• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.71-78
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• 2019

This Convergence study aimed to analyze the oral health education, oral health awareness and oral health knowledge of early childhood education' students. Questionnaire survey on the of five universities early childhood education' 314 students in Daegu and Gyeongbuk provinces. Average score of oral health awareness was 3.62, which was high female students, 3rd grade, athlete, high case on oral health condition perception and childhood oral health education experience. Oral health knowledge correct answer of 15 items was average 9.63, which was higher female students, 3rd grade, nonsmokers, have received childhood oral health education, responded to the need for childhood oral health education. Regression analysis showed that Y (oral health awareness) = 2.350 + 0.242 (exercise) +0.387 (oral health education) +0.134 (childhood oral health education experience) +0.067 (oral health knowledge). In order to promote infants oral health of department of Early Childhood Education, it would be necessary to develop the systematic programs to perform the childhood oral health education.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.319-326
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to examine the Influence of the experience of Childcare Teacher about oral health education on oral health behaviors. For this, Questionnairs to be self-filled up about experience of oral health education were carried out to 267 childcare teachers who are working in nurseries in Geongnam province. The date was analysed using the SPSS 12.0 program. The obtained result were as follows. Among the respondents who are not under stress of oral health. 8.1% respondents had the oral health education and 7.7% others didn't have it. For toothbrushing methods, it was found that 25.3% used manual toothbrushing with experience in dental education(up and down toothbrushing monement) and 35.4% used semi automatic toothbrushing(rotational movement). 37.1% respondents had experiences in oral health education, 69.7% respondents were instructed in the oral health at public health center, and 61.6% respondents were instructed in the oral health a theory(toothbrushing guidance). Among the respondents who answered that oral health education should be necessary, 83.4% of those have already had oral health education where as 73.8% respondents have not had the education. 67.7% of the respondents who want to participate in the oral health education is corresponding to those with experience in dental education, 66.1% respondents with no education feel the necessity of the oral health education.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.9 no.11
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• pp.241-246
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• 2019

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of repetitive oral health education on oral health knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of elementary school students. A final analysis of 111 untested individuals was made. The oral health knowledge and oral health behavior scores according to the presence or absence of oral health education showed a higher level than the school that did not perform oral health education for 3 years (p <0.01). Repeated and continuous oral health education of elementary school students has a great influence on oral health knowledge and behavioral change, so if the dental hygienists can stay and manage oral health care, the effect will be increased.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.6 no.6
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• pp.131-137
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• 2015

To study the effects of oral health education on children, weekly education sessions and surveys were held for 214 preschoolers, 6-7 years of age, in 2 K-area kindergartens for 4 weeks in July 2015. Statistics on oral health behaviors such as children with regular dental checkups(p<0.05), children who underwent fluoride application(p<0.05), children without dental caries diagnosis(p<0.001), children with mothers who underwent oral health education(p<0.05) showed significant difference. Oral health knowledge scores(6 being perfect) increased from pre-education scores of 4.96 to post-education score of 5.54. oral health behavior scores(11 being perfect) also increased from pre-education scores of 7.18 to post-education score of 7.75(p<0.001). Therefore, it is the author's opinion that the development of oral health education programs with relatively short cycles, alongside systematic, practical, and repeated education would be beneficial.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.189-197
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• 2011

Objectives : The systematic health education to form the basic healthy lifestyle should be realized from elementary school, so oral health education at elementary school can determine the whole lifetime oral health. The elementary school health teacher's recognition and behavior who in charge of health promotion of students is important. Therefore, the study was conducted to enhance oral health education. Methods : Total 114 people among of 131 from health teacher Gwangju elementary school. Survey system is configured by referring to PRECEDE model. Results : In behavioral diagnosis the proportion of oral Health Education is less than 10%(58.8%), mostly educated in activity time (86.0%), the health teachers educate when it is needed(53.5%). In predisposing diagnosis in the eight areas of health education, the oral health education is ranked as fourth, fifth. Even in the next year project, the oral health education ratio was 21.9 percent. In enabling diagnosing every year the Oral health education training experienced rate is 13.2%, satisfaction rate is 33.3%. In reinforcing diagnosing disability element in the regular education course are the lack of oral health-related information (46.7%), lack of materials needed for education (30.6%), lack of training opportunities (21.4%). Conclusion : In further research, oral health education textbooks, materials and methods should be developed. At the foundation of there developments, the elementary oral health education program should be more fully developed and conducted and also the evaluation of its effectiveness will need.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.77-83
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to evaluate effects of oral health education for occupational health nurses. The subjects were 300 occupational health nurses which participated in continuing education of Korean Association of Occupational Health Nurses. Oral health education contents consisted of basic knowledge about oral health, prevention of periodontal disease, oral health care for workers, and oral health program for workers. In order to evaluate the effects of oral health education, we performed questionnaire surveys before and after the education regarding their perceived oral health status and concern for oral health, knowledge about prevention of periodontal disease, attitude about oral health promotion, and needs for implementation of oral health promotion program. The data were analyzed by paired t-test to compare the change of knowledge and attitude according to the education. Linear regression analysis was carried out to assess the factors related to the improvement of their knowledge and attitude. The findings indicated that oral health knowledge and attitude of occupational health nurses were significantly improved by oral health education. A factor of the improvement of knowledge and attitude was concern for oral health. And they would like to be provided primarily oral health education for occupational health nurses. Finally, this study suggested that oral health education for occupational health nurses had significantly effects on improving oral health knowledge and attitude.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.373-382
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• 2021

