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How Effective Is Toothbrush Education through Environmental Changes in Elementary School Children

  • Pratamawari, Dyah Nawang Palupi;Balgies, Grandyna Ansya;Buunk-Werkhoven, Yvonne A.B.
    • Journal of dental hygiene science
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.30-36
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    • 2022
  • Background: Nowadays, dental health problems in Indonesia are still quite high. It is one of which influenced by low public awareness of the importance of maintaining the health of teeth and mouth that can be measured by toothbrushing behavior. Based on the results of RISKESDAS 2018, only 2.8 percent of the population has a proper toothbrushing behavior. Behavior tends to form at age 6 to 12 years. At this age, children begin to develop habits that tend to settle until adulthood, including toothbrushing behavior. Social cognitive theory is a theory of behavioral change that explains that behavioral changes are influenced by the environment, personal, behavior where these three factors influence each other. This study aims to identify changes in the dental behavior of second grades students before and after the joint toothbrushing at school for 21 days. Methods: A pre-experimental study-design was conducted on elementary school by pre-post treatment method where there are 2 classes that get intervention and 2 other classes as control. A joint toothbrush is performed every morning before the school activities begin. Before and after the joint toothbrushing, all classes are given questionnaires to see if there are any changes in behavior seen through knowledge, attitudes, and practice. Results: Respondent group showed increasement on their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors towards toothbrushing. In contrast, the control groups showed no significant differences in the 3 factors. Conclusion: In this study the education of toothbrushing through environmental changes is quite effective in elementary school children. Insights into the benefits of this program and refinements of optimally targeted intervention, including longitudinal studies are needed to improve the results.

Effects of Social Skills Training Program for Children with Tendency of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD 경향 아동의 사회기술훈련 프로그램의 효과)

  • Lim, Yoon-Hee;Kim, Mi-Han;Choi, Yeon-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society of School Health
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.237-245
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    • 2010
  • Purpose: The purpose of this thesis was to examine the effects of social skills training program onto the children with tendency of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Methods: This study used nonequivalent control group pre/post-test quasi-experimental research design. The subjects were 18 children with tendency of attention- deficit hyperactivity in D City. The subjects were divided into two groups, an experimental group of 8 children and a control group of 10. The program consisted of 20 sessions of 60 minutes per session, 5 days a weeks, for 4 weeks. The research tools included Conner's Teacher Rating Scales (CTRS) and Social Skills Rating System (SSRS). The collected data were analyzed using $x^2$ test, Mann-Whitney test on the SPSS 17.0 program. Results: a) the scores for cooperation, self-assertiveness, self-control and empathy increased significantly in the experimental group, compared to the control group. b) the scores for social skills increased significantly in the experimental group, compared to the control group. Conclusion: It appears that the social skills training program is a useful nursing intervention to improve the social skills for children with tendency of attention-deficit hyperactivity.

The Prosodic Characteristics of Pre-school Age Children-Related Adults (학령전기아동 관련 성인의 운율 특성)

  • Kim, Jiwon;Seong, Cheoljae
    • Phonetics and Speech Sciences
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.23-32
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    • 2014
  • This study presents the prosodic characteristics of 'Motherese' and 'Teacherese (child care teacher and kindergarten teacher)'. 21 mothers and 24 teachers spoke to children in the child care center or kindergarten. Children are in their 4;00-6;11. Speech and articulation rate, number of accentual phrases (APs), number of intonational phrases (IPs), pitch-related factors (f0, pitch range, f0 standard deviation), and intonation slope (mean Absolute, f0, q-tone slope) were measured. 2 groups spoke 2 sentential types (interrogative_ alternative question, declarative_ coordinated sentence) in 2 situations (one accompanied with the children, the other done without children, but pretending as if they were in front of the children). The results indicate that teachers show more noticeable prosodic characteristics than mothers do.

