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0068/2014 - Assessment of oral health knowledge of community health workers linked to family health strategy
Avaliação do conhecimento em saúde bucal de agentes comunitários de saúde vinculados a estratégia saúde da família

Author:

• Giovana Renata Gouvêa - Gouvêa,Giovana Renata - Faculdade de odontologia de Piracicaba/UNICAMP - Odontologia Social Av. Limeira, 901 Caixa Postal 52 Piracicaba São Paulo 13414-903Brazil - <gigouvea@hotmail.com> +

Co-author(s):

• Luciane Miranda Guerra - Guerra,Luciane Miranda - Faculdade de odontologia de Piracicaba/UNICAMP - Odontologia Social - <gigouvea@hotmail.com>
• Fábio Luiz Mialhe - Mialhe,Fábio Luiz - Faculdade de odontologia de Piracicaba/UNICAMP - Odontologia Social - <gigouvea@hotmail.com>
• Antônio Carlos Pereira - Pereira,Antônio Carlos - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba - Odontologia Social - <apereira@fop.unicamp.br>
• Marco Antônio Vieira Silva - Silva, Marco Antônio Vieira - Faculdade de odontologia de Piracicaba/UNICAMP - Odontologia Social - <gigouvea@hotmail.com>
• Karine Laura Cortellazzi - Cortellazzi,Karine Laura - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba - <gigouvea@hotmail.com>

Thematic Area:

Avaliação de Serviços de Saúde

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge of Community Health Workers (CHW) on the process for oral health/diseases by comparing results between CHW acting in Family Health Strategy (FHS) with or without Oral Health Team (OHT). For this assessment 162 subjects were used which represents 66% of total CHW in town, being 81 one of them linked to the Family Health Strategy (FHs) with OHT and 81 CHW linked to the FHS without OHT. Data was collected from October to December 2013 by applying a quiz with personal and professional data and 12 questions validated on knowledge in the oral health-disease process. A Mann-Whitney test was applied to verify differences between the groups. It has been found that there were significant differences based on statistics between the CHW groups when analyzing the total score from the questions on oral health-diseases process (p<0,0021). The conclusion is that the knowledge on the oral health/diseases for CHW linked to a FHS with OHT is better when compared to the CHW linked to a FHS without OHT.

Keywords:

The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge of Community Health Workers (CHW) on the process for oral health/diseases by comparing results between CHW acting in Family Health Strategy (FHS) with or without Oral Health Team (OHT). For this assessment

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Gouvêa,Giovana Renata , Guerra,Luciane Miranda , Mialhe,Fábio Luiz , Pereira,Antônio Carlos, Silva, Marco Antônio Vieira, Cortellazzi,Karine Laura. Assessment of oral health knowledge of community health workers linked to family health strategy. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2014/Oct). [Citado em 28/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/assessment-of-oral-health-knowledge-of-community-health-workers-linked-to-family-health-strategy/15052?id=15052



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