Health Promotion Concerning Oral Health of Children

Running head: HEALTH PROMOTION CONCERNING ORAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN
Health Promotion Concerning Oral Health of Children
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Table of content
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Target Group outline..................................................................................................................2
Health Promotion.......................................................................................................................3
Health Promotion Goals and objectives.....................................................................................4
Health Promotion management perspective...............................................................................5
Stakeholders and community consultation involved..................................................................6
Health Promotion Activity.........................................................................................................7
Health Promotion Evaluation.....................................................................................................8
Conclusion................................................................................................................................10
References................................................................................................................................11

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Introduction
The oral health is one of the essential concerns in order to maintain a healthy life. The
practice of making the life healthy should be taught at childhood which can sow the idea of
the health and hygiene in the mind of a child (Oredugba et al., 2014). This paper highlights
the health promotional activities aiming the oral health of children and introducing the
toothbrush to children in a more attractive way. The paper explains the execution process of
the health promotion along with the process of evaluation. Stakeholders are also identified
and criticised regarding their duties in this health promotional activity. Additionally, the
paper introduces a promotion plan from the management perspective in order to ensure its
commercial effectiveness along with its social impact. The purpose of this paper is to
examine this health-related promotional event and its significance along with its potentialities
to be more successful and productive, concerning both social and commercial value.
Target Group outline
Targeting the group allows the promotional activities to work within more specific
and precise field of execution. The health promotional program is conducted to introduce the
toothbrush to the children as early as possible as a basic component healthy lifestyle. 50
Childcare centres in Hobart from all suburbs and the age of the children are ranged from 0 to
5 years. This age group is specifically selected because of their tendency to be encouraged
about every interesting factor prom their persecution. The parents and caregivers of the
children are also included in the targeted group because of their responsibilities on children’s
health and daily practices.

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Health Promotion
The Title of the health promotion is ‘Born to Brush' where the toothbrush is
introduced as an interesting material to the targeted children group. To achieve its goals and
finalize its objectives the health promotion conducts different events and activities. Parents
and the caregiver are instructed about the way of teaching the use of toothbrush to children;
even if the children are refuse to learn (Jürgensen & Petersen, 2013). Introducing this
essential practice to their children also reduces the rate of oral disease at childhood age. In the
health promotion, the utilization of toothbrush is presented from various secondary
perspectives, such as a bath toy, having more than one brush for chewing and others.
Children from o to 5 age range have a common practice to place their toys in their mouth that
can be unhygienic or even harmful. However, introducing the toothbrush as a chewing
material can reduce the chance of getting infected and improve the healthiness (Chrisopoulos,
Harford & Ellershaw, 2016).
Plaque is a soft, sticky and almost invisible layer of bacteria that forms on the teeth
every day. Any other activities cannot remove the plaque except regular toothbrush. At the
age of 0 to 5 years old, children are usually found with the initial stage of the oral cavity,
plaque stone and other oral infections (Nash et al., 2014). Usually, children are not introduced
to their daily activities like brushing, bathing as a part of their well being. As a result, most of
the children refuse to cooperate with their parents, caregivers to maintain their hygienic
activities on regular basis. Therefore, to improve the overall oral health condition especially
for children of age 0 to 5 years old, introducing toothbrush in more attractive and playful way
can be very effective aiming to make them more interested about daily use of a toothbrush
(Blinkhorn et al., 2015). Henceforth, this health promotion is focused on this strategy of
health improvement.