Knowledge of Oral Prophylaxis and Dental Check-up Amongst Primary School Teachers in Lagos State: An Urban-rural Comparative Study
ABSTRACT Background: Oral health knowledge of school teachers will influence the success of the strategy of the National Oral Health Policy at the Community level. Aim: This study aimed to assess and compare the oral health knowledge in Urban and Rural areas of Lagos State. Methodology: A...
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Background: Oral health knowledge of school teachers will influence the success of the strategy of the National Oral Health Policy at the Community level.
Aim: This study aimed to assess and compare the oral health knowledge in Urban and Rural areas of Lagos State.
Methodology: A cross-sectional study, using a multistage sampling technique to select 200 primary school teachers in both urban and rural areas. A pretested, self-administered questionnaire was used. Data was analysed using SPSS version 20. Descriptive and crude odd ratio were used, and p-value ⩽0.05 is significant.
Result: The mean age of the respondent is 39±10.92 and 47±7.56 for rural and urban areas respectively. More teachers were females in rural and urban areas. The ever-married were majority in both rural and urban areas. Majority had National Certificate of Education in rural and urban areas. Urban teachers [55%] had adequate oral health knowledge and 63% in the rural had inadequate oral health knowledge. Crude odd ratio revealed a significant association between geographical location and oral health knowledge [p=0.0102; OR=2.081]; marital status [p=0.0204; OR=0.26] and teaching experience [p=0.0442; ≤10years, OR=1.533; ≤15years, OR=2.130 and ˃16years, OR=3.179].
Conclusion: Primary school teachers in urban area showed adequate oral health knowledge than their counterparts in the rural area of Lagos State.
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| spelling | doaj-art-20ea881290f148ea99dba362116ff6a42025-08-20T02:22:32ZengNigerian Dental AssociationNigerian Dental Journal0189-10062024-03-0132110.61172/ndj.v32i1.258Knowledge of Oral Prophylaxis and Dental Check-up Amongst Primary School Teachers in Lagos State: An Urban-rural Comparative StudyBabalola Castano0Adepeju Sanni1Titilayo DawoduOlusoji Olanrewaju 2Akinwale Oguntimehin 3DENTAL CLINIC, GENERAL HOSPITAL ,LAGOS ISLANDUniversity of California, San Diego, USANigerian Airforce Hospital, Ikeja Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja ABSTRACT Background: Oral health knowledge of school teachers will influence the success of the strategy of the National Oral Health Policy at the Community level. Aim: This study aimed to assess and compare the oral health knowledge in Urban and Rural areas of Lagos State. Methodology: A cross-sectional study, using a multistage sampling technique to select 200 primary school teachers in both urban and rural areas. A pretested, self-administered questionnaire was used. Data was analysed using SPSS version 20. Descriptive and crude odd ratio were used, and p-value ⩽0.05 is significant. Result: The mean age of the respondent is 39±10.92 and 47±7.56 for rural and urban areas respectively. More teachers were females in rural and urban areas. The ever-married were majority in both rural and urban areas. Majority had National Certificate of Education in rural and urban areas. Urban teachers [55%] had adequate oral health knowledge and 63% in the rural had inadequate oral health knowledge. Crude odd ratio revealed a significant association between geographical location and oral health knowledge [p=0.0102; OR=2.081]; marital status [p=0.0204; OR=0.26] and teaching experience [p=0.0442; ≤10years, OR=1.533; ≤15years, OR=2.130 and ˃16years, OR=3.179]. Conclusion: Primary school teachers in urban area showed adequate oral health knowledge than their counterparts in the rural area of Lagos State. https://nigeriandentaljournal.ng/index.php/ndj/article/view/258Primary school teachersOral prophylaxisoral health knowledge |
| spellingShingle | Babalola Castano Adepeju Sanni Titilayo Dawodu Olusoji Olanrewaju Akinwale Oguntimehin Knowledge of Oral Prophylaxis and Dental Check-up Amongst Primary School Teachers in Lagos State: An Urban-rural Comparative Study Nigerian Dental Journal Primary school teachers Oral prophylaxis oral health knowledge |
| title | Knowledge of Oral Prophylaxis and Dental Check-up Amongst Primary School Teachers in Lagos State: An Urban-rural Comparative Study |
| title_full | Knowledge of Oral Prophylaxis and Dental Check-up Amongst Primary School Teachers in Lagos State: An Urban-rural Comparative Study |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge of Oral Prophylaxis and Dental Check-up Amongst Primary School Teachers in Lagos State: An Urban-rural Comparative Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge of Oral Prophylaxis and Dental Check-up Amongst Primary School Teachers in Lagos State: An Urban-rural Comparative Study |
| title_short | Knowledge of Oral Prophylaxis and Dental Check-up Amongst Primary School Teachers in Lagos State: An Urban-rural Comparative Study |
| title_sort | knowledge of oral prophylaxis and dental check up amongst primary school teachers in lagos state an urban rural comparative study |
| topic | Primary school teachers Oral prophylaxis oral health knowledge |
| url | https://nigeriandentaljournal.ng/index.php/ndj/article/view/258 |
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