Empowering Primary School Pupils as Campaign Ambassadors for the Prevention of Dental Caries
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https://doi.org/10.31983/link.v22i1.14893Keywords:
Caries teeth risk, Elementary school students, Promotion Agents, TrainingAbstract
Dental health care problems in elementary school children include a lack of student knowledge about dental and oral health maintenance, low toothbrushing skills, and a lack of optimal student involvement in health promotion at school. This community service activity aims to increase students' knowledge and empower them as dental health promotion agents in caries prevention. The method used is participatory training through counseling, demonstrations, and practices using adhesive doll media, pocket-books, and dental phantoms. Students also take part in a simulation of the role of a health promotion agent to convey education to their peers. The stages of the activity include pretest, training, educational simulation, monitoring, and posttest. Follow-up is carried out through toothbrush assistance twice a day, control of karyogenic food consumption in the School Dental Health Business (UKGS) program, and periodic monitoring by teachers and the implementation team. The results showed an increase in student knowledge, from 80% in the category of goods before training to 100% after training. Student empowerment as dental health promotion agents has proven to be effective as a promotive and preventive strategy in supporting sustainable dental and oral health behaviors in the school environment.
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