Oral Health Educational Program for Knowledge,Attitude,Practice of Oral Health Among Agroup of Egyptian School Girls

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This study will demonstrate oral health educational program to egyptian school girls age from 12-14 years old to evaluate the change in the knowledge, attitude and practice of oral health

Detailed Description
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According to World Dental Federation 2017 oral health is defined as multi-faceted and include the ability to speak, smile, smell, taste, chew, swallow, and convey a range of emotions through facial expressions with confidence and without pain, discomfort, and disease of the craniofacial complex .Oral disease constitute a significant public health problem in developing countries due to their high prevalence, economic consequence and negative impact on the quality of the life of affected individual. Estrogen cause change in the blood vessels and progesterone stimulate the production of inflammatory mediators which lead to increase of gingival inflammation appear as gingival enlargement, increase in gingival bleeding and crevicular fluid flow and microbial changes. The oral health education is important tool to make the primary level of prevention. So the benefits from health education is to improve knowledge and awareness of children which results on developing favorable oral behavior and so favorable oral health status. .As the school is consider a place for gathering large number of children so it is ideal place for conducing successful health education. this study will Identify baseline oral hygiene knowledge, attitude and practice among 12-14 years old school children. then Record oral hygiene status by oral hygiene index simplified after that assess the effectiveness of oral health education in modifying oral health knowledge, attitude and practice

Official Title
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Oral Health Educational Program for Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) of Oral Health Among a Group of Egyptian School Girls in Ras Sedr - South Sinai

Conditions
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Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: oral health educational program


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: girls age 12 - 14 years old Exclusion Criteria: refusal to participate in the research

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 12 Years
Maximum Age: 14 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| oral health educational program<br>poster for oral health education program for a group of egyptian school girls | Other: oral health educational program<br>* poster education about the important of oral health status, different brushing technique, different tooth paste, the balanced diet, changes occur to their mouth during the puberty period<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| knowledge, attitude and practice of oral health | self reported questionnaire for knowledge, attitude and practice before and after oral health educational program | 3 months | 
| oral hygiene index simplified | record amount of plaque and calculus accumulation before and after oral health educational program | 3 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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