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KMID : 1020220110110020233
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Journal of Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
2011 Volume.11 No. 2 p.233 ~ p.242
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A study on the knowledges, attitudes and behaviors of some university students about the old
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Lee Jung-Hwa
Park Eui-Jung
Choi Jung-Mi
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Abstract
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Objectives : The purpose of this study is to provide the basic data for searching for the method to induce more
positive knowledges and attitudes about the old from the university students majoring in dental hygienics, health and social welfare university students majoring in the old, who will face the change of aging society directly.
Methods : The study selected 1 school in Busan and Daegu respectively with convenience sampling from September 2010 to October 2010, performed questionnaire(self administered questionnaire) to 401 students majoring in
dental hygienics, health and social welfare and achieved following conclusions.
Results : 1. When the students without the education experience about the old have negative experiences, the
degree of interest in the old was high and when they have positive experiences, the attitude score about the old was high(p＜0.001). 2. For education experience about the old, the students majoring in dental hygienics have the lowest experiences(p＜0.001). 3. For knowledge, attitude and behavior about the old depending on major, the students
majoring in social welfare have the highest interest and for the knowledge about the old in physical area, the students majoring in health have the highest knowledge(p＜0.01).4. The area related with the knowledge about the old showed significant correlation in all of physical, psychological and social area(p＜0.001). 5. The factors giving effects to the attitude about the old were gender(p=.006), experience(p=.003) and education experience related with the old(p=.022) and the factors giving effects to the behavior about the old were experience(p=.036) and attitude about the old(p=.000).
Conclusions : It is necessary to develop actual education program that can provide preliminary dental hygienists
with positive attitude about the old and reflect a lot of matters related with psychological area and social area about the old. In addition, it is necessary to establish the opportunity to understand the old through voluntary service activity related with the old in connection with local community. It is necessary to recognize the old positively by showing the positive figure.
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KEYWORD
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attitude, behavior, dental hygiene students`, knowledge, the old
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