KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF DENTAL HEALTH CARE AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN ZARIA

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dc.contributor.authorMezafiOLOGUN, Lilian
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-08T10:38:25Z
dc.date.available2015-10-08T10:38:25Z
dc.date.issued2014-09
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of the study was to assess,“The knowledge, attitude and practice of dental health care among primary school pupils in Zaria”. The expo-facto research design was usedfor the study because the information needed was within the respondentsand was elicited by the research instrument. Stratified random sampling technique was employed for the study of a population of eighty six thousand and one pupils (86,0001). The 173 public primary schools were stratified into Zaria and SabonGariLocal Government Areas of Kaduna state. A sample size of 382 was drawn for the study. A self constructed questionnaire was used for the collection of data and the statistical package of social sciences (SPSS) was used for the analysis. The major hypothesis for the study states that “There is no significant relationship between knowledge, attitude and practice of dental health care among primary school pupils in Zaria”. Descriptive statistics of frequency and percentageswere used to analyse the main variables. Means and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions. The major and sub-hypotheses were tested with PPMCC and paired sample t-test respectively. The result of the major hypothesis showed that there was nosignificant relationship betweenKnowledge, Attitude and Practice of dental health care among primary school pupils in Zaria and the hypothesis was therefore retained. Generally, the result of the study revealed that the Knowledge and Attitude of dental health care among Primary school pupils in Zaria was still below satisfactory level. It also revealed that the practice of oral hygiene among the pupils was majorly the use of finger/water and salt/ash.Only a small proportion used tooth pasteand brush. The researcher recommended that there is need for their Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of dental health care to be improved upon through regular oral health education promotion programme, school teachers and parents should intensify on their effort in educating children on the importance of oral hygiene both at home and at school.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6936
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectKNOWLEDGEen_US
dc.subjectATTITUDEen_US
dc.subjectPRACTICE.en_US
dc.subjectDENTALen_US
dc.subjectHEALTH CAREen_US
dc.subjectAMONGen_US
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOLen_US
dc.subjectPUPILSen_US
dc.subjectZARIAen_US
dc.titleKNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF DENTAL HEALTH CARE AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN ZARIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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