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Oral Care Awareness Program-Gaborone
By: Paula.O.M Otukile
Worth Noting:
- Each teacher will be given questionnaires to be distributed to the school kids after their respective teaching sessions. Children who score better in these questions would stand a chance to be awarded with prizes from Drexton Oral Care. Drexton had planned a total worth of 45,000 BWP gift for all our children in this program.
- All schools are expected to hand out and collect questionnaires filled by our children, concerning their oral health status.
- Questionnaires would be depleted of person’s names, and would be gathered and studied with SPSS system, in order to know where we are concerning our Gaborone children’s oral health. Data would be published in Medias as well as Drexton Oral Care website.
There are so many silent issues our children and even ourselves face with the teeth—Oral and dental problems. But according to Dentists, many of us do not go for dental checkups regularly, even service included in our insurance. And, situation goes worse with the case of our children. We need, Awareness.
Since beginning of the year, Hon. Phuthego Modise had been working around the clock, trying to address and foster understanding, recognition, and better habits among our kids.
And today, we witness the opening of Oral Care Awareness Program-Gaborone, with speech from our Honorable Deputy Mayor Oduetse Tautona, Councilor Joyce Tumagole, and founder as well Organizer of the program, Hon. Councilor Phuthego Modise, together with Drexton Oral Care Products, who are the sole funder and co-organizer, a team of community-loving expertise in oral care field.
All teachers from 29 schools attended. Through this program, teachers acquires necessary oral care knowledge concerning our daily routines, hygiene, etc. And teachers would be performing the angel role again, passing knowledge to our children.
Because we all understand, children are the future, and center for most of our families.
Happenings – A quick brief on the program:
The program aims to teach the school children, and also to pass oral care knowledge to their parents and guardians, concerning oral hygiene and dental dos and don’ts.
Aims and objectives:
The program involves training children and their parents about the importance of oral health, oral healthcare products, and regular dental check-ups, through elected teachers who would acquire above knowledge with a training session availed by Drexton Oral Care Products.
Events:
A session for elected teachers.
At the venue:
- One elected eminent teacher from each school will be attending the session.
- He / she will be passed the knowledge through a number of lectures and hands-on moments.
- A test will be conducted at the end of the program and a certificate of completion will be awarded.
At the school level:
- The teacher then conducts a dental education program with hands-on teaching in their respective schools.
- Each teacher will be given questionnaires to be distributed to the school kids after their respective teaching sessions. Children who score better in these questions would stand a chance to be awarded with prizes from Drexton Oral Care. Drexton had planned a total worth of 45,000 BWP gift for all our children in this program.
Survey in order to know our children’s oral health
- All schools are expected to hand out and collect questionnaires filled by our children, concerning their oral health status.
- Questionnaires would be depleted of person’s names, and would be gathered and studied with SPSS system, in order to know where we are concerning our Gaborone children’s oral health. Data would be published in Medias as well as Drexton Oral Care website.
The indispensable work of Hon. Councilor Phuthego Modise, will open new avenues for oral health in the Gaborone City.
Oral health is a crucial sign of general health, happiness, and quality of life. Dental caries, periodontal disease, tooth loss, oral cancer, oro-dental trauma, noma, and birth defects like cleft lip and palate are just a few of the illnesses and conditions that fall under this umbrella term.
Oral hygiene affects overall health. Your body’s internal organs can be accessed through your mouth. The mouth can be used as a viewing point to spot early signs of systemic diseases. Systemic illnesses like diabetes frequently first show up as a mouth lesion or other dental issues like a gum infection.
Apart from sanitation, infrastructure, and safety in Botswana, our respected Councilor has actively participated in a plethora of educational events. This is yet another awareness program that is going to be personally managed by his team. The program educates the teachers in all of Gaborone’s esteemed schools to help spread the word of oral hygiene.
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