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KMID : 1022620100100010157
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Journal of Korean Academy of Dental Hygiene Education
2010 Volume.10 No. 1 p.157 ~ p.172
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Related factor of oral health promotion activities, self-efficacy and oral disease control and beliefs of nursery teacher
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Lee Hyang-Nim
Shim Hyung-Soon
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study is to grasp the efficacy, locus of control, oral disease management beliefs, etc and to make a close inquiry the relevance between theses key figures and oral health promotion practice for a teacher and oral care about children and to provide the basic materials of oral health education for the teachers of infant nursery.
Method: This study was made from July to September in 2009 to nursery teacher by having the self-report questionnaire for teachers of infant nursery who are performing nursry school tearcher. Total 187 questionnaire were distributed and among these, 167 questionnaire excluding 20 questionnaire of incomplete responses were statistically analyzed with SPSS12.0.
Results: The efficacy is highly in a married person(p=0.001) according to the teacher’s age(P=0.006), perceived good oral status(p=0.001) according to the oral conditions and has the significant difference. The internal locus of control is highly in a married person(p=0.006) according to the teacher’s age(P=0.037) and the marital status and has the significant difference statistically. The external locus of control is the highest(p=0.038) in the age of 40 among teacher’s age and has the significant difference statistically. The oral disease management beliefs is the highest in the age of 20 ∼ 29(p=0.001), highly in married(p=0.003) and has the significant difference according to the marital status and perceived good oral status(p=0.045) according to the oral conditions. There has no significant difference in the efficacy, the internal locus of control, the external Lotus of Control, oral disease management beliefs following by the infant oral care after taking medicines and oral care of infants after tooth brushing.
Conclusions: Therefore, the oral health promotion activities should be induced by educating the nursery teacher and it needs to spread out the oral care education with the development to operate practically. It is considered in need of the infant oral care which is not burden on to the nursery teacher but helpful to the infant by connecting the subjects of dental hygiene and oral health education training.
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KEYWORD
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self-efficacy, oral disease control, beliefs, nursery teacher
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