Oral Health Value among High School Female Students

Background: Oral health is vital for beauty, feeling good, and general health. It has been related to sleeping disorders, as well as behavioural and developmental problems in children. Oral health is defined as a condition of oral and related tissue health that allows a person to eat, speak, and socialize without suffering from active disease, discomfort, or humiliation, and that contributes to overall health.
Objectives(s): The aim of this study is to predict the oral health value among high school female students.
Methodology: This study guided by a descriptive correlational strategy. The predictive correlational design is used to predict the value of one variable based on the value of another (s) by determining the intensity and course of relationships between or among variables. This study conducted from September 20, 2021, to May 31, 2022. A non-probabilityconvenience sample of (380) female high school students that are registered in the directorate of education. When subjects appear to be at the right place at the right time, they are used in convenience sampling research. Before the required sample size is met, researchers simply add relevant people to the study. A margin of error of 5%, a confidence level of 95%, a population size of 18.000, and a response distribution of 50% were used to establish the sample size. As a result, 377 people should be included in the sample. The total number of participants is 380.
Results: There is a statistically significant difference in oral health value among age groups (p-value = 0.042).There is no statistically significant difference in oral health value among grade groups, living arrangements groups, and socioeconomic class groups.
Conclusion: The older the students, the better the perceived oral health value. The better the familys socioeconomic status, the better the perceived oral health value. Students who age 17-18-years exhibited greater oral health values.
Recommendations: There is a pressing for the officials in the Ministry of Health, particularly the Public Health Department to establish health campaign that target underserved neighborhoods with goal of raising and their oral health awareness.