Journal article
Study protocol for a pilot quasi-experimental study on oral health education for nurses and community health workers in Nigeria
Frontiers in public health, Vol.12, 1398869
06/07/2024
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1398869
PMCID: PMC11192041
PMID: 38912270
Abstract
ntroduction: The primary health care system provides an ideal setting for the integration of oral health into general health care as well as equitable access to oral health care. However, the limited oral health knowledge of primary health care workers necessitates appropriate training before they can participate in health promotion efforts. This pilot training was designed to examine the impact of the Oral Health Education module for Nurses and Community Health Care Workers on their oral health awareness and referral practices.
Methods: This study will utilize a quasi-experimental design (pre-and post with a non-equivalent control group) to assess the impact of a five-day pilot oral health education program on the knowledge and referral practices of Nurses and Community Health Workers in primary health care centers in three states in Nigeria-(Lagos, Oyo, and Kano). The training modules were developed based on the six iterative steps described in the intervention mapping framework – needs assessment, highlighting program objectives and outcomes, selection of theory and mode of intervention, designing program based on theory, designing implementation plans, and developing an evaluation plan. Only the intervention group will participate in the full educational training sessions but both groups will complete the pre-and post-intervention questionnaires.
Discussion: This pilot training combined the standardized training modules from the recently launched “Oral Health Training Course for Community Health Workers in Africa” and a newly developed maternal and child oral health module by our group using an evidence-based approach. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first program to examine the impact of the standardized OpenWHO modules. The success of this training will lay the foundation for developing a sustained channel for providing oral health education at the primary health care level in Nigeria, West Africa, and Africa.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Study protocol for a pilot quasi-experimental study on oral health education for nurses and community health workers in Nigeria
- Creators
- Abimbola M. Oladayo - University of IowaFolake B. Lawal - University of IbadanOyinkansola O. Sofola - Lagos University Teaching HospitalOmolara G. Uti - Lagos University Teaching HospitalAfolabi Oyapero - Lagos State UniversityAdetayo Aborisade - Aminu Kano Teaching HospitalBernal Stewart - Colgate-PalmoliveCarlo Amorin Daep - Colgate-PalmoliveDeon Hines - Colgate-PalmoliveJacinto BeardAderonke Dedeke - University of IbadanOmotayo F. Fagbule - University of IbadanAdeola T. Williams - University College Hospital, IbadanObioma C. Uchendu - University of IbadanKudirat Ohiare - Lagos University Teaching HospitalAdetomiwa O. Adedire - Lagos University Teaching HospitalAbdul-Kabir Adegoke Yahya-Imam - Lagos University Teaching HospitalOluwagbenga Ilori Adeniji - Lagos University Teaching HospitalAishatu Baba Mele - Aminu Kano Teaching HospitalAmina Sani Baffa - Aminu Kano Teaching HospitalIfeoluwa Adetula - Aminu Kano Teaching HospitalTaiwo A. Lawal - University College Hospital, IbadanGbemisola Aderemi Oke - University of IbadanAzeez Butali - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in public health, Vol.12, 1398869
- DOI
- 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1398869
- PMID
- 38912270
- PMCID
- PMC11192041
- NLM abbreviation
- Front Public Health
- ISSN
- 2296-2565
- eISSN
- 2296-2565
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media S.A
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/07/2024
- Academic Unit
- Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Craniofacial Anomalies Research Center; Dental Research
- Record Identifier
- 9984649047402771
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