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KMID : 1020220200200030325
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Journal of Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
2020 Volume.20 No. 3 p.325 ~ p.333
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Factors influencing oral health education of adolescents of multi-cultural families
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Lim Sun-A
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the factors influencing oral health education of adolescents from multi-cultural families.
Methods: The subjects were 711 multi?cultural adolescents from the 15th(2019) Korean youth risk behavior web-based survey. Multi?cultural adolescents were defind as the children of marriage migrant women. The collected data was analyzed using the chi-squared test and logistic regression; SPSS versin 18.0 was used.
Results: Middle-school adolescents received more oral health education than their high-school counterparts.
The adolescents with once-daily and twice-daily teeth brushing behaviors were 0.475 (p<0.05) and 0.784 times less those with thrice-daily behavior, respectively. Adolescents who received oral health education also experienced dental care 1.644 times more than their counterparts(p<0.05).
Conclusions: The promotion of oral health among multicultural families and further education through the establishment of school oral health education programs are required.
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KEYWORD
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Multi-cultural adolescents, Oral health behavior, Oral health education, Youth risk behavior survey
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