Volume 14, Issue 2 (spring & summer 2019)
ijpd 2019, 14(2): 45-52 |
Back to browse issues page
Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:
Karandish M, Pakshir H, Karimian Z. Evaluation of health care providers knowledge on importance of preventive orthodontic treatment Original Article. ijpd 2019; 14 (2) :45-52
URL: http://jiapd.ir/article-1-220-en.html
URL: http://jiapd.ir/article-1-220-en.html
Abstract: (2066 Views)
Background:Assessing the knowledge and performance of school health care providers as a means to protect the health of students and identifying barriers to the implementation of oral health programs and the awareness of school health care providers regarding the prevention of oral and dental illness to promote the health of students is important and It is necessary in this research to determine the awareness of health care providers about early orthodontic treatment in Shiraz.
Materials and methods: In coordination with the Shiraz General Education Office, health care providers participated in this study. All health care elementary school students in Shiraz were sampled. 113 health care providers were willing to cooperate. Provides information on health care awareness in the field Oral and dental health and dental anomalies were questioned and analyzed by SPSS software using descriptive statistics and Kruskal Wallis test.
Results:42.5% of health care providers had good knowledge and 53.1% had moderate knowledge and 4.4% had low knowledge. On the other hand, the level of education, age, work experience and the length of time from the last degree did not have any effect on the level of awareness of individuals.
Conclusion:The level of awareness of health care providers in Shiraz, considering their important role of the importance of early orthodontic treatment, was low and there was a need for more courses by dentists with more supervision.
Materials and methods: In coordination with the Shiraz General Education Office, health care providers participated in this study. All health care elementary school students in Shiraz were sampled. 113 health care providers were willing to cooperate. Provides information on health care awareness in the field Oral and dental health and dental anomalies were questioned and analyzed by SPSS software using descriptive statistics and Kruskal Wallis test.
Results:42.5% of health care providers had good knowledge and 53.1% had moderate knowledge and 4.4% had low knowledge. On the other hand, the level of education, age, work experience and the length of time from the last degree did not have any effect on the level of awareness of individuals.
Conclusion:The level of awareness of health care providers in Shiraz, considering their important role of the importance of early orthodontic treatment, was low and there was a need for more courses by dentists with more supervision.
Type of Article: Research Article |
Subject:
General
Received: 2019/07/22 | Accepted: 2019/07/22 | Published: 2019/07/22
Received: 2019/07/22 | Accepted: 2019/07/22 | Published: 2019/07/22
References
1. Mousavifatemi N, Vakilzadeh S, Armani Alafabadi, Karimi M, Mohammad Shirazi M, Mschi M, Hatami B, Qaisi R. Oral and Dental Health: A Special Oral and Dental Health Program for Elementary Students. Iran: Golabgir Publications, 1394. Page 4. 6
2. Profit WR. Contemporary orthodontics. 2nd ed. St. Louis: Mosby Year Book; 1993. P. 75-9 .
3. Basir Leila, Mashallah Mashallah House, Fallahi Hamid Reza. Investigating the Effect of Education on the Knowledge of Ahwaz School Health Instructors on the Prevention of Orthodontics in the Year 2005-2007
4. Cameron AC, Widmer RP. Handbook of pediatric dentistry. 3rd ed. Edinburgh: Mosby Elsevier; 2008. P. 345-52.
5. Lahcen O, Laila L. Early Treatment in Orthodontics. Croatia: INTECHOpen Access Publisher; 2011. [DOI:10.5772/20437]
6. Gugino CF, Dus I, editors. Unlocking Orthodontic malocclusions: Aninterplay between form and function. Seminars in Orthodontics; 1998; NewYork: Elsevier [DOI:10.1016/S1073-8746(98)80030-3]
7.
8. Ahadian H,Akhavan Karbasi M.Evaluating the error rate of Yazd primary school health educators in diagnosis of dental problems among students.Quarterly Journal of Yazd School of Health.Fifth Year.Quarterly Journal of Yazd School of Health, Fifth Year. First and Second Ed, Spring and Summer;2006.
9. Taghizadeh Ganji A,Jafari A,Poorgholi N,Iranizadeh H. Evaluation of knowledge, attitude and practice of Tabriz's school health workers about oral and dental health. Journal of Dental Medicine.2009;22(3):132-138.
10. Loupe MJ, Frazier PJ. Knowledge and attitudes of schoolteachers toward oral health programs. J Am Dent Assoc. 1983; 107(2):229-34. [DOI:10.14219/jada.archive.1983.0226] [PMID]
11. Peter S. Essentials of Public health dentistry. 5th edition. New delhi: Arya medi publishing house; July 2013.
12. Petersen PE, Mzee O. Oral health profile of schoolchildren, mothers and schoolteachers in Zanzibar. Community Dental Health 1998; 15: 256−62.
13. Ramroop V, Wright D, Naidu R. Dental health knowledge and attitudes of primary school teachers toward developing dental health education. West Indian Medical Journal. 2011 Oct;60(5):576-80.
| Rights and permissions | |
 |
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. |
