Romanian Journal of Medical and Dental Education Volum 8 Issue 4, 2019 ASSESSING THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES ABOUT ORAL HEALTH BEHAVIORS OF PRESCHOOLERS

ASSESSING THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES ABOUT ORAL HEALTH BEHAVIORS OF PRESCHOOLERS

Catalina Iulia Saveanu, Daniela Anistoroaei*, Loredana Golovcencu*, Alexandra Ecaterina Săveanu

ABSTRACT

Assessing the level of knowledge and attitudes about sanogenic behaviors of preschoolers is a predictive factor in assessing the level of knowledge and orientation of health education lessons. Aim:The purpose of the study was to analyze the level of knowledge and attitudes among preschoolers in Iasi before and after applying educational messages. Material and method: The group included 82 preschoolers, to whom 22 questions were applied using the questionnaire method before and after the health education lessons. Data processing was performed with SPSS14Windows with p <0.05%. Results and discussion: Subjects with an average age of 4.38 years (± 0.826) have multiple knowledge, and after applying audio-visual information methods, the final percentages of the analysis have increased the results being statistically significant p≤0.05. Conclusions: Within the limits of this study, we can conclude that oral health education is an easy way to approach and with remarkable results.

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