다문화가정 청소년의 구강보건교육경험 영향요인

• Published in: Han'guk Ch'iwisaeng Hakhoe chi Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 325 - 333
• Main Authors: 임선아, Sun-a Lim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한국치위생학회 30.06.2020
• Subjects: Multi-cultural adolescents; Oral health behavior; Oral helath education; Youth risk behavior survey; 구강건강상태; 구강보건교육경험; 다문화 청소년; 청소년건강행태조사; 치의학
• ISSN: 2287-1705; 2288-2294
• DOI: 10.13065/jksdh.20200030

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the factors influencing oral health education of adolescents from multi-cultural families. Methods: The subjects were 711 multi-cultural adolescents from the 15th(2019) Korean youth risk behavior web-based survey. Multi-cultural adolescents were defind as the children of marriage migrant women. The collected data was analyzed using the chi-squared test and logistic regression; SPSS versin 18.0 was used. Results: Middle-school adolescents received more oral health education than their high-school counterparts. The adolescents with once-daily and twice-daily teeth brushing behaviors were 0.475 (p<0.05) and 0.784 times less those with thrice-daily behavior, respectively. Adolescents who received oral health education also experienced dental care 1.644 times more than their counterparts(p<0.05). Conclusions: The promotion of oral health among multicultural families and further education through the establishment of school oral health education programs are required.