Albani Galal Faisal Abdulqader Abdulla, Abdelgadir Widad Ibrahim, Mohamed Amal Abdelgadir Ali, Yousif Magda, Mustafa Amna Mohammed Ali, Almkiy Egbal Abbashar Algmair, Mohammed Khadiga Z M, Mohamed Eman Ahmed Saad, Alghamdi Fahad Abdullah A, Ahmed Raga Gasim, Hakami Manal S A, Dinar Niemat A, Alsulami Amal, Mudawi AbdAllah Ibrahim AbdAlrahman, Ahmed Waled A M
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Aljanad University for Science and Technology, Taiz, Yemen.
Department of Community Health Nursing & Mental Nursing Sciences College of Nursing,Taif university, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
J Multidiscip Healthc. 2024 Mar 12;17:1065-1077. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S446487. eCollection 2024.
Oral health education programs have long been considered an essential part of oral health policies. This is important for reducing the risk of oral diseases through health enhancement and voluntary behavioral changes due to learning opportunities. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of school-based oral health education program on oral health in school children in Sudan.
A quasi-experimental study was conducted at four governmental schools in Khartoum, Sudan, between August 2018, and March 2022. A total of 423 school children were randomly allocated into the control (n = 211) and study (n = 212) groups. An adapted questionnaire was administered to students before and after the intervention to assess their knowledge and practice of oral health. The study group participated in oral health education activities. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), version 21.
The findings revealed that the mean knowledge at the pre-educational program was 9.3066 (SD = 3.91078) and the mean knowledge after the educational program was 21.2736 (SD = 2.13982). The scores indicated that the school children had significantly higher knowledge and practice scores after the oral health education program.
The study concluded that education program on oral health improved students' oral health knowledge and practices. Imposing theoretical and practical lessons on oral and dental health in school curricula can motivate students to maintain oral health care, and this improves oral health status.
长期以来，口腔健康教育项目一直被视为口腔健康政策的重要组成部分。这对于通过增强健康以及因学习机会而产生的自愿行为改变来降低口腔疾病风险至关重要。本研究旨在评估苏丹以学校为基础的口腔健康教育项目对在校儿童口腔健康的影响。
2018年8月至2022年3月期间，在苏丹喀土穆的四所政府学校开展了一项准实验研究。总共423名在校儿童被随机分为对照组（n = 211）和研究组（n = 212）。在干预前后对学生进行一份改编后的问卷，以评估他们的口腔健康知识和实践情况。研究组参加了口腔健康教育活动。使用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）21版对数据进行分析。
研究结果显示，教育项目前的平均知识得分是9.3066（标准差 = 3.91078），教育项目后的平均知识得分是21.2736（标准差 = 2.13982）。这些分数表明，在校儿童在接受口腔健康教育项目后，其知识和实践得分显著更高。
该研究得出结论，口腔健康教育项目改善了学生的口腔健康知识和实践。在学校课程中设置口腔和牙齿健康的理论与实践课程能够激励学生保持口腔保健，进而改善口腔健康状况。
