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Knowledge, Attitude and Practices On Oral Health of Public School Children of Batangas City
Knowledge, Attitude and Practices On Oral Health of Public School Children of Batangas City
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c
p-value Interpretation
My parents 15.463 0.017 Significant
Last time I visited
your dentist
34.707 0.000
Highly
Significant
When I first
visited the dentist
28.930 0.000
Highly
Significant
When I first
visited the dentist
73.071 0.000
Highly
Significant
If you do not visit
or are afraid of
him/her, the
reasons are/is
28.345 0.005 Significant
Legend: Significant at p-value < 0.05
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As seen from Table 5, there is an observed
significant difference among the three participating
school and assessment on oral health in terms of
attitude, since the obtained chi-square values were
greater than the tabular value and the resulted p-values
were less than 0.05 level of significance, thus the null
hypothesis of no significant relationship between the
school and the assessment on oral health in terms of
knowledge was rejected. This means that their
assessment is affected by the school where they belong.
The significant difference in the assessment of oral
health attitude among the schools was attributed to the
terms of implementation of oral health education and
program practices in the school setting as well as the
support given by the sponsoring company to the school
regarding oral health.
The studies of Ogundale (2008) and Lian (2010)
reported the same results among secondary school
students from two different countries.
Table 6. Difference among the Three Participating
Schools Assessment on Oral Health in terms of
Practices
Practices
2
c
p-
value
Interpretation
How often do you
brush your teeth?
14.919 0.021 Significant
When do you
brush your teeth?
37.618 0.000
Highly
Significant
For how long do
you brush your
teeth?
27.534 0.000
Highly
Significant
How often do you
visit your dentist?
23.161 0.003 Significant
The treatment(s) I
sought during my
last visit to the
dentist was/ were
62.625 0.000
Highly
Significant
The reason for my
last visit to the
dentist was
9.168 0.164
Not
Significant
Legend: Significant at p-value < 0.05
As seen from the result, there is an observed
significant difference among the schools and
assessment on oral health in terms of practices, since
the obtained chi-square values were greater than the
tabular value and the resulted p-values were less than
0.05 level of significance, thus the null hypothesis of no
significant relationship between the school and the
assessment on oral health in terms of knowledge was
rejected. This means that their assessment is affected by
the school where they belong. The significant
difference in the assessment of oral health practices
among the schools were attributed to the terms of
implementation of oral health education and program
practices in the school setting as well as the support
given by the sponsoring company to the school
regarding oral health.
The studies of Ogundale (2008) and Lian (2010)
reported the same results among secondary school
students from two different countries.
Prevention of oral diseases requires the
respondents to be adequately informed about the causal
factors, and studies suggest that a high proportion of the
population including many people most immediately
relevant for preventive measures of this type namely
parents, teachers and health care personnel have limited
understanding of how to prevent oral diseases (Kwan,
2005).
In 1995, the World Health Organizations (WHO)
Global School Health Initiative sought to mobilize and
strengthen health promotion activities at the local,
regional and global levels to improve the health of
students, school personnel, families, and other members
of the community through schools. One of the
recommendations was to properly value the teachers
and school staff and to provide them with the necessary
support to enable them to promote health.
The capacity building program spearheaded by
Department of Community Dentistry of the University
of the Philippines Manila College of Dentistry (UPCD)
in partnership with Manila Doctors Hospital delivered a
session of lectures to the teachers of Justo Lukban
Elementary school. Favorable feedback was given by
the participants and common suggestions of the
attendees on the activity include having longer lecture
sessions, to organize similar activities for the parents of
the school children and to duplicate the program in
other public schools (Mendoza 2013).
VI. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
The respondents from the three different public
schools in Batangas city have a high level of
knowledge, attitudes and practices attributed to the
linkages provided by the LPU College of Dentistry,
First Gas Corporation and KEPCO. There is a
significant to highly significant relationship among the
schools and the respondents assessment to oral health
with regards to knowledge, attitude and practices
attributed to the oral health education and program
practices in the schools setting as well as the support
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given by the sponsoring company to the school
regarding oral health.
Continued linkages among industries maybe
implemented in order to cater other public schools to
undergo the same program by the College of Dentistry.
The empowerment of teachers and parents regarding
oral health by conducting lectures on personal health by
the volunteer faculties of the department. And LPU may
implement the proposed action plan of oral health to
public school children.
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