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KMID : 0355420090330040564
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Journal of Korean Academy of Oral Health
2009 Volume.33 No. 4 p.564 ~ p.574
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Parents’ knowledge, awareness and attitude towards child oral health
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Kang Jae-Kyoung
Bae Soo-Myoung
Song Yun-Sin
Ahn Se-Youn
Han Ji-Youn
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the depth of parents’knowledge, awareness, and attitude towards child oral health. The use of these results were fundamental for developing an oral health education program for parents of children.
Methods: This study was conducted using a survey questionnaire on 206 parents of children who were educated with oral health at preschool child educational facilities in Seoul and Kyunggi-Do from 1 July 2008 to 30 August 2008. The survey consists of 4 questions about personal information, each 11 questions for parents’ knowledge and awareness regarding children’s oral health, and 8 questions for parents’ attitude towards children’s oral health. SPSS (SPSS 14.0 for Windows, SPSS Inc, USA) was used to perform the analysis.
Results: A point converted from the parents’ level of knowledge regarding the dental health turned out to be 7.4 out of a possible 11. In addition, it was found that 75.7% of respondents did not have clear information regarding fluoride. Moreover, 85.4% of respondents did not have accurate information regarding the amount of sugar in a given beverage. The majority of parents(92.3%) said that it was either one for children or contained fluoride as recommended toothpaste for their children. But 66% of respondents said that they had used over half of toothbrush length in amount of toothpaste. It was reported that 83% of children consume some beverages, such as yogurt(42.7%) and milk(33.5%) before going to bed. Most of parents seemed aware of the importance of dental health at child’s age, whereas 41.7% responded that they were not sure if they were well-instructed on how to brush their children’s teeth. Just over half of parents(55.8%) had been advised on how to brush teeth well and 55.1% of them head been given proper information regarding the brushing method from the dentist.
Conclusion: An oral health education program for both children and parents needs to be developed. And, it must contain appropriate and sufficient information regarding dietary management, fluoride and tooth-brushing methods for children’s oral health.
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KEYWORD
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dietary management, guardian, oral health education
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