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Kyu Kyu Swe
University of Community Health, Magway, Myanmar
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Background
Oral diseases are common and widespread around the world. Many oral health problems are preventable and early onset is reversible. Myanmar faces many challenges in rendering oral health services and about 70 percent of total population resides in rural areas. These relate to the availability and accessibility of oral health services. Therefore, oral health education is one key element to prevent oral diseases and to promote oral health.
Methods
A quasi-experimental study was carried out at Basic Education Middle Schools in rural areas of Magway Township to study the effectiveness of oral health education on knowledge and behavior of eight to ten years old school children. A total of 220 school children, 110 from intervention school and 110 from control school, participated in this study from 2015 to 2017. Data for knowledge and behavior were collected before and after intervention in the two groups by using self-administered questionnaire. Tooth brushing method data were collected by direct observation with checklist. Oral health education was provided at eight weekly intervals for one year in the intervention group. After one year and six months, oral health knowledge and behavior were determined in the intervention group only to measure retention. Chi-square test, two samples t test, One way repeated measure ANOVA were used for data analysis. The study was approved by the Ethics Review Committee of University of Public Health in Yangon, Myanmar.
Results
There were significant differences between the two groups in oral health knowledge (p<0.05) except one and also in behavior (p<0.001) at after intervention. A positive effect of intervention was found in intervention group. The intervention had significant effect on sustainability of correct knowledge and behavior by the school children in intervention group although education session was stopped for six months after one-year education (p<0.001). Their mean knowledge and behavioral scores at three different points in time were (2.45±1.12 and 1.56±0.90) at baseline, (3.79±1.12 and 3.60±1.21) at one year after education, and (4.07±0.98 and 3.24±1.31) at six months after cessation of education, respectively.
Conclusion
The repeated oral health education was effective to promote and sustain oral health knowledge and behavior.
Keywords
Oral health education, oral health knowledge and behavior
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Kyu Kyu Swe
University of Community Health, Magway, Myanmar
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On 29 Nov, 2020
Editor invited
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Reviewers invited
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Background
Oral diseases are common and widespread around the world. Many oral health problems are preventable and early onset is reversible. Myanmar faces many challenges in rendering oral health services and about 70 percent of total population resides in rural areas. These relate to the availability and accessibility of oral health services. Therefore, oral health education is one key element to prevent oral diseases and to promote oral health.
Methods
A quasi-experimental study was carried out at Basic Education Middle Schools in rural areas of Magway Township to study the effectiveness of oral health education on knowledge and behavior of eight to ten years old school children. A total of 220 school children, 110 from intervention school and 110 from control school, participated in this study from 2015 to 2017. Data for knowledge and behavior were collected before and after intervention in the two groups by using self-administered questionnaire. Tooth brushing method data were collected by direct observation with checklist. Oral health education was provided at eight weekly intervals for one year in the intervention group. After one year and six months, oral health knowledge and behavior were determined in the intervention group only to measure retention. Chi-square test, two samples t test, One way repeated measure ANOVA were used for data analysis. The study was approved by the Ethics Review Committee of University of Public Health in Yangon, Myanmar.
Results
There were significant differences between the two groups in oral health knowledge (p<0.05) except one and also in behavior (p<0.001) at after intervention. A positive effect of intervention was found in intervention group. The intervention had significant effect on sustainability of correct knowledge and behavior by the school children in intervention group although education session was stopped for six months after one-year education (p<0.001). Their mean knowledge and behavioral scores at three different points in time were (2.45±1.12 and 1.56±0.90) at baseline, (3.79±1.12 and 3.60±1.21) at one year after education, and (4.07±0.98 and 3.24±1.31) at six months after cessation of education, respectively.
Conclusion
The repeated oral health education was effective to promote and sustain oral health knowledge and behavior.
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