Designing Health Educational Booklet about Teeth Decay for mothers of Preschool Children | ||
| Mansoura Nursing Journal | ||
| Volume 9, Issue 2, July 2022, Pages 395-404 PDF (675.67 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mnj.2022.295604 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mary Dawood* 1; Samia Abd El-Mouty* 2; Amel Elsayed* 2 | ||
| 1B.Sc. in Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University | ||
| 2Assist. Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Oral health is an integral component of general health and well-being. Dental caries is one of the most widespread noncommunicable diseases in children which affect their oral health and remains a major public health problem worldwide. Aim: This study aimed to design health educational booklet about teeth decay for mothers of preschool children. Method: A Cross-sectional study design was used with a convenience sample of experts in health education in community health nursing and mothers. Data were collected using five tools: Socio-economic Scale tool:, child characteristics assessment tool, structured interview tool to assess mothers' knowledge about teeth decay, structured interview to assess mothers' subjective practices related to dietary habits tool and oral care tool and structured interview attitude assessment questionnaire Results: The total score of the studied mothers’ knowledge presented that about half of them had fair knowledge, most of them had unsatisfactory total subjective practice score and about half of them had positive attitude toward teeth decay with highly statistically significance between total knowledge, practice, and attitude score of the studied mothers toward teeth decay (0.001). Conclusion and Recommendations: Educational programs as a proper intervention proven that increase the awareness of mothers and promote oral health of their children. Further large-scale investigations are recommended to enrich the evidence related to effective pediatric oral health education for parents. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Educational Programs; Oral Health; Dental Caries; Teeth Decay | ||
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