Widi's puzzle development towards improvement in oral hygiene behaviour of special school teacher

Abstract

Background

Retarded child experienced dental and oral health problems are higher than normal children caused can not perform independent activity behavior of dental and oral health maintenance. Proper behavior change strategies can be done by providing dental health education by teachers using customized learning methods and media needs of children with mentally retarded. During this time the dental health education are still using the same media used for normal children. Widi's puzzles created specifically for the learning process of children with mentally retarded accompanied by teachers who have attended the training activities.

Aim

Widi's puzzle effectively to improving the behavior of oral hygiene maintenance of special school teacher.

Method

Research and Development (R&D) and test the model using experimental quasy pretest and posttest with control group design. Special school teacher research subjects were divided into 2 groups: 1. Intervention media model widi’s puzzle for 3 days and 2. Video media and demonstration of tooth brushing as a control. The independent variables: training media model widi's puzzle and the dependent variable: the behavior of oral hygiene maintenance (knowledge, attitudes, and skills) teachers. Data were tested using normality test, paired and independent t-test.

Results

This model is effective to increase teacher knowledge (p <0.047), attitude (p <0.003), and the skills of brushing teeth (p <0.025) compared to controls.

Conclusion

Training media model widi’s puzzle for 3 days is effective in improving behavior of oral hygiene maintenance (knowledge, attitudes, and skills) special school teachers.