Mwangosi I E, Nyandindi U, Matee M
Mbeya School of Dental Therapists, Tanzania.
East Afr Med J. 2001 Dec;78(12):662-5. doi: 10.4314/eamj.v78i12.8937.
Tanzanian primary school teachers have long been utilised as oral health educators but little is known about their level of participation.
To asses the participation of primary school teachers as general and oral health educators.
Cross-sectional, using structured self-administered questionnaires.
Rural and urban Primary Schools in Rungwe District, Mbeya Tanzania.
Primary school teachers from 15 rural and 4 urban schools.
Provision of oral health education.
Teachers with primary education, who are teaching in lower grades were significantly more active in providing general and oral health education (OHE) than those with secondary education and who teach pupils in higher grades.
Oral health education seems to be given mainly to primary school pupils in lower grades; teachers involved in oral health education provision were mainly female juniors in the profession and relatively young by age (below 40 years old).
There is a need for influencing teachers of pupils in higher grades and males to be involved in oral health education programmes throughout their teaching profession.
坦桑尼亚的小学教师长期以来一直被用作口腔健康教育工作者，但对他们的参与程度了解甚少。
评估小学教师作为普通健康教育工作者和口腔健康教育工作者的参与情况。
采用结构化自填问卷进行横断面研究。
坦桑尼亚姆贝亚省伦圭区的农村和城市小学。
来自15所农村学校和4所城市学校的小学教师。
提供口腔健康教育。
接受小学教育且教授低年级的教师在提供普通健康教育和口腔健康教育方面比接受中学教育且教授高年级学生的教师明显更积极。
口腔健康教育似乎主要针对低年级小学生；参与提供口腔健康教育的教师主要是该职业中的年轻女教师（年龄在40岁以下）。
有必要促使高年级学生的教师以及男性教师在其整个教学生涯中参与口腔健康教育项目。
