Oral Health Promotion
Oulun ammattikorkeakoulu, Oamk
2019
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-597-175-3
https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-597-175-3
Tiivistelmä
Nowadays health promotion plays an important role in health care ideology and implementation. It's vital to commit individuals to take an action with their decisions that may concern or have impact on health and wellbeing. This general awareness has also positive impacts on young people's wellbeing.
Dental hygiene students' ability in oral health promotion was practiced in this course of Health Promotion Project by doing literature searches, writing essays, having presentations and peer evaluations. Wide area of young people's oral health promotion was defined as importance of self-care, motivation as a tool for dental hygiene, xylitol and its benefits on oral health, nutritional challenges and their effects on oral health, and effects on smoking and nicotine products on oral health. The event was carried out in Oulu International School in March 2019 and it was part of 9th grade pupils' health education.
The preventive aspect in dental hygienists' work can be seen as an entity by this health promotion project, including planning and collaboration, implementation and evaluation as well as documentation in the form of this publication.
Dental hygiene students' ability in oral health promotion was practiced in this course of Health Promotion Project by doing literature searches, writing essays, having presentations and peer evaluations. Wide area of young people's oral health promotion was defined as importance of self-care, motivation as a tool for dental hygiene, xylitol and its benefits on oral health, nutritional challenges and their effects on oral health, and effects on smoking and nicotine products on oral health. The event was carried out in Oulu International School in March 2019 and it was part of 9th grade pupils' health education.
The preventive aspect in dental hygienists' work can be seen as an entity by this health promotion project, including planning and collaboration, implementation and evaluation as well as documentation in the form of this publication.