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[Primary Care and oral health promotion: Assessment of an educational intervention in school children].

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the short and medium term effectiveness of a Primary Care-driven oral health promotion intervention.

Design

A non-randomised community intervention trial.

Setting

Three socio-demographically similar primary schools of a deprived neighborhood in Granada, Spain.

Participants

Eighty-two intervention and 109 control students aged 5 to 6, as well as the teachers and the parent's association of the intervention school (IS) participated in the study.

Intervention

School-based health promotion activities aimed at students, and regular meetings with the teachers and parents of the IS during 2 consecutive years.

Main measurements

Students' oral health-related knowledge and behavior, assessed via questionnaires distributed before the intervention, and 6 and 18 months afterwards.

Results

Compared to the control groups at 18 months, students belonging to the IS reported enhanced oral health knowledge (OR 3.54; 95% CI 1.46-8.58), and an increased consumption of healthy food at breakfast (OR 2.95; 95% CI 1.26-6.89) and during mid-afternoon snack (OR 3.67; 95% CI 1.49-9.05). A significant decrease was seen in the intake of pastries (OR 4.05; 95% CI 1.68-9.81) and sweetened soft drinks and juices (OR 3.79; 95% CI 1.57-9.12) amongst intervention compared to control students in the medium term (18 months). No significant improvements were observed concerning oral hygiene in the IS.

Conclusions

School-based educational interventions, when developed through an intersectoral and participative approach and considering the socio-economic context, appear to be effective in improving students' diet-related knowledge and behaviors.

SUBMITTER: Calderon Larranaga S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6839536 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug - Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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[Primary Care and oral health promotion: Assessment of an educational intervention in school children].

Calderón Larrañaga Sara S Expósito Ruiz Manuela M Cruz Vela Pilar P Cuadrado Conde Ana A Alquézar Villarroya Lucía L Garach Gómez Ana A Ruiz Hernández Alberto A Toral López Isabel I

Atencion primaria 20181011 7

<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate the short and medium term effectiveness of a Primary Care-driven oral health promotion intervention.<h4>Design</h4>A non-randomised community intervention trial.<h4>Setting</h4>Three socio-demographically similar primary schools of a deprived neighborhood in Granada, Spain.<h4>Participants</h4>Eighty-two intervention and 109 control students aged 5 to 6, as well as the teachers and the parent's association of the intervention school (IS) participated in the study.<h ...[more]

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