Dental health education: a literature review
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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-6523.2014.1.12344Keywords:
Health education, health education, dental, health promotion education,Abstract
A fundamental redesign of health education practices has been necessary but challenging with regard to improving the public’s competence and influencing their decision making. The aim of this study was to review the literature on oral health education and analyze its subjects, methodological strategies and forms of assessment. The following electronic databases were used to search the literature from 2000 to 2011: the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO), Brazilian Library of Dentistry (BBO), Latin-American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (LILACS), biomedical journal literature of the National Library of Medicine (MEDLINE/PubMed) and the CAPES Portal. The search was restricted to articles in English and Portuguese. The selected articles (61) were obtained in full and analyzed. The groups that received the most oral health education consisted of those in pre-school and grade school, followed by health professionals and the elderly. Educational leaflets were the most commonly used tool, followed by lectures/verbal/ instruction/posters and demonstrations using macro models. The questionnaire was the most cited evaluation tool, followed by a combination of clinical examination and questionnaire and clinical examination alone.References
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