Development and testing of an infant oral health educational audio-visual aid for pregnant women

Authors

Boonpen Tikcanarak
Thipawan Tharapiwattananon

Publication Date

2009-05-01

Abstract

Objective To develop and test the infant oral health educational audio-visual aid for pregnant women. Materials and methods The audio-visual aid containing evidence-based information about infant oral health care and early childhood caries prevention has been developed and test in 91 pregnant women having prenatal care at U-Thong hospital, Suphanburi province during October 1, 2008 to November 30, 2008. A questionnaire was developed to test knowledge and attitude of expectant mother before and after viewing the audio-visual aid. The efficiency and effectiveness index of the audio-visual aid were determined. The differences of knowledge score were tested with Wilcoxon match-pair signed-ranks test. Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney test were used to determine factors related to knowledge score. Results The efficiency of an audio-visual aid was 87/70 and effectiveness index was 0.64. The pregnant women significantly improved their infant oral health knowledge (p < 0.05). The pre-test and post-test knowledge scores were statistically significantly related to educational level (p < 0.05). The differences between pre-test and post-test knowledge scores were statistically significant related to number of children (p < 0.05). Approximately or more than 80 percent of the participants rated proper timing, speed and contents of audio-visual aid, and highly satisfaction on narration, illustration, easy understanding, interesting presentation, and useful. Conclusion This infant oral health educational audio-visual aid promises to be an effective tool for pregnant women in providing anticipatory guidance regarding infant oral health care to prevent early childhood caries.

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.CUDJ.32.2.1

First Page

89

Last Page

100

Recommended Citation

Tikcanarak, Boonpen and Tharapiwattananon, Thipawan (2009) "Development and testing of an infant oral health educational audio-visual aid for pregnant women," Chulalongkorn University Dental Journal: Vol. 32: Iss. 2, Article 1.
DOI: 10.58837/CHULA.CUDJ.32.2.1
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/cudj/vol32/iss2/1