Report Activity Promotion Oral Health Education inMondulkiri Province On 24th -27th April 2012
On Tuesday 24th April 2012:
We leaved from Phnom Penh around 9AM because this morning Mr. Lay went to take T-shirt andrain coats from printer shop. We are arrived Mondulkiri around 4PM.

On Wednesday 25th April 2012:
In the morning:
In the schedule time table Miss. Miho went to PED at 8:30AM and PHD at 9:30AM to meeting
directors of both departments but I didn’t know what was she meeting? Because Miss. Miho didn’t
tell me anything. All staff coordinators OISDE prepared instruments and materials and snack for
DCA workshop this afternoon and promotion oral health education at Polong commune inSenmonorom district tomorrow on Thursday 26th.

In the Afternoon:
All DCA arrived at office OISDE at 2PM to do report their activities in last month.
Mr. Senyise and Miss. Nita (DCA at Orang district)went to oral health promotion villagers at Jesus
commune in Andong Kroloeung village, that thiscommune has 53 families. They spended 30mnfor teaching oral health education in each family,
they met one villager had pain teeth and they told him to see Dr. Channarith at referral hospital inSenmonorom, but he said he didn’t care his pain, he is thinking to earn money to feed his family.

Mr. Pen Yin (DCA at Koh Gneak district) went to oral health promotion villagers (30 families) at
Srerong commune in Memong village. He met most of Khmere Minority has a lot of plaque score,calculus and gingivitis include bleeding, he also told those villagers go to see dental nurse at Koh
Gneak or Dr. Channarith at hospital Senmonorom, and he also push them brush their teeth every
times after they eat and before go to bed etc.

Mr. Bora (DCA at Keo Seyma district) went to teaching oral health education 30 families at
Poukung village, this village has 90% to 95% Khmere minority. After Mr. Bora teaching
them,They told Mr. Bora that all the times when they brushing their teeth, they feel their mouth
good clean and has no food inside the mouth, Mr. Bora said yes to those villagers, please try
brushing our teeth after we eat any things and before go to sleep.

Mr. Tun Keng (DCA at Koh Gneak district) went to oral health education 30 families at Srehuy
village. He met one villager had a lot of calculus, swelling and bleeding 30mn in every times, hepush this villager try to brushing teeth every time after eating to remove food, plaque score andrinse mouth with warm saline water 5 to 6 times per day, if still not yet better please go to see Dr.
Channarith at referral hospital in Senmonorom district.

Mr. Sonith (DCA at Pichhada district) went to oral health education 30 families at Krang Test
village, this village has 149 families. He didn’t meet villagers have any problem their teeth andmost 30 families have tooth brush and tooth paste but only for teenagers.
Mr. Sarith (DCA at Memang district) went to oral health education 30 families at Sretong village,
he was difficult when raining day because he couldn’t crossing the bridge cause from have overwater on the bridge. He met a lot villagers had dental caries and 40% of this villagers have toothbrush and tooth paste.

Mr. Sokmoeurn (DCA at Senmonorom district) went to oral health education 30 families atPutaing viallage, this village 80% is Khmere minority, and most of them swelling gum and has a lot
calculus, when he told villagers to go Dr. Channarith at referral hospital to treat them but they said

they have no money, no motor and they afraid to get pain more and more. He also told thosevillagers must try brushing teeth every time after eat and before go to sleep.
Mr. Phearin was absent this day.
At 15:00 PM r. Channarith review lesson oral health education to our DCA again to make sure allof them remember all each parts etc. He asked some questions to DCA and most of answering wascorrected, and most of them now remember without see the words, they just see pictures in the book,they can explain clear than last time.

At 16:00 PM is break time. Our DCA include all staff enjoy to eat snack and said joking together torelax.
At 16:30PM, Dr. Channarith divide motors to DCA and change from this DCA to another DCA totake it to use next month because we have only 4 motors, so not enough and we can’t give one
motor in each district or DCA.

Mr. Lay and Miss. Miho said thank you to DCA for report activity and review oral health lesson.
She divide 2 T-Shirts and one uniform rain coat to all DCA.

Mr. Lay told the schedule for tomorrow to DCA, they must coming gather at office OISDE at 7AM
and 7:15AM we leave to Pou loung village, in this village has 700 families.

On Thursday 26th April 2012:
We arrive Pouloung commune around 7:30AM and all DCA and staff set up materials by step for
promotion oral health education to Pouloung villagers and after DCA divided 3 rules group.

At around 8AM, we saw villagers arrive at Pouloung commune by small group, we saw interview
group of DCA they started do interview villager one by one and after villagers finished interview
already, they gave paper interview, take water and tooth brush from Miss. Miho, and next Miss.
Miho told them to go up commune office to listen our DCA teaching oral health education.

When villagers finished to listen oral health education, we also invited them to practical brushingwith apply color redcoat on full all teeth and group DCA practical brushing teaching them brushtheir teeth step by step. If we saw villagers can’t do practical brushing well, we told them try
brushing follow our technique step by step, and some time Dr. Yuka or DCA or Dr. Channarith
or I to hold their tooth brush showed them step by step until they can do it by themselves.

This morning we got around 65 villagers. Mr. Lay and Miss. Miho told commune chief to go toinform another villagers or families didn’t coming this morning please tell them coming tomorrowmorning.

After finished Mr. Lay and Miss. Miho were meeting with DCA and thank you to them that they
did good this morning. Also Mr. lay and Miho told them tomorrow morning we must arrived
Pouloung commune office around 8AM. We finished all everything for this day at 11:30AM.

In the afternoon:
All OISDE staff has meeting and prepare all materials for promotion oral health education
tomorrow again at Pouloung village.

On Friday 27th April 2012:
All staff and our DCA arrived Pouloung commune office around 8AM. DCA divided and change
some DCA to do other group instead together.

For this morning we got only around 15 to 20 villagers coming today because the villagers stay inaround block of Pouloung commune only 100 families and some families were busy to joinmeeting with commune chief to solve their lands from someone took their lands. We finished ouractivity with villagers around 10AM. All DCA and staff had meeting at the commune place about
activity with villagers this morning, some DCA said they can teaching oral health education without
read the book, they just see the pictures, they can explain clear now and some DCA said thismorning we didn’t do smooth like yesterday.

Dr. Channarith told DCA next time please before start teaching oral health education, DCA groupteaching oral health should introduce us to let all the villagers to know our team. For I told themplease next time group of practical brushing should walk to look around villagers practical theirbrushing teeth and when we saw them couldn’t do well, we can show them again or hold their hand
and tell them step by step too.

We finished all our activity and said good bye together at 10:30AM, our DCA went to their eachhome.
We leaved from Mondulkiri around 10:50AM and we arrived Phnom Penh around 5PM.
Thank you so much for all of you that try to help promotion oral health education people inMondulkiri province. May God bless all of you have good luck and hearing from this activity
next time.

On 15th May 2012
Writing report by: Dr. Sonita Veng
Staff of technical office at Department of Health in Mondolkiri province.
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