Increasing the Awareness of the Parents Regarding the Oral Health Status of Their 0-3 Years-Old Children
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Tamer TÜZÜNER; Havva KARADENİZ; İlknur KAHRİMAN; Özgül BAYGIN; Ezgi BALTACI; Ayca KURT
- Source
- Bezmiâlem Science, Vol 10, Iss 3, Pp 337-345 (2022)
- Subject
- oral health
awareness
health education
home visits
nursing students
Medicine (General)
R5-920
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2148-2373
Objective:This study aimed to: (a) compare nursing students’ knowledge about the oral and dental health of children before and after oral health education; (b) evaluate the effectiveness of oral health education of parents with children aged 0-3-year-old by these trained students during home visits.Methods:In this quasiexperimental study, firstly, 60 senior students in the nursing department were trained on infants’ and young children’s oral and dental health through standartized training modules. Secondly, 180 parents with children aged 0-3 from low socioeconomic status were trained by the nursing students during home visits with face to face interviews. Both nursing students’ and parents’ pre and post-training knowledge levels and the changes in their awareness after training were measured using standard questions which were administered as pre-test (preT) and post-test (postT) with 1 week intervals. Wilcoxon test was used to assess the differences of correct answers between pre- and post-tests. The significant value was considered as p