Use of teachers as agents of oral health education: Intervention study among public secondary school pupils in Lagos
Afolabi Oyapero, AugustineIkponmwosa Edomwonyi, Abiola Adeniyi, M A Adedigba
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Common oral diseases are preventable and if detected early are reversible and schools provide a setting in which the oral health behavior of pupils can be influenced. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of using teachers in place of oral health professionals to deliver oral health education (OHE) in public secondary schools in Lagos State. METHODS: values for significant differences were set at 0.05. RESULTS: = 0.104). CONCLUSION: The proportion of pupils with good OHK was higher in the TIS at post-intervention periods; this difference was statistically significant at 3 months. This result suggests that teachers are as effective as dentists in delivering OHE.