ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2020
The impact of integration of a dental module into the existing integrated child development services scheme in Chennai, India.
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- Awareness, Capacity Building of Anganwadi Workers and Its Effect on Anganwadi Children's Oral Hygiene: A Mixed Evaluative Study in Rural Maharashtra, India.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2025Article
- Assessing the impact of the Aarambh nurturing care model on the capacity & support structures for caregiver empowerment: A qualitative study.The Indian journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of oral hygiene training and education programs among Anganwadi workers in improving mother and child oral hygiene. A cross-sectional study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Pediatric Dental Fluorosis and Its Correlation with Dental Caries and Oral-Health-Related Quality of Life: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study among Preschool Children Living in Belagavi.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
aimThe aim of this study was to assess the impact of reinforced oral health awareness program to the children, parents and Anganwadi workers on the oral hygiene and oral health status of the children in Anganwadi centers functioning under the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) services all around Chennai city, Tamil Nadu, India. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis longitudinal study was conducted among 511 study participants. All the study participants, their parents and Anganwadi workers attended an oral health education program. Oral hygiene and the oral health status of the children were assessed using a debris and WHO Pro forma 2013 at the baseline and after 1 year. Follow-up debris score was collected after 3 weeks, 1, 3, and 6 months in all the 12 zones divided into three groups, i.e., Groups A, B, and C according to the re-intervention schedule.
resultsA highly significant reduction in the debris scores of the study participants was observed between each follow-up data collection (
conclusionA definite paradigm shift was observed in the present study after incorporation of the dental module, which could be taken up as an example to include oral health education and oral health checkups to the existing ICDS scheme, which was lacking before.
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