Dental health education: team work and psychosocial factors
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https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0367.1997v18n1p15Keywords:
Dental Caries, Prevention & control, Dental Health Education, Patient Care Team.Abstract
Education is the essential point of any health program Results are significant when they promote positive changes in human behavior. The present study is about psychosocial factors involved in the change of human l1ehavior related to oral health, connecting this change with dental caries educational -preventive work realized by the dental team work, as well as the compatibility of this work with Londrina s Health Secretary Program. The sample consisted of 433 parents of children aged 0 to 14 years old attended by the net of Health Basic Units of Londrina, 107 professionals of the dental services provided in this network and their respective coordinator. All the answers were obtained by the application of questionnaires. The results show that the educational-preventive work of dental caries realized by the professionals agree with that proposed by the Health Secretary, and have produced positive reflections on the knowledge and behavior of the people about oral health. The findings suggest the incentive to the formation and the introduction of a higher number of dental therapists and dental auxiliaries for the Higher assistance coverage of the population with low costs to the city.
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