Glasrud P H, Frazier P J
Department of Dental Hygiene, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
J Public Health Dent. 1988 Spring;48(2):74-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1988.tb03168.x.
Dental public health practitioners can play a critical role in assuring that elementary schoolteachers have current, scientifically accurate oral health information upon which to base decisions on behalf of the children they teach. Teachers traditionally have educated children about oral health and often participate in school-based prevention programs. This project examined the knowledge and opinions about oral health and community programs, and the perceived future roles and responsibilities in school-based preventive oral health programs, of 313 elementary education majors enrolled at the University of Minnesota. Descriptive results indicate that these future teachers were ill informed and held inconsistent opinions about basic concepts and information related to oral health and oral health promotion. Findings suggest the need for greater public health efforts directed toward improving oral health knowledge and opinions of this influential population about effective community oral health programs.
牙科公共卫生从业者在确保小学教师掌握最新的、科学准确的口腔健康信息方面可以发挥关键作用，这些信息是教师代表他们所教孩子做出决策的依据。传统上，教师会对孩子进行口腔健康教育，并且经常参与校内预防项目。本项目调查了明尼苏达大学的313名小学教育专业学生对口腔健康和社区项目的知识与看法，以及他们对校内预防性口腔健康项目未来角色和责任的认知。描述性结果表明，这些未来的教师了解的信息不足，并且对与口腔健康和口腔健康促进相关的基本概念和信息持有不一致的看法。研究结果表明，需要加大公共卫生方面的努力，以提高这一有影响力的人群对有效的社区口腔健康项目的口腔健康知识和看法。
