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Salud Pública de México
versión impresa ISSN 0036-3634
Resumen
VILLANUEVA-VILCHIS, María del Carmen; ALEKSEJūNIENė, Jolanta; LOPEZ-NUNEZ, Benjamín y FUENTE-HERNANDEZ, Javier de la. A peer-led dental education program for modifying oral self-care in Mexican children. Salud pública Méx [online]. 2019, vol.61, n.2, pp.193-201. Epub 06-Dic-2019. ISSN 0036-3634. https://doi.org/10.21149/9273.
Objective:
To compare peer-led dental education (PLDE) versus conventional dental instruction (CDI) in modifying children’s oral self-care.
Materials and methods:
The intervention group (two schools) received PLDE and the control group (two schools) received CDI. The quality of oral self-care practice (OSC-P) and oral self-care skills (OSC-S) were indicated by dental plaque levels (%) and compared before and after dental education.
Results:
There were no baseline OSC-P differences between the control (55.8 ± 12.8%) and intervention (55.5 ± 14.6%) groups or OSC-S differences between the intervention (38.5 ± 13.2%) and control (38.1 ± 12.5%) groups. At the three-month follow-up we observed OSC-P deterioration in the control group (63.2 ± 15.0%) and OSC-P improvement in the intervention group (52.2 ± 15.6%). The OSC-P/OSC-S regression models found these predictors: baseline oral self-care, group affiliation, and mother’s education (p<0.05).
Conclusion:
The hypothesis was confirmed and significant predictors were baseline oral self-care levels, group affiliation, and mother’s education.
Palabras llave : health promotion; dental health education; oral hygiene; dental care for children; child.