title: Oral health education for pediatric nurse practitioner students.
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether an interdisciplinary, multifaceted oral health education program delivered to pediatric nurse practitioner students at the University of California, San Francisco, would improve their knowledge, confidence, attitudes, and behaviors regarding the provision of oral health assessments, consultations, referrals, and services to young children during well-child visits. Thirty pediatric nurse practitioner students were included in the study. Participants completed a written survey before and after receiving an interdisciplinary educational intervention that included didactic education, simulation exercises, and clinical observation by a pediatric dental resident. Between pre-intervention and post-intervention, a significant improvement was seen in the pediatric nurse practitioners' knowledge of oral health topics (p<0.001), confidence when providing oral health counseling (p<0.001), and attitudes about including oral health counseling in their examinations (p=0.006). In the post-intervention survey, 83 percent of the subjects reported having incorporated oral examinations into their well-child visits. Our study suggests that providing an interdisciplinary oral health educational program for pediatric nurse practitioner students can improve their knowledge, confidence, attitudes, and behaviors regarding the incorporation of oral health care services during routine well-child visits.
authors: Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of California-San Francisco, 707 Parnassus Ave., San Francisco, CA 94143-0758, USA.
authors: Jay
authors: J
authors: Golinveaux
authors: Barbara
authors: B
authors: Gerbert
authors: Jing
authors: J
authors: Cheng
authors: Karen
authors: K
authors: Duderstadt
authors: Abbey
authors: A
authors: Alkon
authors: Shirin
authors: S
authors: Mullen
authors: Brent
authors: B
authors: Lin
authors: Arthur
authors: A
authors: Miller
authors: Ling
authors: L
authors: Zhan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002327:Cariostatic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003376:Counseling; D004497:Education, Dental; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005460:Fluorides, Topical / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education*; D010377:Pediatric Dentistry / Q000193:education; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012649:Self Concept; D013338:Students, Nursing; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D014741:Video Recording
chemical_list: D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D005460:Fluorides, Topical
keywords: interdisciplinary education; interprofessional education; oral health education; pediatric nurse practitioner students; well-child visits
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