dc.contributor.author | Baginska, Joanna | |
dc.contributor.author | Rodakowska, Ewa Joanna | |
dc.contributor.author | Kobus, Agnieszka | |
dc.contributor.author | Kierklo, Anna | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-23T11:24:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-06-23T11:24:54Z | |
dc.date.created | 2020-09-30T09:09:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.Published | European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry. 2020, . | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1818-6300 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2760859 | |
dc.description.abstract | Purpose
The assessment of the role of school nurses in the oral health education and counselling of children and adolescents aged 7–19 years.
Methods
A self-administered questionnaire was used to evaluate nurses’ practice in oral health education, previous training in caries prevention, collaboration with a dentist and self-assessment of knowledge. Data were analysed with the Chi square test.
Results
The study group consisted of 140 Polish school nurses. Respondents declared the following activities: dietary counselling (99.2%), oral hygiene education (92.8%), NHS-funded supervised fluoride prophylaxis (82.8%), and caries screenings (4.3%). 47.1% participated in training on caries prevention, 25.7% had a collaboration with a dentist. Nurses from schools located in towns less frequently provided oral hygiene education (p < 0.005) and dietary counselling, but more often had a collaboration with a dentist (p < 0.05). The youngest nurses were more confident about their knowledge (p < 0.05). There was an association between participation in training on caries prevention and positive opinion on a school-based fluoride prophylaxis (p < 0.01). Nurses who did not include dental topics in their practice worked mainly with pupils older than 15 years, had shorter experience (p < 0.05), secondary education, worked in urban areas and had no training on dental problems (p < 0.01).
Conclusion
Polish school nurses have potentially crucial roles in improving the oral health status in pupils through oral hygiene education, dietary counselling and fluoride prophylaxis included in their duties. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Springer | en_US |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | The role of Polish school nurses in the oral health promotion for 7-19 year-old children and adolescents | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright 2020 The Authors | en_US |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | postprint | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s40368-020-00546-6 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1835243 | |
dc.source.journal | European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 265–272 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry. 2021, 22, 265–272 | en_US |
dc.source.volume | 22 | en_US |