Oge, OA, Douglas, GVA orcid.org/0000-0002-0531-3909, Seymour, D et al. (2 more authors) (2018) Knowledge, attitude and practice among Health Visitors in the United Kingdom toward children's oral health. Public Health Nursing, 35 (1). pp. 70-77. ISSN 0737-1209
Abstract
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine knowledge, attitude, and practical behavior of health visitors regarding children's oral health in the United Kingdom (UK). Methods: A web-based self-administered survey with 18 closed and 2 open ended questions was distributed to a convenience sample of approximately 9,000 health visitors who were currently employed in the United Kingdom and a member of the Institute of Health Visiting. Results: A total of 1,088 health visitors completed the survey, resulting in a response rate of 12%. One-third of the health visitors reported that they had not received oral health training previously. Almost all agreed that oral health advice/promotion should be included in their routine health visiting contacts. Previous oral health training/education was associated with an increase in oral health knowledge; confidence in entering a discussion with parents/caregivers and willingness to be involved in dental referral process. Conclusions: The results of our study support the need for health visitors to receive oral health training in oral health promotion including oral health risk assessment, guidance on evidence based up-to-date prevention measures, increasing the dental attendance prevalence at early stages and awareness of including specific oral health guidelines/fact sheets into their regular practice.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2018, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: "Oge, OA, Douglas, GVA , Seymour, D et al. (2018) Knowledge, attitude and practice among Health Visitors in the United Kingdom toward children's oral health. Public Health Nursing, 35 (1). pp. 70-77." which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12381. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
Keywords: | child health; community health nursing; health visitors; oral health; public health nursing education |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Dentistry (Leeds) > Applied Health and Clinical Translation (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 13 Feb 2018 15:41 |
Last Modified: | 22 Jan 2019 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/phn.12381 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:127242 |