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KMID : 1020220160160050669
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Journal of Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
2016 Volume.16 No. 5 p.669 ~ p.676
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Related factors of scaling experience in multi-cultural adolescents
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Park Sin-Young
Lim Sun-A
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of the study was to investigate the related factors of scaling experience of multi-cultural adolescents in Korea.
Methods: The subjects were 698 multi-cultural adolescents from web-based survey of the 11th(2015) Korean Youth Risk Behavior. Multi-cultural adolescents are defined as the children of marriage migrant women. The study instruments included demographical characteristics of the subjects, oral health behaviors, daily tooth brushing times, health behaviors, and experience of smoking and alcohol consumption. Data were analyzed using PASW statistics 18.0.
Results: The experience rate of scaling was 18.8%. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that experience of scaling were related with experiences of sealant and fruit consumption.
Conclusions: It is very important to provide the continuing oral health prevention program for the adolescents and investigate the cost-benefit effectiveness of oral health care program.
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KEYWORD
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adolescent, dental scaling, multiculturalism
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