Oge Ozkem Azmi, Douglas Gail V A, Seymour Diane, Adams Cheryll, Csikar Julia
Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus.
The Leeds School of Dentistry, The University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Public Health Nurs. 2018 Jan;35(1):70-77. doi: 10.1111/phn.12381.
The purpose of this study was to determine knowledge, attitude, and practical behavior of health visitors regarding children's oral health in the United Kingdom (UK).
A web-based self-administered survey with 18 closed and 2 open ended questions was distributed to a convenience sample of approximately 9,000 health visitors who were currently employed in the United Kingdom and a member of the Institute of Health Visiting.
A total of 1,088 health visitors completed the survey, resulting in a response rate of 12%. One-third of the health visitors reported that they had not received oral health training previously. Almost all agreed that oral health advice/promotion should be included in their routine health visiting contacts. Previous oral health training/education was associated with an increase in oral health knowledge; confidence in entering a discussion with parents/caregivers and willingness to be involved in dental referral process.
The results of our study support the need for health visitors to receive oral health training in oral health promotion including oral health risk assessment, guidance on evidence based up-to-date prevention measures, increasing the dental attendance prevalence at early stages and awareness of including specific oral health guidelines/fact sheets into their regular practice.
本研究旨在确定英国健康访视员对儿童口腔健康的知识、态度和实际行为。
一项基于网络的自填式调查问卷被分发给了大约9000名在英国工作且是健康访视学会成员的健康访视员的便利样本，该问卷包含18个封闭式问题和2个开放式问题。
共有1088名健康访视员完成了调查，回复率为12%。三分之一的健康访视员报告称他们之前未接受过口腔健康培训。几乎所有人都同意口腔健康建议/推广应纳入他们的常规健康访视工作中。之前接受过口腔健康培训/教育与口腔健康知识的增加、与家长/照顾者进行讨论的信心以及参与牙科转诊过程的意愿相关。
我们的研究结果支持健康访视员需要接受口腔健康促进方面的培训，包括口腔健康风险评估、基于证据的最新预防措施指导、提高早期牙科就诊率以及在常规工作中纳入特定口腔健康指南/情况说明书的意识。
