health education in schools is one of the most effective ways of promoting health in a society. studies have shown the effectiveness of health interventions aimed at improving students' knowledge, attitude, and behaviors about health issues. the aim of this study was to evaluate health issues in primary school textbooks in iran.in school year 2010-2011, the contents of all primary school textbo...

aims: the oral health is one of the most of public health problems and women with pregnancy have high risk for dental caries and need more attention. the purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a health education intervention based on the health belief model (hbm) on oral health behavior in pregnant women. methods: this is a quasi-experimental study carried out on 130 pregnant ...

Objective: Oral hygiene must start at a young age. Childhood is the perfect time to start the conversion of knowledge into creative thinking and subsequent health care activity. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of oral hygiene instruction via an educational film for oral health promotion of elementary students. Methods: In this experimental, interventional, before and after study, data ...

BACKGROUND This study evaluated the effectiveness of an infant oral health care educational intervention on the knowledge of female dental students at King Saud University in Riyadh city. METHODS One hundred and twenty-eight students participated in the study. The participants were from different levels in the dental college, ie, second year (D2), third year (D3), fourth year (D4), and fifth ...

The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the preliminary results of a school-based oral health educational strategy adopted in public primary schools from the city of Maringa, State of Parana, Brazil. The study sample was composed by 556 children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years old, 124 schoolteachers and a group of 55 mothers. The educational approach was implemented for 18 months and...

The aim of this study was to evaluate whether an interdisciplinary, multifaceted oral health education program delivered to pediatric nurse practitioner students at the University of California, San Francisco, would improve their knowledge, confidence, attitudes, and behaviors regarding the provision of oral health assessments, consultations, referrals, and services to young children during wel...

background many dental problems such as tooth decay starts from childhood. in this regard, attitudes and beliefs of mothers about oral-dental health are important. the aim of this study was to determine the factors affecting oral-dental health in children of the mothers who referred to the qom health centers by using of the health belief model. materials and methods this is cross-sectional desc...

Dental caries is an infectious yet preventable disease that is rampant in some subpopulations in the United States, in particular among individuals with neurodevelopmental/intellectual disabilities (ND/ID). This article reports on the implementation and evaluation of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) School of Dentistry interprofessional school health educational mo...