Oral health status, awareness, attitude, practices, and level of nicotine dependence among Tamil Nadu Electricity Board workers in North Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Bharathi, T.; Kavitha, K. Lakshmi; Ganesh, R

doi:10.4103/0976-433x.182673

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“…Hence, we are in a unique position to provide salient, proximal information about tobacco use and oral health, which can motivate tobacco users to quit. [ 7 ]…”

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Oral health knowledge, attitudes and practices of primary healthcare workers of Lucknow district: A cross-sectional study

Pradhan

Singh

Sharma

et al. 2022

J Family Med Prim Care

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Introduction: Oral diseases are considered a public health problem due to their high prevalence. It is the primary concern of oral health educators to impart positive oral health knowledge and behavior in the society. Health workers’ knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) toward oral health to a great extent influence the community as they can extend health education at the first contact in the community. Thus, the aim of the study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices of health care workers. Material and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was designed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices towards oral health among health care workers. The study was conducted among health care workers aged between 20 and 60 years working in Primary Healthcare Centres and Community Healthcare Centres of Lucknow district. Informed consent was obtained from health care workers before the start of the study. The data were collected via a predesigned and pretested questionnaire. The data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics-version 21. Results: The results of the study showed that 70.2% of the respondents ever visited the dentist due to somereason of which 19.2% visited once in a year. In addition, 38.9% of the respondents were daily smokers of which the majority belonged to the age group 20–40 years. A total of 63.9% of the respondents were daily chewable tobacco users, and 12.4% were routine users of alcohol. Conclusion: The present study gives a brief insight into the oral health knowledge, attitude, and practices of health care workers which were of fair degree.

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“…Hence, we are in a unique position to provide salient, proximal information about tobacco use and oral health, which can motivate tobacco users to quit. [ 7 ]…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%