Development and evaluation of the experience-based school oral health education program

• Project/Area Number: 25862075
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Social dentistry
• Research Institution: Tokyo Medical and Dental University
• Principal Investigator: Ohnuki Mari 東京医科歯科大学, 歯学部, 非常勤講師 (40611520)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
• Keywords: 味覚 / 健康教育 / 学校歯科 / 学校歯科保健 / 口腔保健状況 / 口腔の自己評価 / 口臭

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, taste hyposensitivity was observed in 6.0%-20.9% of the students. There was little association between taste hyposensitivity and oral health status. The current study implies that the factors affecting the taste hyposensitivity in children may different from those in the elderly. Therefore it is necessary to further investigate the causes of taste hyposensitivity among younger generation.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Association of a visual oral health literacy instrument with perceived and clinical oral health status in Japanese adolescents (2015)
  • Author(s): Masayuki Ueno, Takashi Zaitsu, Mari Ohnuki, Ayumi Takayama, Melissa Adiatman, Yoko Kawaguchi
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Health Promotion and Education Volume: 53(6) Pages: 303-314
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Taste hyposensitivity in Japanese schoolchildren (2014)
  • Author(s): Ohnuki M, Ueno M, Zaitsu T, Kawaguchi Y.
  • Journal Title: BMC Oral Health Volume: 14 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-7
  • DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-14-36
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] The analysis of students recognition on oral health status (2015)
  • Author(s): Y.Shizuma,T.Zaitsu,M.Ueno,M.Ohnuki,Y.Kawaguchi
  • Organizer: The 63rd Annual Meeting of Japanese Association for Dental Research
  • Place of Presentation: FUKUOKA INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS CENTER (Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan)
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-30
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 口腔描画法と口腔保健状況との関連について (2015)
  • Author(s): 植野正之、財津崇、大貫茉莉、大城暁子、竹原祥子、川口陽子
  • Organizer: 第64 回日本口腔衛生学会 総会
  • Place of Presentation: つくば国際会議場（茨城県・つくば市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-17