khirolahi, fatemeh, jorvand, reza, Mansourian, Morteza, Hasani, Hojat, Momeni, Kobra, gholami, omid (2025). Evaluation of Oral and Dental Hygiene in Students: Film- and Lecture-based Educational Intervention. , 4(2), 15-23.
fatemeh khirolahi; reza jorvand; Morteza Mansourian; Hojat Hasani; Kobra Momeni; omid gholami. "Evaluation of Oral and Dental Hygiene in Students: Film- and Lecture-based Educational Intervention". , 4, 2, 2025, 15-23.
khirolahi, fatemeh, jorvand, reza, Mansourian, Morteza, Hasani, Hojat, Momeni, Kobra, gholami, omid (2025). 'Evaluation of Oral and Dental Hygiene in Students: Film- and Lecture-based Educational Intervention', , 4(2), pp. 15-23.
khirolahi, fatemeh, jorvand, reza, Mansourian, Morteza, Hasani, Hojat, Momeni, Kobra, gholami, omid Evaluation of Oral and Dental Hygiene in Students: Film- and Lecture-based Educational Intervention. , 2025; 4(2): 15-23.

Evaluation of Oral and Dental Hygiene in Students: Film- and Lecture-based Educational Intervention

Health Education and Health Promotion
Article 3, Volume 4, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 15-23    PDF (194.03 K)
Authors
fatemeh khirolahi1; reza jorvand2; Morteza Mansourian3; Hojat Hasani4; Kobra Momeni5; omid gholami* 6
1Oral Health Expert, Department of Public Health, Center for Health, DEHLORAN City, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
2Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
3Assistant Professor, Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4School Health Expert, Department of Education, DEHLORAN, Ilam Province, Iran
5M.Sc. Student, Department of Biostatistics, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
6M.Sc., Department of Public Health, Center for Health, DEHLORAN City, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
Abstract
Aim: Oral health is among the important components of individual general health that affects the health of entire body. This study aims at investigating the effect of educational intervention on the primary school students' oral health.
Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 175 primary school students recruited randomly from different regions of Dehloran City during the school year of 2014-15. The testimonial was obtained after holding briefings for the parents. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire, which was administrated at baseline and 3 months after the intervention. The content validity was approved by the expert panel and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Data were analyzed by SPSS software 18, inferential statistical tests, and paired t-test. This study was supported by the HSR Council and the Ethics Committee of Ilam University of Medical Sciences.
Findings: The results indicated significant changes in the samples' knowledge (from 3.6±1.37 to 4.98± 1.57), attitude (from 28.17±5.7 to 30.98±6.35) and behavior (15.03 ±2.98 to 17.08 ±2.60) after the intervention.
Conclusion: The positive results of educational intervention indicate that the education through appropriate methods can improve students' behavior in the field of oral health. Therefore, it is suggested more emphasis on oral health education at school age.
Keywords
Educational Intervention; Dental hygiene; Students
Statistics
Article View: 33
PDF Download: 27
Statistics
Number of Journals45
Number of Issues2,171
Number of Articles24,674
Article View24,454,634
PDF Download17,557,938