The implementation and evaluation of oral health in-service education at three elderly care facilities
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The goals of this project were to improve the oral health care provided to patients at three selected elderly-care facilities. The lack of oral care among the institutionalized elderly has been well-documented. The nursing staff assistants are the key people responsible for patient hygiene maintenance care, but lack the knowledge and training in oral care. With strong administrative support, a series of oral health in-service sessions for nursing personnel were conducted. The objectives of this program were: 1) to promote quality dental care; 2) to increase staff dental awareness; and 3) to assist in the implementation of oral hygiene maintenance programs at each facility as an integral part of patient daily living skills.
The effectiveness of the in-service training in terms of cognitive gains was assessed by administering a pretest-posttest instrument (which consisted of 20 close-ended items) to determine the presence of oral health care knowledge in each group. Analysis of variance of pretest-posttest scores indicated that an overall increase in cognitive levels had occurred following the in-service at each site. However, the cognitive gains were not significantly different among the sites. In addition, a student's ttest was performed on pretest-posttest scores at each site which indicated that significant increases in cognitive awareness had occurred at each site.
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Thesis (M.Sc.)--Boston University, Henry M. Goldman School of Graduate Dentistry, 1984 (Dental Public Health).
Includes bibliographical references: (leaves 34-36).
Thesis (M.Sc.)--Boston University, Henry M. Goldman School of Graduate Dentistry, 1984 (Dental Public Health).
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