The knowledge and prevention behaviors toward oral diseases among female sexual workers in Kaohsiung city

• Main Authors: Jai-Yi Cheng, 鄭家誼
• Other Authors: Hong-Sen Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/51663751967097202455

碩士 === 高雄醫學大學 === 口腔衛生科學研究所碩士在職專班 === 97 === This research focused on knowledge of oral disease, health belief, and self-efficacy of female sexual workers on the basis of the health belief model. The study population of this research comprising 520 female sexual workers and 131 female non-sexual workers were performed structured questionnaire including basic information, oral disease knowledge scale, health belief scale, cues to action scale and self-efficiency scale of oral disease prevention. According to the analysis, we might draw the following conclusions. 1. 72.8% of female sexual workers had the first sexual behavior before age 20. 2. In oral disease knowledge scale, the total scores of sexual workers were lower than non-sexual workers. 3. In external cues to action, TV were the most significant factor. 4.The knowledge of oral disease was significantly correlated to demographic and social psychological factors. 5. In multiple regression analysis, “Knowledge of oral disease”, “cues to action ” and “self-efficiency of oral disease prevention”, were positively correlated and have significance. This research could help health department to implement oral disease prophylaxis and health education in public sanitation for female sexual workers.