Contributions of health education to oral health practices among the physically challenged pupils in special public primary schools in Kisumu County, Kenya
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Date
2016
Authors
Otieno, Kennedy Briskley
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
The purpose of this study will be to establish the contributions of health education (HE) on
oral health practices among the physically challenged pupils (PCPs) in Special Public
Primary Schools (SPPS) in Kisumu County, Kenya. The objectives will be to; determine oral
health practices among the PCPs who go to SPPS, establish contributions of health education
curriculum (HEC) to oral health practices (ORP) among PCPs in SPPS, identify oral health
(OH) challenges faced by PCPs who study HE in SPPS and to determine the HE strategies
put in place by the SPPS to address the challenges PCPs face in oral health practices. The
study will be guided by a theoretical framework adapted from Albert Bandura's (1978) Social
Learning Theory (SLT) and a conceptual framework showing the relationship between oral
health education, intervening factors and the oral health practices. Descriptive survey
research design will be adopted. Target population will be 1165 people comprising of 940
PCPs, 40 class teachers, 177 parents and 8 caregivers drawn from 5 Special Public Primary
Schools for Physically Challenged Pupils in Kisumu County, Kenya. Purposive Sampling
technique will be used to select 177 pupils, 20 parents and 20 class teachers while Saturated
Sampling will be used to select 7 caregivers for the study. Focus Group Discussions,
questionnaire, interview schedule and a customised journal will be used to collect data.
Validity of the instruments will be ascertained by experts in the area from the Department of
Educational Foundations at Kenyatta University with validity index set at 0.7 and above.
Pilot study will be carried out among 37 pupils, 4 parents, 4 class teachers and one caregiver
who will not participate in the study using test-retest method and reliability coefficient index
set at 0.7 or above. Quantitative data will be analyzed using descriptive statistics such as
frequency counts, percentages and means. Qualitative data will be transcribed and reported
thematically.
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Department of Educational Foundations