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Conference Paper: Building of Dental Knowledge among Parents of Preschool Children

TitleBuilding of Dental Knowledge among Parents of Preschool Children
Authors
KeywordsHealth promotion and Outcome (Health)
Issue Date2013
PublisherSage Publications, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal201925
Citation
The 2nd Meeting of the International Association of Dental Research - Asia Pacific Region (IADR-APR), Bangkok, Thailand, 21-23 August 2013. In Journal of Dental Research, 2013, v. 92 n. Special Issue B: abstract no. 243 How to Cite?
AbstractObjective: To assess the education outcome of building dental knowledge among parents of preschool children in Hong Kong. Method: Ethics approval (IRB UW12-334) was achieved. Workshops (seminars, group discussion and Q&A sessions) were given by outreach dentists in 9 kindergartens to build the dental knowledge among the parents. Oral examination was carried out for the children by 2 calibrated outreach dentists before the workshops. The parents were invited to complete the same questionnaire with 47 multiple choice questions to assess their dental knowledge before the workshop and 1 month after the workshop. Correct answer for each question was given a score, and the total score could be 0 to 47. Pearson correlation was run to analyze the relationship between the caries prevalence and the pre-workshop score as well as the score change. A sample of parents who did not attend the workshops was recruited as control. Paired t-test was carried out to assess the short-term education outcome, and two-sample t-test to compare the score between the test and control groups of parents. Result: There were 314 parents who participated in this study and 157 were in control group. The pre-workshop scores were negatively related to the caries prevalence (p<0.05). The score (±SE) of dental knowledge before the workshop in the tested and control group of the parents were 26.39±0.75 and 24.55±0.75, respectively (p=0.082), while their scores after the workshops were 31.78±0.66 and 25.64±0.67, respectively (p<0.001). Paired t-test showed a significant increase of the score of the test group (p<0.001) but not the control group (p=0.132). The change of score before and after workshops was not related to the caries prevalence (p=0.374). Conclusion: In this study, short term oral health knowledge of parents of preschool children was improved by attending the dental knowledge building workshop. This abstract is based on research that was funded entirely or partially by an outside source: Health Care Promotion Fund (Hong Kong) 25110524
DescriptionConference Theme: We are the Future
Poster Presentation
Session 10: P1
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/192508
ISSN
2021 Impact Factor: 8.924
2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.979

 

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dc.contributor.authorYang, Yen_US
dc.contributor.authorChu, CHen_US
dc.contributor.authorLu, Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorYeung, CPWen_US
dc.contributor.authorLi, KYen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-15T02:20:42Z-
dc.date.available2013-11-15T02:20:42Z-
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.identifier.citationThe 2nd Meeting of the International Association of Dental Research - Asia Pacific Region (IADR-APR), Bangkok, Thailand, 21-23 August 2013. In Journal of Dental Research, 2013, v. 92 n. Special Issue B: abstract no. 243en_US
dc.identifier.issn0022-0345-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/192508-
dc.descriptionConference Theme: We are the Future-
dc.descriptionPoster Presentation-
dc.descriptionSession 10: P1-
dc.description.abstractObjective: To assess the education outcome of building dental knowledge among parents of preschool children in Hong Kong. Method: Ethics approval (IRB UW12-334) was achieved. Workshops (seminars, group discussion and Q&A sessions) were given by outreach dentists in 9 kindergartens to build the dental knowledge among the parents. Oral examination was carried out for the children by 2 calibrated outreach dentists before the workshops. The parents were invited to complete the same questionnaire with 47 multiple choice questions to assess their dental knowledge before the workshop and 1 month after the workshop. Correct answer for each question was given a score, and the total score could be 0 to 47. Pearson correlation was run to analyze the relationship between the caries prevalence and the pre-workshop score as well as the score change. A sample of parents who did not attend the workshops was recruited as control. Paired t-test was carried out to assess the short-term education outcome, and two-sample t-test to compare the score between the test and control groups of parents. Result: There were 314 parents who participated in this study and 157 were in control group. The pre-workshop scores were negatively related to the caries prevalence (p<0.05). The score (±SE) of dental knowledge before the workshop in the tested and control group of the parents were 26.39±0.75 and 24.55±0.75, respectively (p=0.082), while their scores after the workshops were 31.78±0.66 and 25.64±0.67, respectively (p<0.001). Paired t-test showed a significant increase of the score of the test group (p<0.001) but not the control group (p=0.132). The change of score before and after workshops was not related to the caries prevalence (p=0.374). Conclusion: In this study, short term oral health knowledge of parents of preschool children was improved by attending the dental knowledge building workshop. This abstract is based on research that was funded entirely or partially by an outside source: Health Care Promotion Fund (Hong Kong) 25110524-
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherSage Publications, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal201925-
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Dental Researchen_US
dc.rightsJournal of Dental Research. Copyright © Sage Publications, Inc.-
dc.subjectHealth promotion and Outcome (Health)-
dc.titleBuilding of Dental Knowledge among Parents of Preschool Childrenen_US
dc.typeConference_Paperen_US
dc.identifier.emailYang, Y: yangyanq@hkucc.hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailChu, CH: chchu@hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailYeung, CPW: cindypy@hkucc.hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailLi, KY: likaryan@graduate.hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.authorityYang, Y=rp00045en_US
dc.identifier.authorityChu, CH=rp00022en_US
dc.identifier.hkuros226762en_US
dc.identifier.hkuros220549-
dc.identifier.volume92en_US
dc.identifier.issueSpecial Issue B: abstract no. 243-
dc.publisher.placeUnited States-
dc.identifier.issnl0022-0345-

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