EFFECTS OF ORAL HEALTH PROMOTION BY USING THE DEMING CYCLE AT CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER,POCHAI MUNICIPALITY, PHANOM PHRAI DISTEICT,ROI ET PROVINCE

Abstract

          This study was quasi-experimental research which purposed to compare the effects of oral health promotion by using the Plan–Do–Check–Act process in Child Development Center, Poechai Municipality. The polpulations were 150 people who comprised of  5 Child Development Center’s administrators, 5 preschool children’s caregivers, 70 preschool children’s parents, and 70 preschool children. The Child Development Center’s administrators and preschool children’s caregivers were received the activities of oral health promotion by using the Plan–Do–Check–Act process and implemented the process in Child Development Center. Data were collected before and after implementation. The study was conducted during April to June 2010. Data were collected before and after implementation by using the questionnaire of knowledge and practices of oral health care of preschool children’s parents, record of snack’s consumption in preschool children, record of oral health status, and record of tooth brushing in preschool children, form of assessment in Child Development Center.  Data analyses were used the descriptive statistics and the analytical statistic was Paired t-test.

          The results found that after the implementation, parents of preschool children had knowledge’s scores of oral health care higher than before the implementation, statistical significance (p<0.001), with the average score increased from 5.68 ( SD = 3.64) to 13.28 (SD =2.35)scores. Practice’s scores of oral health care were statistically significant higher than before the implementation (p<0.001), with the average score increased from 22.76(SD =2.35) to 26.12(SD = 1.35) scores. Oral health of preschool children found that after the implementation, preschool children were tooth brushing  the average score increased from 2.95(SD = 0.69) to 3.23 (SD = 0.39)  time per day , plaque index was decreased from 2.46 (SD = 0.55) to 1.24(SD = 0.34) scores, and frequency of snack’s consumption that risk to tooth decay was decreased from 17.7 (SD = 3.11) to 13.1 (SD =1.40) scores, statistical significance (p<0.001). Moreover, the study was also found that after the implementation, the Child Development Center was through the Oral Health Standard of Department of Health.

          This study indicated that oral health promotion by using the Plan–Do–Check–Act process in Child Development Center was encouraged the administrators of Child Development Center, caregivers of preschool children, parents, and leaders of the community to participate in activities of oral health promotion that effecting to preschool children have a good oral hygiene as well as the Child Development Center has had a planning, a budgeting, and a project of health promotion which there are sustainability.