Do school based anti-smoking campaigns delivered by oral health therapists work?
| Autor: | Stanley R. Steindl, Trevor Holcombe, M Pukkallus, K.A. Plonka, J. E. Palmer, M. A. Matias, R. I. Marshall, Gregory J. Seymour |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Oral Health Smoking Prevention Health Promotion Intervention group Oral health Young adolescents Nursing Intervention (counseling) Humans Medicine General Dentistry Cancer prevention business.industry Smoking School Dentistry stomatognathic diseases Case-Control Studies Family medicine Smoking cessation Female Smoking Cessation School based Queensland business Anti smoking |
| Zdroj: | Australian Dental Journal. 58:301-305 |
| ISSN: | 0045-0421 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/adj.12078 |
| Popis: | Background The dental profession has a pivotal role in cancer prevention. In Queensland, oral health therapists (OHTs) are in a unique position to provide quality smoking cessation programmes and intervention strategies to young adolescents through the school based oral health services they provide. Methods This study undertook a smoking cessation and prevention programme targeted to female high school students in a dental setting. An oral health therapist delivered an anti-smoking message and educated adolescents of the health-risk effects of smoking. Results A total of 1217 female students were recruited with 621 (51%) in the intervention group and 596 (49%) in the control group. There was a significant improvement in the knowledge of both systemic and oral health effects of smoking in the intervention group (p |
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