Effects of Oral Health Care Knowledge among Pre-school Children with Online Media for Parents in Khok Yang Child Development Center, Changwat Trang

Abstract

     This study employed a quasi-experimental design, specifically a one-group pretest-posttest design, with the objectives of examining the effects of providing oral health care knowledge for preschool children through online media to parents at the Khok Yang Child Development Center, Trang Province, and assessing parents’ satisfaction with the intervention.The sample consisted of 30 parents of preschool children enrolled at the center. Research instruments included a knowledge test on preschool children’s oral health care and a satisfaction questionnaire regarding the implementation. Data were analyzed by comparing mean knowledge scores before and after the intervention using the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. In contrast, satisfaction was analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, minimum, and maximum values.

     The results showed that participants’ mean knowledge scores significantly improved, from 15.56±4.45 before the intervention to 21.20±2.02 after the intervention, with a statistically significant difference at the 0.05 level (p < .001). The overall mean satisfaction score regarding the program was 3.67±0.55, indicating a high level of satisfaction.