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Camera‐related behaviours of female dental nurses and nursery school children during fluoride varnish application interactions in nursery school settings
Author(s) -
ZHOU YUEFANG,
FORBES GILLIAN M.,
HUMPHRIS GERRY
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of paediatric dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.183
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1365-263X
pISSN - 0960-7439
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-263x.2010.01051.x
Subject(s) - fluoride varnish , medicine , pre school , dental health , coding (social sciences) , oral health , intervention (counseling) , dentistry , nursing , child health , developmental psychology , family medicine , psychology , varnish , chemistry , statistics , mathematics , organic chemistry , coating
International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 2010; 20: 374–381Objective. To investigate camera awareness of female dental nurses and nursery school children as the frequency of camera‐related behaviours observed during fluoride varnish applications in a community based health programme. Methods. Fifty‐one nurse–child interactions (three nurse pairs and 51 children) were video recorded when Childsmile nurses were applying fluoride varnish onto the teeth of children in nursery school settings. Using a pre‐developed coding scheme, nurse and child verbal and nonverbal behaviours were coded for camera‐related behaviours. Results. On 15 of 51 interactions (29.4%), a total of 31 camera‐related behaviours were observed for dental nurses (14 instances over nine interactions) and children (17 instances over six interactions). Camera‐related behaviours occurred infrequently, occupied 0.3% of the total interaction time and displayed at all stages of the dental procedure, though tended to peak at initial stages. Conclusions. Certain camera‐related behaviours of female dental nurses and nursery school children were observed in their interactions when introducing a dental health preventive intervention. Since the frequency of camera‐related behaviours are so few they are of little consequence when video‐recording adults and children undertaking dental procedures.