• Ms. jagruti Chaudhari

Introduction: Dental diseases are a significant public health menace having substantial impact on the quality of life which in turn affects the daily performance and general life satisfaction. There is a vast difference in health status including the oral health between urban and rural population of India and in other developing countries. The existing situation demands the formulation and implementation of National Oral Health Policy in India in order to expand the oral health care to make it more affordable, and reachable1. Objectives of the study: are to To assess the status of oral health among primary school children before and after role play. ,To assess the knowledge of primary school children regarding oral health before and after role play, To compare oral health status and knowledge with mean pre and post test score., To find out the correlation between age and prevalence of poor health., To find out the association between knowledge regarding oral health among primary school children with their selected demographic variable. Method; In this study the quantitative research approach was adopted. Pre experimental one group pre test post test research design was used. After understanding the research background and review of similar studies, oral health risk assessment tool was developed. a blue print for structured knowledge questionnaire was prepared and based on the blue print, the content for role play was made and then questionnaire were developed. 3 tool were prepared tool 1 screening tool to identify poor oral health which consists part 1: xi screening tool to identify poor oral health, part 2: category wise score explanation, part 3: score interpretation. Tool 2 structured knowledge questionnaire which consists two sections. And tool 3 was role play. The oral health risk assessment tool(screening tool), structured knowledge questionnaire and role play were validated by the 11 experts from Dentist, child health nursing, medical surgical nursing, community health nursing department. The agreement of socio demographic item was 97%, knowledge questionnaire was 98%, role play was 98%. Non probability purposive sampling technique was used for the selection of samples. Total sample size was 73. The setting of the study was vaki primary school. Ethical considerations was taken from the college to conduct the study. The data was collected between by the tool which consist demographic variable along with structured knowledge questionnaire. The data analysis was done using descriptive and inferential stastics. Results;In this study total 213 childrens were screened by the researcher with the use of the oral health risk assessment tool. From all of them 73 childrens were found with the poor oral health. The findings of the study depicted that the pre test analysis for knowledge before presenting role play revealed that overall mean percentage was 10.86. whereas in posttest after presenting role play revealed that overall mean percentage was 25.64. the calculated paired “t” value of t= 24.45 Was found stastically significant at p<0.001 level. The findings of the study depicted that correlation between age and prevalence of oral health. Moderately positive correlation was found. The findings of the study depicted that there was a significant association found in the information among childrens with poor oral health with selected demographic variables from post test knowledge score. There was no significant association found in the gender of the childrens with poor oral health. The result of the study successfully found the effectiveness of role play.

“A study to assess the effectiveness of role play as a method of learning in improving oral health of primary school children residing at selected communities of south Gujarat.”

"“A study to assess the effectiveness of role play as a method of learning in improving oral health of primary school children residing at selected communities of south Gujarat.”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no.a200-a223, June-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206024.pdf

"“A study to assess the effectiveness of role play as a method of learning in improving oral health of primary school children residing at selected communities of south Gujarat.”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no. ppa200-a223, June-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206024.pdf