledge, attitude, practices, and barriers regarding pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction reporting among medical and dental faculties of the teaching hospitals in Bhubaneswar City

. Avinash Jnaneswar; . Suranjana Jonak Hazarika; . Kunal Jha; . Vinay s; . Gunjan Kumar

Volume 10, Issue 10 , October 2020, , Pages 1-5

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AIM: To assess the knowledge, attitude, practices (KAP), and barriers regarding pharmacovigilanceand adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting among medical and dental faculties of the ... Read More

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Investigate the role of positive and negative memories from dentistry in the anxiety of dental patients in Kerman, Iran

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A model for implementing oral health‑promoting school: Integration with dental students’ educational curriculum: A protocol study

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New psychometric evidences on the Dental Environment Stress questionnaire among Romanian students

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Knowledge, attitude, practices, and barriers regarding pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction reporting among medical and dental faculties of the teaching hospitals in Bhubaneswar City

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