DHY 261 - Dental Health Education

1. Characterize how the person relates to overall community health and how various factors influence that health, with oral disease still remaining a major public health problem, which has the potential to be alleviated through dental health education
   1. Summarize the various models of wellness versus high level wellness in relationship to health and health behavior 
   2. Describe the difference between treatment-oriented paradigms versus prevention-oriented paradigms and explain how those fit with the currently recognized health promotion paradigm
   3. Distinguish between education, prevention, and promotion and further distinguish between the levels of prevention
   4. Review the WHO’s definition of health and extend that to the themes established for Healthy People and Healthy Iowans, particularly in relationship to children
   5. Paraphrase the role of the dental hygienist as a change agent, manager, consumer advocate, researcher, and educator in health promotion
   6. Identify essential behavioral and current health education theories that influence the dental health education process and/or have proven effective
2. Examine the objectives, components, contents and factors involved in the development of both general and dental health school programs
   1. Distinguish between public health education and school health education and their interrelationship
   2. Illustrate dental health as a major area of health education and the potential roles of the dental hygienist in a school setting
3. Apply principles of the teaching -learning process
   1. Review the domains of learning and the major theories of motivation
   2. Describe how teaching, learning, and communication are interwoven
   3. Explain the application of learning theory in behavioristic, cognitive, and humanistic psychology
   4. Identify communication, teaching, and learning techniques appropriate throughout various stages of childhood and adolescence
4. Evaluate the process of becoming a classroom oral health educator
   1. Summarize various modes of teaching along with inherent benefits and limitations of each
   2. Describe various classroom management techniques along with inherent benefits and limitations of each
   3. Defend the need for multicultural awareness when addressing diverse student populations
   4. Compare common presenter mistakes or oversights when preparing classroom material
   5. Explain the concept of measurable objectives in relationship to program development and the subsequent process of evaluation
   6. Rate various modes of media and explain how they might be utilized to meet a multitude of lesson objectives
   7. Describe the emotional and physical developmental traits of a particular student target population
   8. Interpret standard components (as well key elements within each component) of a dental health lesson plan, including the establishment of goals and objectives
   9. Predict necessary adaptations for special needs students within a target audience
   10. Compare the many forms of program evaluation that serve as valuable sources of feedback for informed program “adjustments”
5. Design a community outreach program utilizing current teaching-learning and behavior management principles
   1. Collect appropriate assessment data
   2. Formulate a formal lesson plan customized to the target audience, featuring well-defined lesson objectives
   3. Arrange and execute the lesson plan
   4. Generate an evaluation process to verify program fidelity
   5. Assemble a formal written document covering all aspects of a lesson plan from assessment through evaluation
6. Analyze potential problems, unique circumstances, developmental stages and specific skill sets that may factor into the process of providing treatment and prevention services for young children
   1. Describe the needs of the developing child based on fetal development issues, caries risk assessment, treatment modalities, referral requirements, age-based and fear-based behavioral management issues, maxillofacial development, traumatic injuries, soft tissue anomalies, prevention modalities, and orthodontic considerations
   2. Relate the unique needs of the evolving oral condition to recognized developmental milestones and select appropriate anticipatory guidance processes