The Effect of Group-Psychotherapy Oriented Psychodrama on Child's Depression (집단정신치료극이 아동의 우울에 미치는 영향)

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    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.103-116
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    • 1999
  • This study was executed to examine the effect of group-psychotheray oriented psychodrama on child's depression. For this study self-reporting Kovacs's children's depression inventory(C.D.I) was administered for primary school children. and 8 children were selected in experimental and control group each. The experimental group acted the psychodrama for 15 session. The first follow-up test was executed at 8 weeks after pre-test and second follow-up test at 10 weeks after first follow- up. Every time children acted the psychodrama all behaviors had been recorded. Also in order to find out any changes in daily life after the psychodrama their parents class teachers and children themselves were interviewed. Basal depression level was 23.38 for experimental group and 23.63 for control group. Depression level of experimental group was reduced to 12.38(p<0.01) There was significant difference in depression level between experimental and control group (p<0.01) Reducing effect of experi ental group by the psychodrama was maintained as well. As a result group psychotherapy oriented psychodrama was effective to reduce depression level of childern. Group psychotherapy oriented psychodrama program for children need to be developed for more effectiveness.

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Validity of a Korean Family Support & Challenge Questionnaire (한국판 가족 후원.자극 척도(K-SCQ)의 타당화)

  • Lee, Hwa-Sun;Choe, In-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.49 no.6
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    • pp.85-94
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study was to validate the Korean Family Support & Challenge Questionnaire (K-SCQ), which is designed to assess family complexity in Children. There were 258 pre-test participants in this study and 498 senior students who were in elementary school. Results from the pre-test suggested us to use Likert scale over a dichotomous agree or disagree scale and positively items over negative ones. Results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed that the two factor structure (family support and challenge) of the SCQ fits well for Korean students. The K-SCQ has also good internal consistency. Further analysis was performed to explore the relationships between four family types based on K-SCQ and children's well-being and flow experience. It showed that the children in a high support/high challenge family had the highest emotional well-being, psychological well-being, and flow experience. These results suggest that the complex family characterized by high support and challenge has strong and positive impact on the children's quality of life.

Egg Positive Rates and Risk Factors of Enterobius Vermicularis Infection among Kindergarteners in Ulsan, South Korea (울산 지역 유치원 어린이의 요충 충란 양성 실태와 관련 요인 분석)

  • Kim, Dong-Hee;Yu, Hak-Sun;Son, Hyun-Mi;Kang, In-Soon;An, Hye-Gyung
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.49-57
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    • 2010
  • Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the occurrence and possible risk factors of enterobiasis among children in kindergartens. Methods: A total of 3,921 children were examined from 36 kindergartens in Ulsan, Korea. The parents were asked to complete questionnaires and to detect Enterobius vermicularis infection using the anal swab technique. Results: The overall rate of being positive for E. vermicularis egg was 7.8% ranged from 0 to 29.0%. The infection rate was related to age, gender, thumb sucking, pre-medication of anthelmintics, employment status of mother and number of siblings. The risk factors significantly associated with E. vermicularis infection were gender(OR 1.628), thumb sucking(OR 1.643), pre-medication of anthelmintics(OR 0.614), employment status of mother(OR 0.574) and number of siblings(OR 0.388). Conclusion: We propose that E. vermicularis infection screening among children in kindergartens should be continued on a regular basis. In addition, more intensive control program should be developed and applied to children.

Effects of the Intergenerational Horticultural Activity Program on Emotion and Self-esteem of the Elderly and Young Children (세대간 원예활동 프로그램이 노인과 유아의 정서와 자아존중감에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Eun-Sook;Pak, Hyun-Goo;Kim, Mi-Ok;Pak, Chun-Ho
    • Horticultural Science & Technology
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.484-491
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    • 2010
  • This study investigated the effects of the intergenerational horticultural activity program on the improvement of emotion and self-esteem for the elderly and young children. When the pre- and post-treatments of the elderly was compared, both the control and treatment didn't show a significant difference in emotion. In self-esteem of the elderly the control didn't show a significant difference; on the contrary, treatment showed a highly significant difference ($p$<0.01). When a comparison was made on the pre- and post-treatment of young children, the control didn't show a significant difference in emotional intelligence; on the contrary, treatment showed a highly significant difference ($p$<0.001). In self-esteem of young children both the control and the treatment didn't show a significant difference. The results suggest that intergenerational horticultural activity program can improve young children's emotional intelligence and the elderly's self-esteem.

