Dr Morteza Rostam Beigi
Community Oral Health ,Dental School of Tehran University of Medical Sciences,
Title: Cost-benefit analysis of integration of oral interventions in “Health Promoting Schools†program in Alborz schools, Iran
Biography
Biography: Dr Morteza Rostam Beigi
Abstract
Because of functional reasons and relationship with burden of disease, the oral health is so important.Childhood and adolescence are the best time to learn and know how to live healthy and also keep it on during the life. It is exactly the school time. Availability and number of schools as a comprehensive educational setting around the world, make them to a suitable place to oral health promotion.rn“Health Promoting Schools” (HPS) program is an useful program to guide supportive practices in promoting the development of healthy behaviors in students.rnThe World Health Organization's (WHO's) HPS program framework is flawless as a general guide.The DOCUMENT ELEVEN (Oral Health Promotion: An Essential Element of a Health-Promoting School) of WHO, is the suitable guide to integrate of “oral interventions” in HPS program. But as it is mentioned in “Local Action Creating” (publication of WHO) HPS program from country to country, even within different regions and communities of one country, schools have distinct strengths and needs.According to distinct strengths and needs of schools in Alborz, we integrate oral interventions in the HPS program via the most effective manner so the program was customized to Alborz students.rnSo, the purpose of this study was to know:rnIs the integration of oral interventions in the HPS program, theoretically cost-benefit per each student or not? rnMethod:rn We searched the following electronic databases OVID, MEDLINE, EMBASE, IRCTC, CINAHL, Biblio Map, IBSC, Global Health Database, SIGLE, Australian Education Index, British Education Index, Database of Education Research, and also relevant libraries, websites, and other relevant articles to find how can we integrate the “oral interventions” in HPS program and cost-benefit analysis of implementation of program .Obtained information via the mentioned sources, presented to experts and stakeholders. Brainstorming, nominal group technique, the Delphi method and tri-angulation technique were employed to achieve the most correct answers. After integration of oral interventions in the HPS program, we implement the cost-benefit analysis per each student. rn Result:rn Our cost-benefit analysis showed that the implementation of integrated package of oral health interventions in HPS program that was customized and localized for Iran, Alborz, was more beneficial in reducing of 1 unit in DMFT of Alborz students. rnConclusion:rnThe localized and customized package was more beneficial to influencing on oral health status and promotion and it have to be a general program for schools.rn