Aproximación a las practicas y significado de higiene bucal y de manos en profesores de un centro intercultural en Bogotá .2020

Abstract

Introduction: Dental caries is a highly prevalent disease, being preventable early with oral hygiene measures; The teachers present practices on oral health that will define the basic behaviors of their health in the future in young students. Objective: To explore the practices on oral hygiene and hand washing habits in teachers of an intercultural center in Bogotá 2020 Method: Qualitative research, with descriptive design of a homogeneous, non-probabilistic sample of eight teachers responsible for teaching children from urban indigenous ethnic groups, an unstructured interview will be used, to later make content analysis of the sentences transcribed verbatim in the answers given, which will serve as the basis for proposing a didactic tool to support teachers to encourage this healthy habit, considering the context intercultural in which this measure is situated to predict the results in the medium and long term. Results: A content analysis was carried out to identify the conception of oral and hand hygiene, determining its definition, uses and importance; It was found that teachers define the mouth and hands from the anatomical point of view, their use for daily life and importance for personal development. Conclusion: The understanding of what teachers consider in oral health and hand washing allowed to propose the design of a didactic tool mediated by ICT to support the configuration of their practices.