vegetables or more per day Muirhead VE Secondary Oral health Schools participating in Schools participating in + Include data Ontario’s Healthy Schools the "Healthy Schools" et al, 2012 analysis, programme had better program had a Self Percentage school oral health significantly lower selection of children between outcomes than percentage of children for scheme, in each Healthy outcomes schools. with > or = two schools school Schools in HPS School neighbourhood decayed teeth (p < differ in requiring Programme and non socio-economic factors 0.001) and children other areas preventive HPS by affected school oral requiring urgent dental that would care, oral health health outcomes, which treatment (p = 0.004) have an urgent Elementary measures could suggest that than non-participating impact dental schools situated in poorer schools. School treatment, neighbourhoods may participation/ Canada benefit more from health neighbourhood dental promotion activities than economic factors treatment those in more affluent interactions showed and children neighbourhoods. that a significantly with > or = lower percentage of two decayed children in low-income "Healthy Schools" had preventive and urgent dental treatment needs and > or = two decayed teeth than in low-income participating schools (p < 0.001).
vegetables or more per day Muirhead VE et al, 2012 Healthy Schools Programme Elementary Canada Secondary data analysis, between outcomes in HPS and non HPS by oral health measures Oral health Percentage of children in each school requiring preventive care, dental treatment, urgent dental treatment and children with > or = two decayed Schools participating in Ontario’s Healthy Schools programme had better school oral health outcomes than schools. School neighbourhood socio-economic factors affected school oral health outcomes, which could suggest that schools situated in poorer neighbourhoods may benefit more from health promotion activities than those in more affluent neighbourhoods. Schools participating in the "Healthy Schools" program had a significantly lower percentage of children with > or = two decayed teeth (p < 0.001) and children requiring urgent dental treatment (p = 0.004) than non-participating schools. School participation/ neighbourhood factors interactions showed that a significantly lower percentage of children in low-income "Healthy Schools" had preventive and urgent dental treatment needs and > or = two decayed teeth than in low-income schools (p < 0.001). + Include Self selection for scheme, schools differ in other areas that would have an impact participating economic
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