부모가 미취학 자녀에게 행하는 구강건강관리행동에 영향을 미치는 요인

Factors Influencing the Oral Health Care Behaviors of Parents to Preschool Children

Objectives: This study was conducted to find out the factors affecting the oral health care behavior of parents to their children and to use them as basic data so that effective oral health education can be carried out for parents and children. Methods: A total of 105 parents of children attending kindergartens and daycare centers located in Jeonju and Bucheon City were surveyed. The questionnaire was composed of the oral health care behavior of the parents to their children, the oral health care behavior of the parents, the oral health knowledge of the parents, and general characteristics, and was written in a self-written method. Results: As a result of checking the factors affecting the oral health care behaviors that parents do to their children, it was found that the number of children and the presence or absence of parents’ oral health education experience were found to have an effect. It was found that the smaller the number of children, the higher the oral health care behaviors performed on their children, and the oral health management behaviors performed on their children by parents with oral health education experience were high. Conclusions: Based on the above results, it is necessary to develop a variety of programs for effective oral health education in consideration of factors affecting the oral health care behaviors of parents to their children.