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KMID : 1023420150150060689
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Journal of Dental Hygiene Science
2015 Volume.15 No. 6 p.689 ~ p.695
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A Study on the Image for Dental Hygienists and Career Consideration in Academic High School Students
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Jeong Kyung-Yi
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Abstract
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The aim of this study was to examine the image for dental hygienists and career consideration in academic high school students. A self-reported questionnaire was surveyed by 199 high school students in Gwangju. The questionnaire composed subject’s general characteristics, image for dental hygienists, career consideration. The data were analyzed for independent t-test or Mann-Whitney test, one-way ANOVA or Kruskal wallis test and pearson’s correlation coefficient by using IBM SPSS Statistics ver. 21.0 program. The average of total image was 3.36, personal images were 3.64, occupational images were 3.47, business images were 3.42, social images were 2.83 in the five-point scale. The image of dental hygienists was higher significantly in case of having a dental practitioner in the family, treatment experience less than 1 year, and treatment in dental hospital. The participants who considered to be dental hygienist were higher significantly in occupational and social images. There were positive correlations among the personal, occupational, business, social images of dental hygienists. These results showed that general images for dental hygienists were slightly positive but among them, social image was the lowest level. It showed that most students didn’t consider to be dental hygienist. Therefore, we suggested to enhance positive recognition for dental hygienists be needed.
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KEYWORD
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Academic high school student, Career consideration, Dental hygienists, Image
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