Miswak: Awareness and knowledge amongst Malaysian dental educators

Aims: To examine the level of awareness and knowledge on the use of miswak and its role in oral health from the perspective of educators in one international dental school in Malaysia and make recommendations for the future research/health policy. Materials and methods: A qualitative research of fo...

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Main Author:	Che Musa, Muhd Firdaus
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	RK Dentistry
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/65096/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/65096/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/65096/13/65096%20-programme%20and%20abstract.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/65096/2/MDA%20MIDEC%202018-%20PPT%20SLIDES.pdf

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spelling	iium-650962018-08-16T01:16:15Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/65096/ Miswak: Awareness and knowledge amongst Malaysian dental educators Che Musa, Muhd Firdaus RK Dentistry Aims: To examine the level of awareness and knowledge on the use of miswak and its role in oral health from the perspective of educators in one international dental school in Malaysia and make recommendations for the future research/health policy. Materials and methods: A qualitative research of focus group was conducted amongst dental educators at Kulliyyah of Dentistry, International Islamic University of Malaysia. Up to four focus groups were carried out (n=4 for each group) during 2017. The first group comprising local and Muslim educators; (2) local and non-Muslim; (3) international and Muslim; and (4) international and non-Muslim. The focus groups using a topic guide to explore the miswak/miswak teaching and its best practice in oral health. Focus groups were recorded, transcribed and analysed using Framework Analysis. Results: Research with the dental educators (n=20) identified generally same level of awareness on the use of miswak in general; and specifically in teaching following their post-education/ training and knowledge which is limited, restricted, and localised. The awareness leads to either low or high of miswak practice that is further supported by four identified initiators domains namely self-care, teaching, research and policy-politics. Conclusion: Educators’ views metaphorically on the level of awareness/knowledge on the use of miswak given they are Asian and Muslim respondents with secular/western educational background. A broad and flexible strategy is required to overcome an issue of ignoring this established and proven methods of miswak in oral hygiene practice for the benefit of healthcare systems and the population. 2018 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/65096/13/65096%20-programme%20and%20abstract.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/65096/2/MDA%20MIDEC%202018-%20PPT%20SLIDES.pdf Che Musa, Muhd Firdaus (2018) Miswak: Awareness and knowledge amongst Malaysian dental educators. In: Malaysian International Dental Exhibition and Conference (MIDEC), Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished) https://www.mda.org.my/midec/2018/img/01-04-booklet/booklet.pdf
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spellingShingle	RK Dentistry Che Musa, Muhd Firdaus Miswak: Awareness and knowledge amongst Malaysian dental educators
description	Aims: To examine the level of awareness and knowledge on the use of miswak and its role in oral health from the perspective of educators in one international dental school in Malaysia and make recommendations for the future research/health policy. Materials and methods: A qualitative research of focus group was conducted amongst dental educators at Kulliyyah of Dentistry, International Islamic University of Malaysia. Up to four focus groups were carried out (n=4 for each group) during 2017. The first group comprising local and Muslim educators; (2) local and non-Muslim; (3) international and Muslim; and (4) international and non-Muslim. The focus groups using a topic guide to explore the miswak/miswak teaching and its best practice in oral health. Focus groups were recorded, transcribed and analysed using Framework Analysis. Results: Research with the dental educators (n=20) identified generally same level of awareness on the use of miswak in general; and specifically in teaching following their post-education/ training and knowledge which is limited, restricted, and localised. The awareness leads to either low or high of miswak practice that is further supported by four identified initiators domains namely self-care, teaching, research and policy-politics. Conclusion: Educators’ views metaphorically on the level of awareness/knowledge on the use of miswak given they are Asian and Muslim respondents with secular/western educational background. A broad and flexible strategy is required to overcome an issue of ignoring this established and proven methods of miswak in oral hygiene practice for the benefit of healthcare systems and the population.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Che Musa, Muhd Firdaus
author_facet	Che Musa, Muhd Firdaus
author_sort	Che Musa, Muhd Firdaus
title	Miswak: Awareness and knowledge amongst Malaysian dental educators
title_short	Miswak: Awareness and knowledge amongst Malaysian dental educators
title_full	Miswak: Awareness and knowledge amongst Malaysian dental educators
title_fullStr	Miswak: Awareness and knowledge amongst Malaysian dental educators
title_full_unstemmed	Miswak: Awareness and knowledge amongst Malaysian dental educators
title_sort	miswak: awareness and knowledge amongst malaysian dental educators
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/65096/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/65096/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/65096/13/65096%20-programme%20and%20abstract.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/65096/2/MDA%20MIDEC%202018-%20PPT%20SLIDES.pdf
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