This study conducted a survey to find out the opinions on oral health behavior and oral health education according to gender in health and non-health college students. According to the research results, there were many girls in the health-realted field and boys in the non-health-related college students. Among the oral health behaviors, brushing in school was common in both boys and girls in the health-related college students, and professional oral health education experiences were also found in the health-related college students. The need for oral health education among male students was 76.4% for healh-related college students, 48.3% for non-health-related college students, whereas female health-related college students showed 80.3%, and non-health -related college students were 60.4%. Participation in oral health education in order of male health-related students, male non-health-related students, female health-related students, and female non-health-related students were 81.9%, 68.1%, 84.8% and 73.3% respectively. The preferred method of oral health education was experiential education such as brushing for both male and female in the health-related college students, and lectures by dentists or dental hygienist were the highest reponse for non-health-related college students. The preferred location for oral health education was highest in schools. Through the results of this study, it was considered necessary to develop and disseminate appropriate oral health education programs according to college students' majors and gender, and to form correct oral health knowledge, attitudes and behaviors for oral health through oral health education.

• Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.111-112
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• 1983

국민의 구강건강을 보호 증진시켜, 궁극적으로 복지사회를 실현시키기 위한 구강보건사업은 대상에 따라 모자구강보건 사업, 학교구강보건사업, 성인구강보건사업, 노인구강보건사업 등으로 분류할 수 있다. 그리고, 이들 구강보건사업 중에서 특히, 학교구강보건사업은 앞으로 우리나라의 주빈이 될 2세 국민을 대상으로 한다는 점과 또한, 구강에 빈발하여 구강건강장애를 많이 유발시키는 중대 구강병인 치아우식증과 부정교합은 국민학교 학령기에 빈발하고, 치주병도 치은염으로 국민학교 졸업기에 대개 발생되어, 일생의 구강건강기틀은 국민학교 학령기에 마련된다고 보아야 하므로, 구강보건사업 중에서도 학교구강보건사업이 가장 우선적으로 개발 추진되어야 한다.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.9
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• pp.407-415
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• 2016

This study was to evaluate the effect on the oral health awareness and oral health education for children, depending on oral health education experience of day care teachers. The survey considering integrated factors was conducted from January 5 to 23, 2015, and was analyzed by SPSS 19. The result of this study, 58.9% of teachers had an experience with oral health education and training for children had 62.3% of them. The education for children was accomplishing once with 42.9%. 49.8% of the teachers said that they teach and supervise tooth brushing(p<0.05). They are aware of the importance of deciduous teeth's health and necessity of maintenance(p<0.01), sealant(p<0.01), the necessity of tooth brushing and education(p<0.01). As a result, it is essential to build up a systematic and continuable program on oral health education for the day care teachers.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.12 no.7
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• pp.240-246
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• 2012

It's basically meant to make a contribution to the promotion of the oral health of shipbuilding workers and to the improvement of oral health education planning, industrial oral health policy setting and the related system, as it seems that the working environments of shipbuilding workers are very harsh due to the unique characteristics of their working process. The subjects in this study were the workers who were selected by convenience sampling from shipbuilding companies and their subcontractors in South Jeolla Province that numbered 10. The workers were surveyed to determine the relationship between their oral health education experience and oral health awareness, and the findings of the study were as follows: Out of the 310 workers investigated, 89.4 percent had no experience to receive oral health education, those who had no experience to receive oral health education fell behind in terms of oral health knowledge, awareness, concern and perception of oral health importance, and there was close correlation among their oral health knowledge, awareness, concern and perception of oral health importance. Those without oral health education experience cited lack of opportunities as the reason, the workers preferred to receive education about the prevention and treatment of dental caries, and their favorite educational method was lectures given by dentists, the workers who had oral health education experience had a more intention to receive oral health education than the others who hadn't.