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Knowledge, Attitude, and Willingness to Treat HIV positive Patients and Practice of Infection Control Measures and Post-exposure prophylaxis amongst dentists in Chengalpattu Chengalpattu牙医对治疗HIV阳性患者的知识、态度和意愿，以及感染控制措施和暴露后预防措施的做法

International Journal of Community Dentistry Pub Date : 2024-06-12 DOI: 10.56501/intjcommunitydent.v12i1.999

Parvathy Premnath, Mathu Sree H, Monish Ananthan S, Maris Manoj Kumar G, Menaka S, Mohamed Arsath H

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Assessment of Sleeping Patterns among Health Care Students in Chennai – A Cross Sectional Study 钦奈医学生睡眠模式评估--一项横断面研究

International Journal of Community Dentistry Pub Date : 2023-12-09 DOI: 10.56501/intjcommunitydent.v11i2.928

K. R, V. A, Vidhyarekha U, Deepika lakshmi R, Keerthika T, Aarthi K

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Knowledge and Attitude of ASHA workers in prevention of Early Childhood caries: A cross sectional study ASHA工作人员在预防儿童早期龋齿方面的知识和态度：横断面研究

International Journal of Community Dentistry Pub Date : 2023-11-21 DOI: 10.56501/intjcommunitydent.v11i2.907

Ashwini Cheruthottathil, F. Peedikayil, Adarsh Mohan, Tony Varghese, Meenu Sara, Manuel

{"title":"Knowledge and Attitude of ASHA workers in prevention of Early Childhood caries: A cross sectional study","authors":"Ashwini Cheruthottathil, F. Peedikayil, Adarsh Mohan, Tony Varghese, Meenu Sara, Manuel","doi":"10.56501/intjcommunitydent.v11i2.907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56501/intjcommunitydent.v11i2.907","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Accredited social health activists (ASHAs) are government instituted community health workers as part of the National Rural Health Mission. The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitude of ASHAs regarding Early Childhood caries. Methods: A cross sectional survey was carried out among 190 ASHA workers. A self-constructed, 15 items, close-ended questionnaire based on the dental knowledge and the attitude of dental health was translated into regional language using a standardized translation process. The Questionnaire was distributed at the monthly review meeting held at Primary Health centres and their response was taken. The data was analysed and compared on basis on their educational level. The data were analysed by SPSS Version 24. Results: The content validity index of the questionnaire was 0.75 and the face validity was 3.2. The internal consistency was assessed with a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and was found to be 0.876. Test–retest reliability is 0.8. The correct responses on knowledge of participants is 55.76% and for the attitude towards child oral health is 74.76%. Study also showed ASHA workers have poor knowledge about first dental visit and oral hygiene maintenance in children (p < 0.05). No statistical difference in knowledge and attitude of ASHA based on their educational level was noticed Conclusion: The ASHA workers have only satisfactory knowledge about ECC but their attitude toward the Child Oral Health is good. Therefore training and motivation can help in educating them for preventive community programmes for ECC.","PeriodicalId":510765,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Community Dentistry","volume":"22 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139250722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Role of Social Media Marketing in Cigarette Smoking Cessation- A Systematic Review 社交媒体营销在戒烟中的作用--系统综述

International Journal of Community Dentistry Pub Date : 2023-11-17 DOI: 10.56501/intjcommunitydent.v11i2.854

Nivedha K, Parangimalai Diwakar Madan kumar, A. S

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