Development of Sasangin Diagnosis Questionnaire for School Aged Children (학동기아동을 위한 체질진단검사지 개발)

  • Lee, Eui-Ju;Jung, Yong-Jae;Kwak, Chang-Kyu;Hwang, Min-Woo;Yoo, Jung-Hee;Ko, Wo-Suk;Kim, Kyung-Soo;Koh, Byung-Hee
    • Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.53-72
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    • 2007
  • 1. Objectives In oriental medicine, there is no method to diagnosis Sasang constitution of school aged children. The objective diagnostic method is necessary to improve the health condition of children. The method must be able to reduce time and to correct subjective error. So the purposes of this study are developing the questionnaire to diagnosis Sasang constitution of school-aged children. 2. Methods The questionnaire consists of selected substance of ${\ulcorner}$Dongyisusebowon${\lrcorner}$, characteristic questionnaire of children and questionnaire for the Sasangin Diagnosis Questionnaire(for adult). Experts, element school children and a scholar on Korean literature revise the questionnaire. 3. Results and Conclusion Experts examed pre-questionnaires and selected the final questionnaries by CVI 0.8 at propriety of contents. Sasangin Diagnosis Questionnaire (SDQ) for Child consists of 84 questions (24 questions for child, 48 questions and 12 questions for doctor).

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A Study of Female Child's Han-bok Reform Design for Body Growth (초등학교 여자 아동의 신체 성장에 따른 한복 리폼 디자인 개발)

  • Ryu, Kyoung-Ok;Kwon, Hwi-Jung
    • Journal of the Korea Fashion and Costume Design Association
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.89-98
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study is to female child Han-bok reform design for body growth. Nowadays there is common the western style daily life and special day instead of traditional style Han-bok in Korea. So the decrease in the use of Han-bok have being appeared. Specially, Children's Han-bok undesirable clothes for economic, environment, and resources because of their rapid growth and changing trend. Therefor, they do away with used Han-bok without next buying of school age. Children's parents and children are decision together purchase of children's Han-bok on-line for pleasure and economic reasons on pre-school or 1st year student for their tradition-education class. After 2000year, children's Han-bok pup-up on e-market because of the fashion focus on tradition and Korean wave for parody of Korean drama. Flowing the Research of 2010 Size Korea, the elementary school age child height growth 6cm per year, the sleeve length are 3cm growth. But Chi-ma(a pice of Han-bok) from e-market, has only 5cm margin on shoulder and no margin on Jegori(a pice of Han-bok) shoulder and sleeve, reason of that the children can't wear next year. Therefor this study is development female child Han-bok reform design for body growth, for extend to wear Han-bok on school age children and flow tradition custom of Cho-sun Dynasty's clothing custom for boost tradition conscious and reduce of cloth waste for environment.

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Effects of Cooking Activities on the Taste and Perception of Korean Foods among Upper Grade Elementary School Children (요리체험활동이 초등학교 고학년 아동의 우리음식에 대한 기호와 인식에 미치는 영향)

  • Ahn, Hyunju;Woo, Taejung;Lee, Kyung-Hea
    • Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.344-355
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects cooking activities on the taste and perception of Korean foods in upper grade school children. The cooking class program was designed as 16 lessons for fourth, fifth, and sixth grade school children, and it was implemented as an extracurricular activity. Each lesson included the origin and meaning of Korean foods and cooking. Thirty four children were recruited for participation in cooking class from two elementary schools in Changwon. The control group was recruited from a convenient sampling in each school. The pre- and post-implementation surveys were conducted for comparison of the effects of cooking class between the educated and control group. Children answered the self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire contained measures of demographic variables, eating culture, interest and preference, taste, perception, and knowledge of Korean foods. There were no significant differences in interest and preference on traditional Korean foods, however, the taste of experimental foods was increased by education (P<0.05). Results for perception (P<0.05) and knowledge (P<0.001) of traditional Korean foods were significantly increased by education. However, no changes in taste, perception, and knowledge were observed in the control group. In conclusion, cooking activity is the most favorite activity of children, and is an effective method for positively affecting the taste and perception of Korean foods.