Evaluation of Effectiveness of an Audio-Visual aid for oral health education in Saudi Arabian Children.

JosnaVinutha Y; Majed Ayed Almasluki Alenazi

Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

Evaluation of Effectiveness of an Audio-Visual aid for oral health education in Saudi Arabian Children.

Josnavinutha Y, Majed Ayed Almasluki Alenazi

Abstract :

Audiovisual aids are valuable tools in education, especially in the field of health education. The aim of the study is to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of audiovisual and pamphletaids for improving oral health practices in children.5 to 6 year old children were included. Two sets of self–administered same questionnaire with ten multiple choice questions was distributed to all participants before and after giving oral health information. Participants were randomly divided into three groups on the basis of oral health information namely video learnt, pamphlet learnt and control group with no learning tool and the children�s responses were obtained through parents by marking their answers. The present study revealed that a simple audio–visual aid is useful to motivate the children as an oral health education tool to improve their oral hygiene practices.