- Title
- The development of an educational resource to increase oral health therapy students knowledge, skills and delivery of dietary and nutritional advice as part of preventive oral health care
- Creator
- Franks, Kay
- Relation
- University of Newcastle Research Higher Degree Thesis
- Resource Type
- thesis
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Description
- The aim of this thesis is to firstly assess student entry level knowledge of diet and nutrition prior to undertaking any nutrition education and determine the effectiveness of dietary analysis with the inclusion of key dietary messages, as part of student pairing simulation exercise in a clinical scenario. This thesis further aims to investigate Australian oral health therapists, dental hygienists and dental therapists’ current dietary knowledge, attitudes, behaviours and perceived self-efficacy in delivering dietary and nutrition education and information in practice. It will examine nutrition education at the undergraduate level in the Bachelor of Oral Health Therapy degrees (BOHT) in Australian Universities and will evaluate students’ knowledge prior to graduation, their perceived skills, attitudes and confidence in their diet and nutrition knowledge after educational interventions. This research will lead to the development of an ‘educational intervention’ with the aim that this will strengthen the undergraduate curriculum content and create an educational foundation of underpinning diet and nutrition education content that will be delivered in an innovative educational framework.
- Subject
- oral health therapy; dietary advice; education; thesis by publication
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1408190
- Identifier
- uon:35808
- Rights
- Copyright 2019 Kay Franks
- Language
- eng
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