Davies K W, Whittle J G
Salford & Trafford Health Authorities, Eccles, Manchester, UK.
Community Dent Health. 1990 Jun;7(2):193-7.
A seven week induction course for homecarers of mentally handicapped adults, organised by the Social Services Department in Salford, UK, includes a dental health education session of one and a half hours. The session is divided into three parts; an illustrated discussion, a demonstration of tooth-brushing and a practical component session where carers are divided into pairs and carry out oral hygiene measures for each other. The effectiveness of the session has been assessed using a questionnaire. This was completed by 33 carers who attended the session and 31 carers who had not. Many members of both groups knew about the shape and colour of healthy gums and what plaque was. However significantly fewer of the control group knew that gum disease resulted from a lack of toothbrushing, what to do with bleeding gums and the amount of toothpaste to use on the toothbrush.
英国索尔福德社会服务部为成年智障人士的家庭护理员组织了为期七周的入职培训课程，其中包括一场为时一个半小时的牙齿健康教育讲座。该讲座分为三个部分：图文并茂的讨论、刷牙示范以及实践环节，在实践环节中，护理员们两两一组，互相进行口腔卫生护理措施。已通过问卷调查对该讲座的效果进行了评估。问卷由33名参加讲座的护理员和31名未参加讲座的护理员填写。两组中的许多成员都了解健康牙龈的形状和颜色以及牙菌斑是什么。然而，对照组中明显更少的人知道牙龈疾病是由于缺乏刷牙导致的、牙龈出血该如何处理以及牙刷上应使用多少牙膏。
