An evaluation of dental information sessions provided to childcare educators in NSW in 2010-2011.

Jennifer M Noller
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Childcare services provide ideal settings to promote good oral health and help reduce tooth decay in young children. This paper reports the results of an evaluation of the dental information session component of the NSW Little Smiles Program provided by public oral health service professionals to childcare educators in NSW in 2010-2011. The evaluation sought to determine if a face-to-face information session provided to childcare educators by oral health professionals: (i) can improve the confidence of childcare educators to reach national quality standards that relate to oral health; and (ii) is an appropriate model to use. In 2010-2011, 163 dental information sessions were provided to 1716 participants from over 526 childcare centres across NSW. Results showed that a dental information session can improve the confidence of childcare educators to assist their service to reach the required national quality standards for oral hygiene and diet-related oral health issues. Further evaluation is required to determine if oral health can be embedded in the daily practice of childcare services and other options need to be explored to deliver the sessions in a more cost-effective way.

2010-2011年向新南威尔士州儿童保育教育工作者提供牙科信息会议的评估。
托儿服务提供理想的环境,促进幼儿的口腔健康和减少蛀牙。本文报告了2010-2011年新南威尔士州公共口腔卫生服务专业人员向儿童保育教育工作者提供的新南威尔士州小微笑计划牙科信息部分的评估结果。评估旨在确定口腔卫生专业人员向儿童保育教育工作者提供的面对面信息会议是否:(i)可以提高儿童保育教育工作者达到与口腔卫生有关的国家质量标准的信心;(ii)是一个合适的模型。2010-2011年,向新南威尔士州526个托儿中心的1716名参与者提供了163次牙科信息会议。结果显示,牙科知识讲座可以提高幼儿教育工作者的信心,帮助他们的服务达到口腔卫生和饮食相关口腔健康问题的国家质量标准。需要进行进一步评估,以确定是否可以将口腔健康纳入儿童保育服务的日常实践,并需要探索其他选择,以更具成本效益的方式提供这些课程。
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