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KMID : 1023420070070030135
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Journal of Dental Hygiene Science
2007 Volume.7 No. 3 p.135 ~ p.139
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A Survey of Parent`s Oral Health Perception for the Oral Health Promotion of the Preschool Children
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Park Hyang-Sook
Kim Jin-Soo
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Abstract
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1. Recognition of subjects on oral health education, About the question if they know oral health education, those who said yes were 241(70.7%) and those who said no were 100(29.3%). And, about the question how they get to know oral health education, 161(47.2%) told they knew it by a kindergarten or a nursery, 115(33.7%) told by neighbors, 30(8.8%) told by a public health center, 28(8.2%) told by a dental clinic and 7(2.1%) told that they learned it by other methods. 2. The perception of subjects on oral health education, About the question if they executed oral health education in a kindergarten or a nursery, 254(74.5%) said yes and 87(25.5%) said no. And, about the question if they have ever executed oral health education out of a kindergarten or a nursery, 70(20.5%) said yes and 271(79.5%) said no. 3. Subjects’ oral health behaviors and attitudes toward children, About the question if they have ever visited a dental office, 249(73.0%) said yes and 92(27.0%) said no. And, about the question if they watch their children’s toothbrushing, 321(94.1%) said yes and 20(5.9%) said no. About the question if they examine if their children have decayed teeth, 213(62.5%) said yes and 128(37.5%) said no. And, about the question if they are interested in their children’s oral health, 244(71.6%) said yes and 97(28.4%) said no. 4. It appeared that unemployed mothers executed oral health education to their children more compared with employed mothers(p < .01). 5. Execution of oral health education according to the recognition of oral health education and previous experiences of subjects, The execution of oral health education according to the recognition of oral health education was statistically significant(p < .001). 6. Execution of oral health education according to the subjects’ oral health behaviors and attitudes toward children , The execution of oral health education according to the experience of visiting a dental office, watching children’s toothbrushing and watching children’s teeth was statistically significant(p < .01, p < .001).
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KEYWORD
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Preschool children, Oral health education, Parent`s oral health perception
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