Emily R Zier, W David Bradford
To attend or not to attend? The effect of school-immunization exemption policies on enrollment rates for prekindergarten, kindergarten and elementary aged youth
Vaccine
examine describe effect oral health education program schoolbased nurses acquisition oral health knowledge threehour synchronous videoconference sessions provided training nurses conduct oral health risk assessments screen oral diseases deliver oral health education apply fluoride varnish refer children identified need assessment treatment dentist oral health knowledge acquisition assessed comparing pretraining posttraining examination scores analyses included descriptive statistics wilcoxon signedrank test seventeen nurses suwannee lafayette hamilton counties participated oral health education training program analyses schoolbased nurses test results showed significant increase correct answers posttraining test 93 compared pretraining test 56 six hundred fortyone children six elementary public schools received oral health education oral screenings fluoride varnish applications fiftyeight percent children untreated caries 43 treated caries 15 sealant permanent molars 3 required urgent care nurses successfully referred children identified need assessment treatment dentist synchronous videoconference oral health training program effective improving schoolbased nurses oral health knowledge knowledge acquired schoolbased nurses via oral health training programs leveraged increase access oral health care vulnerable unserved schoolaged populations