Percepção e atitudes de pedagogos sobre aspectos relevantes do uso de escovas dentárias

• Autor(a) principal: Arcieri, Renato Moreira [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Rovida, Tania Adas Saliba [UNESP], Araújo, Paula Caetano [UNESP], Garbin, Artênio José Isper [UNESP], Garbin, Clea Adas Saliba [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufes.br/RBPS/article/view/1599/1199; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/133891
• topic: Health education; Oral health; Preschool child; Preventive dentistry; Qualitative research; Educação em saúde; Saúde bucal; Pré-escolar; Odontologia preventiva; Pesquisa qualitativa

Objective: To evaluate the perception and attitude of kindergarten teachers in relation to the storage of toothbrushes. Methodology: The analysis instrument used was a structured and previously validated questionnaire. The sample universe of this study was composed of all states and municipals kindergarten school teachers who taught in school year of 2010 at the town of Araçatuba / SP (n = 232). The criteria used to integrate the study were: to have a college degree and agree to participate. Results: 164 teachers participated of the study. The results were analyzed using Epi Info 6.04 and showed that 55% of the teachers had received some information about the proper storage of toothbrushes, and only 35% believed that the toothbrushes were storaged improperly. Most teachers, 97% reported being possible the transmission of microorganisms through the brush, however, there was observed difficulty in identifying which diseases could be transmitted. About the question related to the execute of supervised toothbrushing, 93% of the educators said that they realize supervised toothbrushing and the same percentage was observed for the identification of preschoolers at the toothbrushes. Conclusions: The perception and attitude of the teachers ahead the storage of toothbrushes are weak and limited, so there is a need for educational programs targeted to this group, so that they would have more information and knowledge related to the correct storage of toothbrushes and would continue to perform oral health preventive methods.