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Oral health profile of education and health professionals attending handicapped children

Pomarico, Luciana ; de Souza, Ivete Pomarico ; Tura, Luiz Fernando

Pesquisa odontológica brasileira, 2003, Vol.17 (1), p.11-16 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Brazil: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica e Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade de São Paulo

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Oral health profile of education and health professionals attending handicapped children
Autor: Pomarico, Luciana ; de Souza, Ivete Pomarico ; Tura, Luiz Fernando
Assuntos: Child ; Child, Preschool ; Dental Care for Children - standards ; Dental Caries - prevention & control ; Dentistry ; DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE ; Disabled Children ; Education, Professional - standards ; Health Education, Dental - standards ; Health Education, Dental - statistics & numerical data ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Health Personnel - standards ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Oral Health ; Oral Hygiene - standards ; Oral Hygiene - statistics & numerical data ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Toothbrushing
É parte de: Pesquisa odontológica brasileira, 2003, Vol.17 (1), p.11-16
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Descrição: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes toward oral health of education and health professionals working in a children care program for handicapped children from 0 to 6 years of age, run by a public municipal institution in Rio de Janeiro. Using a printed questionnaire, 67 professionals (teachers, attendants and health professionals) were interviewed. The results were compared to the children's oral hygiene habits, by directly observing their daily nursery routine. Although 97.0% said that oral health could play a part in general health, only 37.3% of the professionals answered correctly on this matter. As for methods for preventing caries, although 92.5% said that they were aware of them, only 17.9% went to the dentist for preventive treatment. Although the majority (81.3%) indicated oral hygiene as a way of preventing caries, observation showed that this practice is not always put into effect in the program's day nursery. Regarding when to start toothbrushing in children, 75.0% of the teachers and 94.4% of the health professionals said that they were aware of the need to begin brushing before one year of age, although this reply was given by only 52.5% of the attendants (chi-square, p = 0.006). In view of these results, it was concluded that attitudes toward oral health were not always coherent with the knowledge that these professionals express.
Editor: Brazil: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica e Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade de São Paulo
Idioma: Inglês;Português

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Oral health profile of education and health professionals attending handicapped children

Pomarico, Luciana ; de Souza, Ivete Pomarico ; Tura, Luiz Fernando

Brazil: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica e Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade de São Paulo

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