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The effect of preschool visiting oral health education program

  • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
  • Abbr : J Korean Soc Dent Hyg
  • 2020, 20(6), pp.963-972
  • DOI : 10.13065/jksdh.20200088
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Dentistry
  • Received : November 17, 2020
  • Accepted : December 6, 2020
  • Published : December 30, 2020

Mi-Hee Lim ORD ID 1 AHN SE YOUN ORD ID 2 Eun-Sun Lee ORD ID 1 Jung Jae Yeon ORD ID 1 Han Ji Youn ORD ID 3 Hwang Yoon-Sook ORD ID 1 Han Su Jin ORD ID 4

1한양여자대학교
2동남보건대학교
3백석문화대학교
4가천대학교

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ABSTRACT

Objectives: This study aimed to check the effect of preschool visiting oral health education programs and provide baseline data for an oral health education program that suggests the necessity of oral health education in children’s living places. Methods: The preschool visiting oral health education was conducted with the parents of 3-year-old and 4-year-old children at a preschool in the jurisdiction of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, with teachers observing the education, and oral health educators to examine the effect of the oral health education, the effectiveness of the education, the status of oral health care, and the degree of cooperation for the education. Results: Regarding oral health behaviors after the education program, the attitude toward brushing teeth after food intake increased from 2.86 to 3.17 and thinking of the relationship with dental caries and eating food increased from 2.57 to 2.90. The satisfaction with the children’s health education was very high at over 4.9 points in most items. The teachers’ interest in children’s oral care was 4.26 points, and the degree of their cooperation for education was 4.41 points; 96.4% responded that they were willing to conduct reeducation. Conclusions: Children’s oral health education should be conducted steadily and repeatedly.

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