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KMID : 1020220120120061071
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Journal of Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
2012 Volume.12 No. 6 p.1071 ~ p.1081
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A study on factors affecting the oral health care behavior of mothers for young children
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Lee Sae-Na
Kim Eun-Sook
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study were to find out differences in mother`s oral health knowledge and oral health care behaviors and to find out factors that affected mothers` oral health care behavior for their young children.
Methods: The survey was carried out with questionnaire about personal factor, cognitive factor, psychological factor and behavioral factor to 227 mothers. They had children from 3 to 5 years. The collected data was analyzed by SPSS WIN 12.0.
Results: There were statistically significant differences in oral health knowledges as mother`s educational background, importance of oral health, experience of oral health education, and oral health locus of control. There were statistically significant differences in mother`s oral health care behaviors as mother`s job, interest of oral health, importance of oral health, experience of oral health education, and oral health locus of control. And mother` oral health care behavior for herself, interest of oral health, and oral health locus of control were found as important variables in mothers`s oral health care behavior for their children.
Conclusions: Mother`s oral health care behavior for herself was the powerful factor that affected mother`s oral health care behavior for her children.
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KEYWORD
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locus of control, mother`s oral health knowledge and behavior, oral health care behavior, oral health education
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