TY - JOUR
T1 - Health visitors as dental health educators
T2 - Their knowledge, attitudes and behaviours
AU - Quinn, Grainne
AU - Freeman, Ruth
PY - 1991/1/1
Y1 - 1991/1/1
N2 - THIS study examines health visitors' dental health knowledge, their attitudes and their personal dental health and working behaviours. Eighty-four per cent of health visitors employed in 1991 by the Western Health and Social Services Board in Northern Ireland participated in this study. The results suggested that their knowledge of dental health was high but there was confusion over some topics. Similarly, their atti tudes appeared positive, but many of them admitted only to giving dental health education if they felt the mother would be receptive. Personal health be haviours were not closely associated with working behaviour. The study demonstrates that while health visitors have the necessary qualities to act as dental health educators there is still a need to facili tate and improve their knowledge and attitudes to enable them to be effective dental health educators.
AB - THIS study examines health visitors' dental health knowledge, their attitudes and their personal dental health and working behaviours. Eighty-four per cent of health visitors employed in 1991 by the Western Health and Social Services Board in Northern Ireland participated in this study. The results suggested that their knowledge of dental health was high but there was confusion over some topics. Similarly, their atti tudes appeared positive, but many of them admitted only to giving dental health education if they felt the mother would be receptive. Personal health be haviours were not closely associated with working behaviour. The study demonstrates that while health visitors have the necessary qualities to act as dental health educators there is still a need to facili tate and improve their knowledge and attitudes to enable them to be effective dental health educators.
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U2 - 10.1177/001789699105000409
DO - 10.1177/001789699105000409
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84973848933
VL - 50
SP - 191
EP - 194
JO - Health Education Journal
JF - Health Education Journal
SN - 0017-8969
IS - 4
ER -