A Pilot test of an oral health education module for community health workers in Ikeja LGA, Lagos State.

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dc.contributor.authorAdeniyi, A.A
dc.contributor.authorAjieroh, V
dc.contributor.authorSofola, O.O
dc.contributor.authorAsiyanbi, O
dc.contributor.authorOyapero, A
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-29T16:55:16Z
dc.date.available2022-07-29T16:55:16Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionScholarly articleen_US
dc.description.abstractObjectives: The purpose of this paper is to report the experience of developing, facilitating, and evaluating a 3-day module on oral health education for Primary Health Care Workers (CHW) in Ikeja LGA Lagos State. Methods: Twenty-one CHW in Ikeja LGA were invited for a 3-day oral health education-training program in January 2015. An oral health education manual and a flip chart developed for this purpose were used during training. Participants received didactic lectures on the first two days and participated in a practical session on the third day. A pretest was done before the training session while a posttest was done immediately and 6 months after the intervention. Data entry, validation and analysis was done using SPSS version 20. Results: Majority of the respondents were female (95.0%), Community Health Officers (65.0%), mean age was 42.1± 10.4 years while mean years of experience was 9.7 ±10.8 years. There was a statistically significant increase (p= 0.000) in the mean knowledge score of participants immediately after the intervention. There was no difference between the results obtained immediately and at 6 months after the training (p= 0.328). All participants reported including oral health education in their routine health education sessions at the 6-month review. They also reported observing changes in client's perception and behavior regarding oral health. They identified the flipchart as a useful tool for the oral health education sessions in the PHC. Conclusion: PHC workers can be easily trained and deployed as oral health educators particularly in areas where there is shortage of oral health care workers.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAdeniyi A. A. , Ajieroh V. , Sofola O. O., Asiyanbi O., Oyapero A.A Pilot test of an oral health education module for community health workers in Ikeja LGA, Lagos State.Africa Journal of Oral Health. DOI:10.434/ajoh.v7i1.162231en_US
dc.identifier.issnDOI: 10.4314/ajoh.v7i1.162231
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/10968
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAfrica journal of oral healthen_US
dc.subjectOral healthen_US
dc.subjectOral health educationen_US
dc.subjectCommunity health workersen_US
dc.subjectPrimary health careen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::ODONTOLOGYen_US
dc.titleA Pilot test of an oral health education module for community health workers in Ikeja LGA, Lagos State.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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