CNIH DH 130 FINAL FOR HEALTH PROMO LO 7 – 13
What are the uses for Table Top display? - Answer -- To provide specific information to
members of the public or professional peers.
- To promote healthy life-style choices.
What are the principles in making an effective Table Top display? - Answer -Many
people will only glance at the display.
The average person may spend 5-10 seconds observing the display.
Interested people may spend 30-60 seconds attending to the display
Only the very curious will stay longer and ask for more info
Define:
Motivation - Answer -Drive to do something
Define:
Self-efficacy - Answer -Believing in your ability to do something
Define:
Locus of control - Answer -Believing that you can control what happens to you
What does self-efficacy mean? - Answer -Self-efficacy involves believing in your ability
to go through the steps necessary to produce a desired outcome.
Ex: -Running a marathon
-run consistently
-eat right
-stretching
-if you believe you can do all of those things you have a high self-efficacy
What is internal locus of control? - Answer -(Attributes failure to themselves)
People who base their success on their own work and believe they control their life.
What is external locus of control? - Answer -(Attributes failure to someone else)
People who attribute their success or failure to outside influences.
, How does locus of control relate to dental hygiene? - Answer -Someone with internal
locus of control will be able to help in doing the necessary work at home to overcome
oral health.
Someone with external lotus of control will have difficulty following the necessary at
home regiment to obtain good oral health.
What are the factors used to assess the health literacy level of clients? - Answer -
Behavioural clues (plaque, BOP, material alba...)
Screening questions (what kind of tooth brush does the client use; manual or electric...)
How to determine client's learning requirements to change existing self-care practices? -
Answer --Questioning client about oral care practices (what do you do to clean your
teeth)
-Direct observation (show me...what is their knowledge)
-Documenting client's oral hygiene status and dental history (re-evaluate orselves &
client)
What can a clinician do to help clients develop better? - Answer -Negotiate a mutually
acceptable learning plan to allow clients to acquire necessary self-care skills
How can the clinician evaluate effectiveness of the educational process? - Answer --
OBSERVATION & QUESTIONING CLIENT DIRECTLY
(Are you brushing, flossing & rinsing?)
(observing hard & soft deposits with location and amount, the extent & distribution
generalized or localized, BOP, clients knowledge, skill, attitude, motivation, bad
breath...)
By using our assessment tools: light, compressed air, mouth mirror, periodontal
explorer, gauze and disclosing solution.
What happens in the review of a clients oral health? - Answer -We question what we
see in hard evidence from the observation and we modifiy our goals if necessary to
better meet the clients needs.
We re-evaluate clients knowledge, skill, attitude and motivation
What are the risk factors of biofilm? - Answer --dental caries
-periodontal disease
-oral malodor
Define as defined by Darby/Walsh:
Biofilm - Answer -A complex , three dimentional arrangement of bacteria living together
as a self-sufficient, secure, self-sustaining community that is resistant to conventional
antibiotics and antimicrobial agents.
Dental plaque is a biofilm; therefore the term oral biofilm is used.
What are the uses for Table Top display? - Answer -- To provide specific information to
members of the public or professional peers.
- To promote healthy life-style choices.
What are the principles in making an effective Table Top display? - Answer -Many
people will only glance at the display.
The average person may spend 5-10 seconds observing the display.
Interested people may spend 30-60 seconds attending to the display
Only the very curious will stay longer and ask for more info
Define:
Motivation - Answer -Drive to do something
Define:
Self-efficacy - Answer -Believing in your ability to do something
Define:
Locus of control - Answer -Believing that you can control what happens to you
What does self-efficacy mean? - Answer -Self-efficacy involves believing in your ability
to go through the steps necessary to produce a desired outcome.
Ex: -Running a marathon
-run consistently
-eat right
-stretching
-if you believe you can do all of those things you have a high self-efficacy
What is internal locus of control? - Answer -(Attributes failure to themselves)
People who base their success on their own work and believe they control their life.
What is external locus of control? - Answer -(Attributes failure to someone else)
People who attribute their success or failure to outside influences.
, How does locus of control relate to dental hygiene? - Answer -Someone with internal
locus of control will be able to help in doing the necessary work at home to overcome
oral health.
Someone with external lotus of control will have difficulty following the necessary at
home regiment to obtain good oral health.
What are the factors used to assess the health literacy level of clients? - Answer -
Behavioural clues (plaque, BOP, material alba...)
Screening questions (what kind of tooth brush does the client use; manual or electric...)
How to determine client's learning requirements to change existing self-care practices? -
Answer --Questioning client about oral care practices (what do you do to clean your
teeth)
-Direct observation (show me...what is their knowledge)
-Documenting client's oral hygiene status and dental history (re-evaluate orselves &
client)
What can a clinician do to help clients develop better? - Answer -Negotiate a mutually
acceptable learning plan to allow clients to acquire necessary self-care skills
How can the clinician evaluate effectiveness of the educational process? - Answer --
OBSERVATION & QUESTIONING CLIENT DIRECTLY
(Are you brushing, flossing & rinsing?)
(observing hard & soft deposits with location and amount, the extent & distribution
generalized or localized, BOP, clients knowledge, skill, attitude, motivation, bad
breath...)
By using our assessment tools: light, compressed air, mouth mirror, periodontal
explorer, gauze and disclosing solution.
What happens in the review of a clients oral health? - Answer -We question what we
see in hard evidence from the observation and we modifiy our goals if necessary to
better meet the clients needs.
We re-evaluate clients knowledge, skill, attitude and motivation
What are the risk factors of biofilm? - Answer --dental caries
-periodontal disease
-oral malodor
Define as defined by Darby/Walsh:
Biofilm - Answer -A complex , three dimentional arrangement of bacteria living together
as a self-sufficient, secure, self-sustaining community that is resistant to conventional
antibiotics and antimicrobial agents.
Dental plaque is a biofilm; therefore the term oral biofilm is used.
