Preventive behavior of dental caries and related factors among junior high school students in Taipei city

• Main Author: 陳憲佐
• Other Authors: 葉國樑
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/45939204785336124362

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 健康促進與衛生教育學系 === 98 === 　　This research investigated preventive behavior of dental caries and related factors among junior high school students. 　　Samples were selected from 7th to 9th grade students and data were collected with a self-administered questionnaire by using stratified cluster sampling method. Total valid samples were 420. 　　The results of this research are as follows: 1.The score of oral healthy knowledge is higher than standard. The score of participants “perceived susceptibility of dental caries”, “perceived barriers of action to prevent dental caries" and “perceived benefits of action to prevent dental caries" is above the standard. The score in “perceived severity of dental caries" is below the medium. The contact degree of participants of “cues to action to prevent dental caries” is high. 2.The score of participants in “self-efficacy to prevent dental caries" is above the medium. Self-efficacy in different situations is as listed below. “At home” is higher than “at school”, and “at school” is higher than “at a public place except the school”. “There's plenty time” is higher than “there’s instant time”. “Sufficient wash basin and water source” is higher than “absent wash basin and water source”. “Reminded by someone” is higher than “no one reminded”.”Complete tooth apparatus” is higher than “absent tooth apparatus”. 3.The preventive behavior of dental caries of participants is higher than standard. Most popular preventive behaviors of dental caries are “I brushed my teeth every night before sleeping” and “I brushed my teeth every morning when I woke up”. The worst one is “I used mouthwash with fluoride every week”. 4.“Perceived benefits of action to prevent dental caries" of male is higher than female. The contact degree of participants of “cues to action to prevent dental caries” of male is higher than female. The 7th grade students show better “preventive behavior of dental caries” than 9th grade students. 5.The participants get high score in “Perceived susceptibility”, “Perceived benefits of action”, “cues to action to prevent dental caries”, “self-efficacy”, and low score in “Perceived barriers of action”, have a higher tendency to adopt “preventive behavior of dental caries”. 6.Sex, perceived susceptibility, perceived barriers of action, cue in action, and self-efficacy, explain 43.1% of participants’ decision to preventive behavior of dental caries measures. The most effective one is self-efficacy, and the next one is perceived barriers of action.