National Oral Health Program, Centre for Dental Education and Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Centre for Dental Education and Research, New Delhi, India.
PLoS One. 2024 Aug 29;19(8):e0309671. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0309671. eCollection 2024.
Oral health holds paramount importance for overall well-being, particularly among school-aged children, where inadequate oral health can cause significant discomfort and impede educational performance. Despite its critical nature, oral health awareness and practices within Indian school communities remain suboptimal. There exists an urgent necessity for efficacious educational initiatives to bridge this gap and foster oral health awareness among both schoolteachers and students.
This monitored training introduces a pioneering cascade model training initiative aimed at evaluating its impact on enhancing oral health knowledge among schoolteachers and students in Indian schools. A total of 100 school teachers from 50 Centre government schools will undergo training in two distinct sessions. Following this, two teachers from each school will be selected to further train 24 class monitors from grades 6-9, who will subsequently impart knowledge to approximately 40 students per class. This phase of the training will be ongoing, ensuring training consistency through online supervision and active participation of the expert team in training activities with newly designated master trainers. Pre- and post-training assessments will be conducted at each level to gauge the monitored training's effectiveness. The entire training is projected to conclude within a year.
This cascade model monitored training initiative represents a novel approach in promoting oral health awareness in Indian schools, marking a pioneering endeavor in this domain. Through this program, we aim to empower 1200 class monitors as master trainers and reach approximately 24,000 school students across 480 supervised training sessions. The establishment of master trainers through a cascade process, coupled with the engagement of the CDER expert team, ensures accurate dissemination of information at every stage. The comprehensive evaluation facilitated by pre- and post-training assessments at each level further enhances the program's effectiveness, laying a solid foundation for future oral health initiatives within school communities.
口腔健康对整体健康至关重要，尤其是在学龄儿童中，口腔健康不足会导致明显的不适，并影响教育表现。尽管口腔健康至关重要，但印度学校社区的口腔健康意识和实践仍然不理想。迫切需要有效的教育计划来弥合这一差距，提高学校教师和学生的口腔健康意识。
本监测培训引入了一项开创性的级联模式培训计划，旨在评估其对提高印度学校教师和学生口腔健康知识的影响。来自 50 所中央政府学校的 100 名学校教师将分两个阶段接受培训。在此之后，每个学校将选出两名教师进一步培训来自 6-9 年级的 24 名班长，他们将随后向每个班级的大约 40 名学生传授知识。培训的这一阶段将持续进行，通过在线监督和专家团队积极参与培训活动，确保培训的一致性，新指定的主培训师也将参与其中。将在每个层面进行培训前后评估，以衡量监测培训的效果。整个培训预计将在一年内完成。
这种级联模式监测培训计划代表了在印度学校推广口腔健康意识的一种新方法，是该领域的开创性努力。通过该计划，我们旨在培训 1200 名班长作为主培训师，并通过 480 次监督培训课程，影响大约 24000 名学校学生。通过级联过程建立主培训师，并让 CDER 专家团队参与其中，确保信息在每个阶段的准确传播。每个层面的培训前后评估所促进的全面评估进一步提高了该计划的效果，为学校社区未来的口腔健康计划奠定了坚实的基础。
