• Harsh Priya, O P Kharbanda, Deepak Agarwal, Anupama Ivaturi, Priyanka Ravi, Arpit Gupta, Desmia Haldane, Teenu Xavier, Merin Lisa Kuriakose, and Metilda Robin.
• Public Health Dentistry, Centre for Dental Education and Research All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
• Natl Med J India. 2021 Jul 1; 34 (4): 232-234.

AbstractBackground Nursing and allied health professionals are helping hands for healthcare and are important in the training cascade. We aimed to develop and validate the effectiveness of a web-based learning module on oral health promotion among nursing and allied health professionals. Methods We developed and validated an oral health module focused on prevention and promotion for a web-based intervention among nurses and allied health professionals. Pre- and post-test assessment was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the programme. Results Of a total of 347 participants, 170 (48.9%) had a good knowledge score in the pre-test, and after attending the oral health module their number increased to 267 (76.9%). The mean difference between the pre-test and post-test scores was statistically significant (p<0.005). Conclusions Training of nurses and allied health professionals on oral health through a web-based module showed improvement in oral health literacy.

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