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M Craft

Publications and source records attributed to M Craft.

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PubMed1981

Preventive dental health in adolescents: short and long term pupil response to trials of an integrated curriculum package.

A controlled evaluation of a 3-week teacher mediated dental health education curriculum package was undertaken in 35 English secondary schools in three Area Health Authorities. 4500 13-14-year-old adolescents were involved. The package emphasized self-care potential and combined a scientifically accurate message with educational and behavioural science concepts. Evaluation was at the levels of process and outcome using changes in oral hygiene recorded on a random sample (n = 1491) by two trained examiners; self-complete pre/posttest questionnaires, pupil worksheets and home experiment diaries. Behavioural, cognitive and affective outcomes are reported. Significant improvements in oral hygiene status were recorded at the conclusion of the programme along with large gains in knowledge and positive changes in attitude. Long term follow-up oral hygiene examinations in six schools (n = 145) conducted in conjunction with a reinforcement programme, indicated a maintenance of the initial improvements in five schools. Further significant improvements were measured after the reinforcement programme.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1980

Factors that influence dental visiting amongst young adults 16--20 years old.

Interviews investigating factors influencing dental visiting were held with a nationally drawn (England + Wales) random sample of 690 16--20-year-olds. The results presented relate specifically to the last reported dental visit, the balance of self and professional dental care, knowledge and acceptability of charges for dental treatment, factors in choosing a dentist, feelings about visiting the dentist and whether information relating to treatment or prevention is either asked of or given by the dentist. The results were found to vary by age, sex, social class and region. The implications of these findings for the training of dentists and dental health education messages are discussed.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1978

Residential needs in hospital and the community for mentally handicapped people.

Using successive analyses of hospitalized mentally handicapped people from a geographically defined Welsh catchment area, this article attempts to evaluate changes in cohorts of such patients. It suggests the likelihood that the level of hospital accommodation predicted in the White Paper "Better Services for the Mentally Handicapped" will be sufficient.

Adolescent↗