SURVEY OF AWARENESS, ATTITUDE AND PERFORMANCE ON ORAL HEALTH IN HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS IN YAZD CITY, IN' 2010

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MAZLOOMIMAHMOODABAD S.; HADAVANDKHANI M.; SHIRAZI J.; DEHGHANITAFTI A.

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Journal: Toloo-e-Behdasht Year:2010 | Volume:9 | Issue:1 (28) Page(s): 27-34

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SURVEY OF AWARENESS, ATTITUDE AND PERFORMANCE ON ORAL HEALTH IN HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS IN YAZD CITY, IN' 2010

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MAZLOOMIMAHMOODABAD S. | HADAVANDKHANI M. | SHIRAZI J. | DEHGHANITAFTI A. | Issue Writer Certificate

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KNOWLEDGEQ2

ATTITUDEQ2

PERFORMANCEQ2

TEACHERSQ4

ORAL HEALTHQ3

Abstract

Background: Dental caries and periodontal diseases is one of the most prevalent human disorders wasting a large amount of families, time and money. Dentistry experts believe that the only way to reduce caries and periodontal diseases is to pay more attention to prevention measures the first step of which can be promoting hygiene culture. School plays an important role in this regard. This study reviews the status of KNOWLEDGE and ATTITUDE of high school TEACHERS on ORAL HEALTH in Yazd.Method: A cross- sectional study was designed in 2009 and 2010. Teacher's in 10 high schools in Yazd were selected randomly. A 37-item questionnaire was developed including 7 demographic questions, 19 questions about self- care behaviors, 8 questions about awareness and three questions about function. Data were analyzed using SPSS 11 through Means index, Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis and chi square tests. Result: Out of 210 TEACHERS, 54 were male and 156 were female. Totally 186 of them were undergraduate and 24 were master students and above. The average age of the participants was 37.37±4.98. Overall findings showed that 71 subjects enjoyed good awareness, 136 had moderate awareness, and 3 others poor awareness. The average score of the subjects was 13.88±2.43. Average level of awareness in females was 13.66±2.45 and in males 14.51 ±2.27 and the difference was statistically significant. The awareness of the subjects with low income was 14.58, middle income was13.74 and high income 16.66 and the differences were significant. According to the results taken with increase in age, the degree of TEACHERS, awareness on ORAL HEALTH increased but the difference was not significant. Also, 87 subjects had poor ATTITUDE, 119 had moderate ATTITUDE but 4 enjoyed good ATTITUDE towards ORAL HEALTH, and the mean score of their ATTITUDE was 10.34±3.42. But the average ATTITUDE was not significant for any of the demographic variables.Conclusion: According to the results of this study, it can be said that the quality of ORAL HEALTH in schools requires TEACHERS' increased awareness by using retraining courses taught by professionals, revision of the content of these retraining courses and increase in the scientific level of these courses. Given the good ATTITUDE of TEACHERS on ORAL HEALTH issues, it seems that for improving their KAP they should have necessary cooperation with the dental health department of Education System and the training should be effective.

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MAZLOOMIMAHMOODABAD, S., HADAVANDKHANI, M., SHIRAZI, J., & DEHGHANITAFTI, A.. (2010). SURVEY OF AWARENESS, ATTITUDE AND PERFORMANCE ON ORAL HEALTH IN HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS IN YAZD CITY, IN' 2010. TOLOO-E-BEHDASHT, 9(1 (28)), 27-34. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/102969/en

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MAZLOOMIMAHMOODABAD S., HADAVANDKHANI M., SHIRAZI J., DEHGHANITAFTI A.. SURVEY OF AWARENESS, ATTITUDE AND PERFORMANCE ON ORAL HEALTH IN HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS IN YAZD CITY, IN' 2010. TOLOO-E-BEHDASHT[Internet]. 2010;9(1 (28)):27-34. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/102969/en

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S. MAZLOOMIMAHMOODABAD, M. HADAVANDKHANI, J. SHIRAZI, and A. DEHGHANITAFTI, “SURVEY OF AWARENESS, ATTITUDE AND PERFORMANCE ON ORAL HEALTH IN HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS IN YAZD CITY, IN' 2010,” TOLOO-E-BEHDASHT, vol. 9, no. 1 (28), pp. 27–34, 2010, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/102969/en

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