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KMID : 0362520150170010031
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Journal of The Korean Academy of Dental Hygiene
2015 Volume.17 No. 1 p.31 ~ p.41
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Development of Educational Objectives of Oral Health Education for Ordinary Workers
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Jung Young-Ran
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine the needs of ordinary workers for oral health education in an effort to set up tentative educational objectives for oral health education geared toward ordinary workers in consideration of their needs, social requirements and opinions from experts. After a company was selected, a self-administered survey was conducted on the employees to find out their needs, and what’s discussed in a scientific conference of oral health experts and Tyler’s model of curriculum development were consulted. The findings of the study were as follows: 1. The oral health awareness and behavior of the workers were analyzed by gender, age and line of work. As a result, there were significant differences among them in awareness of the relationship between systemic diseases and oral health. The workers who were in the production line had less experience of receiving dental treatment than the white-collar and managerial workers, and the men had more experience of facing difficulties during job performance because of oral health problems than the women. The rate of getting regular dental checkups was low, and there were no significant differences among the workers in that regard. 87.9 percent received no oral health education. 2. As for interested field of oral health, every respondent had the biggest interest in dental caries regardless of their characteristics except the women, and what they showed the second most interest in was whitening(top priority for the women, the young respondents and the production workers) and oral malodor(second priority for the men and the white-collar workers). 3. Tentative educational objectives were set up after the areas in which the respondents showed a lot of interest were classified by gender, age and line of work. And then the educational objectives were divided into two in order to make it possible to select from among the educational objectives in accordance with to whom education is provided and with the goal of education. To promote the oral health of ordinary workers, they need a change of mind-set about oral health, and it’s required to take appropriate measures to offer more opportunities for them to receive oral health education. Besides, oral health professionals should provide oral health education when they get dental checkups.
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KEYWORD
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Development of Educational Objectives, Oral Health Education, Ordinary Workers
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