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Analysis of the Oral Health Knowledge and Practice of Teachers in Some Early Childhood Education Institutions  

Kim, Soo-Hwa (Department of Dental Hygiene, Hanyang Women's University)
Lim, Mi-Hee (Department of Dental Hygiene, Hanyang Women's University)
Jung, Jae-Yeon (Department of Dental Hygiene, Hanyang Women's University)
Hwang, Yoon-Sook (Department of Dental Hygiene, Hanyang Women's University)
Lee, Sun-Mi (Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Dongnam Health College)
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Journal of dental hygiene science / v.10, no.5, 2010 , pp. 379-385 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the oral health knowledge and oral health practice of teachers in early childhood education institutions. The subjects in this study were 169 teachers who worked in early childhood education institutions. After a survey was conducted, the collected data were analyzed with a SPSSWIN 14.0 program. The findings of the study were as follows: 1. Concerning oral health knowledge, they got a mean of 7.97(9), 2.66(3), 2.86(5), 2.42(5) and 1.04(2) respectively in knowledge on dental caries, toothbrushing, periodontitis, fluoride and diet. Overall, they got a mean of 16.98 in 24 items, and the score corresponded to approximately 70 out of 100 points. 2. As for oral health practice, tongue cleaning(4.22) was what they did the most to take care of their oral health, and they just got 2.60 in regular dental checkup. Overall, they got about 3.11 in oral health practice. 3. Regarding relationship between general characteristics and oral health knowledge, the teachers who were in their 30s got 17.47 in overall oral health knowledge, and those with a career of five to less than 10 years got 17.50. The teachers who received college or higher education got 17.27, and the principals got 18.26. Those who had ever received education on oral health got 17.01. But the gaps between them and the others were not statistically significant. 4. As to connections between general characteristics including age and oral health practice, restricted sugar intake, regular dental checkup, the use of oral hygiene supplies, tongue cleaning and overall oral health practice were more prevailing among the older teachers, and the gaps between them and the younger teachers were statistically significant. 5. In terms of relationship between oral health knowledge and oral health practice, there was no statistically significant relationship between the two on the whole, but better oral health knowledge led to better oral health practice in each part. This study shows that various oral health education programs for the kindergarten teachers should be developed and continuous education through the programs is important to improve the knowledge of oral health and to change oral health behavior.
Keywords
Oral health knowledge; Oral health practice;
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