Loupe M J, Frazier P J
J Am Dent Assoc. 1983 Aug;107(2):229-34. doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.1983.0226.
Because teachers often take on major roles in school dental health programs, three surveys were completed between 1973 and 1981 to measure teachers' attitudes and knowledge about oral health and their own participation in school programs. The questionnaires were sent to teachers whose schools were included in major dental caries preventive programs and teachers whose schools were not included in such programs. Results showed that: Teachers were quite willing to teach oral health topics and were willing to take on a wide range of teaching, but not administrative, responsibilities. Teachers' acceptance of these responsibilities appeared to decrease during the surveys, possibly as a function of school budget difficulties, indicating a need for incentives and positive rein-forcement. However, their acceptance of responsibilities was not affected by their participation in preventive programs. Schoolteachers had basic misinformation about the purposes of personal oral hygiene, and about the relative effectiveness of measures such as oral hygiene and consumption of fluoridated water in preventing dental caries. The preventive knowledge of teachers was unaffected by either the passage of time or participation in school preventive programs. A series of recommendations is given for the inservice education of school-teachers.
由于教师在学校牙齿健康项目中常常扮演主要角色，因此在1973年至1981年间进行了三项调查，以衡量教师对口腔健康的态度和知识，以及他们自身参与学校项目的情况。调查问卷被发送给其所在学校被纳入主要龋齿预防项目的教师，以及其所在学校未被纳入此类项目的教师。结果显示：教师非常愿意讲授口腔健康主题，并愿意承担广泛的教学职责，但不承担行政职责。在调查期间，教师对这些职责的接受度似乎有所下降，这可能是学校预算困难所致，这表明需要激励措施和积极的强化手段。然而，他们对职责的接受度不受参与预防项目的影响。学校教师对个人口腔卫生的目的，以及口腔卫生和饮用含氟水等措施在预防龋齿方面的相对有效性存在基本的错误信息。教师的预防知识不受时间推移或参与学校预防项目的影响。针对学校教师的在职教育给出了一系列建议。
