Oral Health–Promoting School Environments and Dental Caries in Québec Children

Edasseri, Anu; Barnett, Tracie A.; Ka, Kanta; Henderson, Mélanie; Nicolau, Bélinda

doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2017.07.005

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“…Private schools located in capitals with lower HDI or higher Gini index had lower prevalence of oral health promoting environments . Studies in Brazil 8 , Ireland 11 and Canada 16 , 17 have shown the influence of contextual socioeconomic aspects – referring to the municipality or the school environment – in the health of students.…”

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“…A frequent recommendation for the implementation of healthy school environments refers to the availability of foods with lower cariogenic potential, as well as the restriction of foods with greater potential 17 , 18 , 34 , 35 . The regular availability of beverages with added sugar in the school, such as soft drinks, has been associated with a higher daily consumption of these drinks by adolescents 35 and a high prevalence of caries 18 .…”

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“…Escolas privadas e localizadas em capitais com menor IDH ou maior índice de Gini apresentaram menores prevalências de ambientes escolares promotores de saúde bucal. Estudos no Brasil 8 , na Irlanda 11 e no Canadá 16 , 17 têm mostrado a influência de aspectos contextuais socioeconômicos – referentes ao município ou ao ambiente da escola – na saúde dos escolares.…”

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“…These associations have also been studied in other countries. In Canada, a study found an association between a more unfavorable school socioeconomic environment and a higher prevalence of pain and dental caries in public schools 16 , besides the association between school environments with potential for oral health promotion and lower incidence of caries 17 . In Thailand, the availability of healthy foods in the schools was associated with lower consumption of sweets and lower caries indices 18 .…”

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“…Essas associações têm sido estudadas também em outros países. No Canadá, foi observada associação entre ambiente socioeconômico escolar mais desfavorável e maior prevalência de dor e cárie dentária em escolas públicas 16 , além da associação entre ambientes escolares com potencial de promoção da saúde bucal e menor incidência de cárie 17 . Na Tailândia, a disponibilidade de alimentos saudáveis nos espaços escolares foi associada ao menor consumo de doces e índices de cárie mais baixos 18 .…”

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School environment and oral health promotion: the National Survey of School Health (PeNSE)

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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the potential support of schools for oral health promotion and associated factors in Brazilian capitals.METHODS Data from 1,339 public and private schools of the 27 Brazilian capitals were obtained from the National Survey of School Health (PeNSE) 2015. Data from the capitals were obtained from the United Nations Development Program and the Department of Informatics of the Brazilian Unified Health System (Datasus). The indicator “ ambiente escolar promotor de saúde bucal ” (AEPSB – oral health promoting school environment) was designed from 21 variables of the school environment with possible influence on students’ oral health employing the categorical principal components analysis (CATPCA). Associations between the AEPSB and characteristics of schools, capitals and regions were tested (bivariate analysis).RESULTS Ten variables comprised CAPTCA, after excluding those with low correlation or high multicollinearity. The analysis resulted in a model with three dimensions: D1. Within-school aspects (sales of food with added sugar in the canteen and health promotion actions), D2. Aspects of the area around the school (sales of food with added sugar in alternative points) and D3. prohibitive policies at school (prohibition of alcohol and tobacco consumption). The sum of the scores of the dimensions generated the AEPSB indicator, dichotomized by the median. From the total of schools studied, 51.2% (95%CI 48.5–53.8) presented a more favorable environment for oral health (higher AEPSB). In the capitals, this percentage ranged from 36.6% (95%CI 23.4–52.2) in Rio Branco to 80.4% (95%CI 67.2–89.1) in Florianópolis. Among the Brazilian regions, it ranged from 45.5% (95%CI 40.0–51.2) in the North to 67.6% (95%CI 59.4–74.9) in the South. Higher percentages of schools with higher AEPSB were found in public schools [58.1% (95%CI 54.9–61.2)] and in capitals and regions with higher Human Development Index [61.0% (95%IC 55.8–66.0) and 57.4% (95%CI 53.2–61.4), respectively] and lower Gini index [55.7% (95%CI 51.2–60.0) and 52.8 (95%CI 49.8–55.8), respectively].CONCLUSIONS The potential to support oral health promotion in schools in Brazilian capitals, assessed by the AEPSB indicator, was associated with contextual factors of schools, capitals and Brazilian regions.

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School environment and oral health promotion: the National Survey of School Health (PeNSE)

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Neighbourhood school environment and dental care needs amongst 5-to-11-year-old children attending a local dental facility in South-East England

Ganbavale

Louca

Twigg

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J Public Health (Berl.)

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Aim To investigate the relationship between neighbourhood school environment and dental care needs of 5-to-11-year-olds attending a local dental facility in Portsmouth, South-East England. Methods Secondary analyses were undertaken using three cross-sectional, open-access datasets. Data included 4 years of children's electronic dental records from the University of Portsmouth Dental Academy comprising age, gender, tooth extraction history and residential postcodes converted to Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) quintiles for census-based geographies called middle-layer super output areas (MSOAs). Additionally, overall effectiveness scores (OES) (1=Outstanding to 4=Inadequate) from Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills of neighbouring schools were computed to 'population-weighted mean OES'. Descriptive, univariate logistic regression and multilevel-modelling analyses investigated contextual-level influence of school-OES on tooth extraction. Results There were 429-patients [mean-age 7.78 years (SD 1.97 years), female 50.1%] living across 23-MSOAs. Seventy had undergone tooth extraction treatment. Population-weighted mean OES range was 1.74-3.00, while 3.5% and 48% of patients belonged to the most and least deprived IMD-quintiles, respectively. Univariate models revealed age and population-weighted mean OES as statistically significant predictors of tooth extraction (p < 0.05). Multilevel modelling, controlling for age and population-weighted mean OES indicated likelihood of tooth extraction increased by 15% with increasing age and by 161% for patients living in MSOAs with higher population-weighted mean OES (i.e. poor school-performance). Conclusions School effectiveness scores remained a significant predictor of tooth extraction in our study when controlling for individual predictors of dental health. Further research is required to assess the role of neighbourhood school environment in predicting child dental health at the national level.

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Oral Health Needs and Experiences of Medicaid Enrollees With Serious Mental Illness

Hall

LaPierre

Kurth

2018

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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Oral Health–Promoting School Environments and Dental Caries in Québec Children

Cited by 13 publications

References 21 publications

School environment and oral health promotion: the National Survey of School Health (PeNSE)

School environment and oral health promotion: the National Survey of School Health (PeNSE)

Neighbourhood school environment and dental care needs amongst 5-to-11-year-old children attending a local dental facility in South-East England

Oral Health Needs and Experiences of Medicaid Enrollees With Serious Mental Illness

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