Planning, implementation and evaluation of oral health promotion program for primary school children
1. Introduction
Oral health is an essential part of general health and well-being. Although largely preventable, many people in the world are still suffering from pain due to oral disease (Jawdekar 2013). That disease is one of the most costly diseases, for instance the cost for dental caries treatment can exhaust a country’s health care budget for children. However if this condition is ignored, the cost will be higher in the future regarding the financial, social and personal impacts (Kwan et al 2005).
Early childhood caries is a serious oral disease that affects children. Those who have poor oral health are three times more likely to be …show more content…
Planning of oral health promotion program for primary school children
Oral health promotion defined as ‘any process which enables individuals or communities to increase control over the determinants of their oral health’ (Kay & Locker 1997). Oral health promotion is aimed to maintain oral health improvement and diminish social inequalities trough intervention that is directed to social determinant (Mbawalla 2013).
While a plan is an organized approach to establish the problems, priorities, developing particular goals and objectives, and assigning alternative strategies and method of implementation (Mann 2005, p. 332). The planning of oral health promotion program for primary school children are divided into identification of the problem and need assessment, collection and analysis the data, determination prioritize, program goals, objectives, resources, and constraints identification, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the program (Mann 2005, p. …show more content…
The main purpose of need assessment is to identify the problems, their extent ad also severity. The second purpose is to obtain community profile to determine the cause of the problem. All information obtained from the need assessment can help to set the goal and objective to solve the problem. In the assessment process, not only health problems are identified but also potential health problem and health promotion needs (Mann 2005, p.333). The crucial problems that affect the young people for example alcohol abuse, tobacco use, violence and injury, and also oral health problems. That information can be collected in the source of information such as form school nurses’ records, clinic or hospital records, local health department data and the district health department (WHO
1. Introduction
Oral health is an essential part of general health and well-being. Although largely preventable, many people in the world are still suffering from pain due to oral disease (Jawdekar 2013). That disease is one of the most costly diseases, for instance the cost for dental caries treatment can exhaust a country’s health care budget for children. However if this condition is ignored, the cost will be higher in the future regarding the financial, social and personal impacts (Kwan et al 2005).
Early childhood caries is a serious oral disease that affects children. Those who have poor oral health are three times more likely to be …show more content…
Planning of oral health promotion program for primary school children
Oral health promotion defined as ‘any process which enables individuals or communities to increase control over the determinants of their oral health’ (Kay & Locker 1997). Oral health promotion is aimed to maintain oral health improvement and diminish social inequalities trough intervention that is directed to social determinant (Mbawalla 2013).
While a plan is an organized approach to establish the problems, priorities, developing particular goals and objectives, and assigning alternative strategies and method of implementation (Mann 2005, p. 332). The planning of oral health promotion program for primary school children are divided into identification of the problem and need assessment, collection and analysis the data, determination prioritize, program goals, objectives, resources, and constraints identification, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the program (Mann 2005, p. …show more content…
The main purpose of need assessment is to identify the problems, their extent ad also severity. The second purpose is to obtain community profile to determine the cause of the problem. All information obtained from the need assessment can help to set the goal and objective to solve the problem. In the assessment process, not only health problems are identified but also potential health problem and health promotion needs (Mann 2005, p.333). The crucial problems that affect the young people for example alcohol abuse, tobacco use, violence and injury, and also oral health problems. That information can be collected in the source of information such as form school nurses’ records, clinic or hospital records, local health department data and the district health department (WHO