Effects of health education on oral health through role playing and painting on awareness and function of children

Abstract

Statistical surveys indicate that the rate of dental decay among primary school goers in Qazvin province is about 82.2% for permanent teeth and 83.3% for milk teeth. This was a semi-experimental interventional study to improve the knowledge and practice of 80 children (31 boys and 49 girls) aged 9-11 years. Educational planning was delivered through indirect new methods of education including role playing and painting. Data were collected before and after intervention by a fixed questioner and further analyzed by means of two statistical tests including t-test and chi-square test. The results of this study was indicative of a significant difference between the knowledge and practice of children before and after the intervention (p