Title:
Effectiveness of School Based Oral Health Programme in the Reduction of Dental Diseases in Nigeria
Authors:
Ogwo, Chukwuebuka Elozona
Place:
Amsterdam
Publisher:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute [etc.]
Year:
2017
PAGE:
xii, 61
Language:
En
Subject:
Health and Poverty
Keywords:
School, Oral, Health, Education, Nigeria
Abstract:
Oral diseases affect nearly 58% school aged children in Nigeria with the most common being dental caries and gum diseases which often times have severe consequences. 80% of these diseases are untreated due to inaccessible and unaffordable oral health services. Most of these diseases are preventable and more especially when the interventions are implemented at an early stage of life. School Based Oral Health Education(SBOHE) is one of the World Health Organisation(WHO) recommended cost effective strategy for improving oral health care, especially in low resource settings. Despite the favourable school infrastructure, supportive school health policy and a supportive national oral health policy, school based oral health programme has not been implemented in Nigeria. This study objective was to determine the effectiveness of school based oral health education intervention in the reduction of dental diseases in selected Sub-Saharan African countries and in India in order to suggest a strategy of implementing school based oral Health interventions in Nigeria. The result showed that oral health education leads to reduced oral diseases incidence, improved oral health knowledge, attitude and practice(KAP), and improve oral hygiene of school children. The collaboration of the oral health professionals, the teachers, the parents and the community, is crucial for an effective SBOHE programme. The support of stakeholders is needed for the initiation, execution and evaluation of SBOHE programme. School based oral health intervention is feasible and achievable even in resource poor settings. Given that school based programmes are only implemented in 5% of the school in Nigeria there is a need for collaboration with the health sector to establish school health programmes as a basic programme for underpinning the SBOHP. The high enrollment of children in primary school in Nigeria will offer an easy path for the implementation of this intervention. Pilot studies should be done using 6 states to test the feasibility of this intervention in Nigeria.
Organization:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute
,
VU - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Institute:
KIT (Royal Tropical Institute)
Country:
Nigeria
Region:
West Africa
Training:
Master of International Health
Category:
Research
Right:
@ 2017 Ogwo
Document type:
Thesis/dissertation
File:
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