Teacher’s Preferences to Receive Oral Health Information Using Internet

Year 2022, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 1 - 6, 29.04.2022

Peter Andreas Mutiara Amanda Iwany Amalliah Badruddin Febriana Setiawati Diah Maharani

Abstract

Objective: To identify teacher’s preferences using internet to receive oral health information (OHI).
Materials and methods: An adapted cross-sectional survey was held from September to October of 2019 in 14
junior high schools in Jakarta, Indonesia. The questionnaire consisted of information on demography, oral health
data, and using internet to obtain OHI. The dependent variable was the frequency of searching for such information
in that manner.
Results: The survey achieved a 99% (213/215) response rate with Google (85.4%) and YouTube (43.2%) being the
sites most used for OHI searches. Google was mostly used to gain information on teeth whitening and bad breath.
Whereas YouTube was mostly used for oral lesions information searches.
Conclusions: Most teachers used internet to obtain useful information related to oral health. This research is
expected to be useful for health service providers furnishing health information through socially common media.

Keywords

Preference, social media, teacher, oral health information

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