Estilos de vida saludable en salud bucal en escolares del colegio reina de la paz Floridablanca Santander 2017

Abstract

Background: The oral health conditions in the young population in Colombia show a marked affectation, resulting from the lack of healthy habits of hygiene. The school environment has been seen as one of the most suitable spaces in which you can make an awareness that allows to acquire healthy habits. Objective: To design and evaluate the educational strategies of the "Ámate vive saludable" program aimed at changing knowledge attitudes and practices in healthy oral health. Materials and methods: This was a quasi-experimental study in which 45 students participated. Using a KAP and HU-DBI questionnaire. Different strategies were designed as PowerPoint presentation; where topics related to food, rest, exercise and self-care habits were illustrated, games related to the knowledge acquired during the presentation. Simultaneously an oral screening was carried out and supervised brushing activities. Results: 75.5% of the participants were women and 24.4% were men, with a mean age of 10.9 years. The program was evaluated with the HU-DBI instrument before and after the implementation of the educational program. Significant changes were found concentrated in the levels of good and regular behavior, going from 26.6% to 40% and 73.3% to 60% respectively. Sixth grade participants as well as the male gender did not show significant changes. When analyzing the results of the KAP questionnaire, there were positive changes in the variables "how long should we brush our teeth" from 24.4% to 60% and "rinsing the mouth after eating is necessary" since it changed from 22.2% to a 33.3%. Conclusions: An educational program called "Ámate vive saludable" was designed and evaluated with contents about knowledge in health and nutrition, physical exercise, rest, education and hygiene, oral health, brushing, as proposed by WHO. Knowledge, attitudes and practices improved in healthy habits. There were positive changes in program participants.