Workplace oral health promotion activities among community-aged care workers: A qualitative exploration

IF 1.8 3区医学 Q2 DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE

Community dentistry and oral epidemiology Pub Date : 2023-11-10 DOI:10.1111/cdoe.12924

N. N. Bakri, C. A. Ferguson, S. Majeed, W. M. Thomson, K. Oda, S. Bartlett, J. M. Broadbent, M. B. Smith

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Abstract

Background

The workplace is an ideal—and priority—setting for health promotion activities. Developing and implementing workplace health promotion interventions, including oral health promotion activities, can help create health-supporting workplace environments.

Objective

To pilot workplace oral health promotion activities among staff working in the aged care sector, report their impact and explore participants' views on the factors that contribute to participation and effectiveness.

Methods

This study comprised three phases: (i) the development and face validation of the resources, (ii) a 3-h educational session and (iii) five interview sessions with participants 4–6 weeks following the education session. The recorded interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed thematically.

Results

Eleven community-aged care workforce were invited to five feedback sessions. Ten participants were female and ranged in age from 18 to 64. All participants gave favourable comments about the content and delivery of the training session and accompanying resources. The participants felt that the benefits of WOHP include improved staff knowledge, awareness and oral care routine, the ability to share (and put into practice) the gained knowledge and information with their dependants, a lower risk of having poor oral health that adversely affects their well-being and work tasks, and potentially beneficial impacts on the organization's staff roster. Their attendance in the WOHP was facilitated by being paid to attend and scheduling the sessions during work time. Future WOHP suggestions include the possibility of a one-stop dental check-up at the workplace or staff dental care discounts from local dental practitioners and combining oral health with other health promotion activities.

Conclusions

Planning and implementing WOHP was deemed acceptable and feasible in this study context and successfully achieved short-term impacts among community-aged care workers. Appropriate times and locations, organizational arrangements and a variety of delivery options contributed to successful programme planning and implementation.

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社区老年护理工作者的工作场所口腔健康促进活动：定性探索。

背景：工作场所是健康促进活动的理想和优先场所。制定和实施工作场所健康促进干预措施，包括口腔健康促进活动，可以帮助创造支持健康的工作场所环境。目的：在老年护理部门的工作人员中试行工作场所口腔健康促进活动，报告其影响，并探讨参与者对有助于参与和有效性的因素的看法。方法：这项研究包括三个阶段：（i）资源的开发和面对面验证，（ii）3小时的教育课程和（iii）对4-6名参与者的五次访谈教育课程后的几周。录音采访被逐字转录，并按主题进行分析。结果：11名社区老年护理工作人员被邀请参加五次反馈会议。10名参与者为女性，年龄从18岁到64岁不等。所有与会者都对培训课程的内容和交付以及相关资源给予了好评。与会者认为，WOHP的好处包括提高了工作人员的知识、意识和口腔护理常规，能够与受抚养人分享（并付诸实践）所获得的知识和信息，降低了口腔健康状况不佳对他们的幸福感和工作任务产生不利影响的风险，以及对组织工作人员名册的潜在有益影响。他们参加WOHP的费用由他们在工作时间参加和安排会议提供。WOHP未来的建议包括在工作场所进行一站式牙科检查的可能性，或当地牙科医生提供的员工牙科护理折扣，以及将口腔健康与其他健康促进活动相结合。结论：在本研究背景下，规划和实施WOHP被认为是可接受和可行的，并成功地在社区老年护理工作者中产生了短期影响。适当的时间和地点、组织安排和各种交付选择有助于方案规划和执行的成功。

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Community dentistry and oral epidemiology 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

4.40

自引率

8.70%

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审稿时长

6 months

期刊介绍： The aim of Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology is to serve as a forum for scientifically based information in community dentistry, with the intention of continually expanding the knowledge base in the field. The scope is therefore broad, ranging from original studies in epidemiology, behavioral sciences related to dentistry, and health services research through to methodological reports in program planning, implementation and evaluation. Reports dealing with people of all age groups are welcome. The journal encourages manuscripts which present methodologically detailed scientific research findings from original data collection or analysis of existing databases. Preference is given to new findings. Confirmations of previous findings can be of value, but the journal seeks to avoid needless repetition. It also encourages thoughtful, provocative commentaries on subjects ranging from research methods to public policies. Purely descriptive reports are not encouraged, nor are behavioral science reports with only marginal application to dentistry. The journal is published bimonthly.

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