• 한국치위생학회지
• /
• 제3권2호
• /
• pp.117-125
• /
• 2003

This study was pursued for the sake of gathering fundamental information to implement school-based comprehensive oral health care program and for planning oral health care program in consideration of parents. The following results were obtained by investigation of consciousness and favor level of 215 parents, who have elementary school children, regarding school-based comprehensive oral health care program. 1. It appears that many parents are not knowledgeable about school-based comprehensive oral health care program. There were significant differences between recognition level of school-based comprehensive oral health care program and age(PE0.05). 2. The parents acquired information about school-based comprehensive oral health care program; 58.7% by their children, 11.2% by mass-media, 10.0% by dentists and 3.7% by dental hygienists. 3. Most parents are in favor of school-based comprehensive oral health care program (96.7%). 4. Many parents(63.7%) prefer that social security law should budget for oral health care program. There were significant differences by sex(PE0.05) and age(PE0.01) As most parents are not so conscious of school-based comprehensive oral health care program, appropriate education program for dentists, dental hygienists and parents should be developed urgently.

• 한국학교보건학회지
• /
• 제17권2호
• /
• pp.11-22
• /
• 2004

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of oral health care programs in 3 school-based oral health care center among primary schoolchildren. Methods: School-based oral health care programs included fluoride mouth rinsing, pit and fissure sealing for permanent premolars and molars, fluoride gel application and chewing of xylitol candy. All of the programs were carried out by one dental hygienist among 'D' primary schoolchildren in Daegu city under the supervision of a dentist. Baseline dental examinations were completed and preventive care was implemented for 544 children during one year. All of the children visited a school-based oral health care center every three months for a regular check-up. The final oral examination was conducted from March 15 to April 1, 2004. The data analysis data was made on the basis of SAS 8.01. Mean differences between 2003 and 2004 data were compared by paired t-test. Corresponding p-values were considered significant at values less than 0.05. Results: The DMF rate and DFT index were reduced to 8.0% and 8.4% during one year respectively, but there were no statistically significant differences. The DMF rate was significantly reduced (16.3%) after a one year program of school-based oral health care practice. The DMFT(Decay Missing Filling Tooth) index was also reduced compared to 2003 throughout the entire grade. Conclusion: School-based oral health care programs can reduce the prevalence of dental caries prevalence among schoolchildren during one year. This program also improved the oral health capacity of schoolchildren. It is recommend that the school-based oral health care program should be extended to every primary school in Korea.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
• /
• 제25권1호
• /
• pp.71-81
• /
• 2008

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long term effects of school-based oral health program on the decrease of dental caries among elementary school children. Methods: The subjects of this study were total 283 students of one elementary school in Deagu, Korea. They had received school-based oral health programs more than one year since 2004. This school-based oral health program included regular oral examination, fluoride mouthrinsing, pit-and-fissure sealing, APF gel application, tooth brushing instruction and chewing the xylitol tablets. The subjects' oral health status were examined and calibrated by a dentist every year from 2004 to 2007. Results: The change of DMFT index were as follows: (1)The subjects who entered the school at 2004 - 0.32(2004), 0.25(2005), 0.25(2006) and 0.38(2007), (2)the subjects who entered the school at 2005 - 0.18(2005), 0.31(2006) and 0.32(2007), and (3)the subjects who entered the school at 2006 - 0.19(2006) and 0.27(2007). Conclusions: This study partially showed the effects of school-based oral health programs on the increments of dental caries. This programs should be expanded widely among elementary schools in Korea.

• 한국학교ㆍ지역보건교육학회지
• /
• 제16권3호
• /
• pp.41-50
• /
• 2015

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to apply an effective oral health promotion program and effect for underprivileged lower grade students. This study attempted to resolve some oral health inequality issues by providing underprivileged children with an oral health action program designed to promote positive oral health maintenance habits. Methods: This study was carried from May to August of 2009 with 77(control group 27 subjects, experimental group 36 subjects) elementary school students selected among first to third graders attending regional welfare center's after school program in Seoul. To the control group, conventional education methods were applied. To the experimental group, newly designed program was conducted by three project experts(1 expert, 1 dentist, 1 dental hygienist). It consisted of 5 sessions and progressed with various activities. It was focused on achieving target knowledge and changing oral health behavior. In order to evaluate the designed educational program, learners' achievement was evaluated with implementing the questionnaire and one-on-one interviews. And also the oral health improvement was evaluated based on change of Patient Hygiene Performance(PHP) index. Results: Based on the results of learners' achievement, the experimental group showed the significant increment of the oral health knowledge by the relapsed time, and it maintained after finished the program(p<0.001). The patient hygiene performance index showed not significant changed(p>0.05), but 1 month later the control group showed an increment of the PHP score, but the experimental group showed a decrement of it. Conclusions: Oral health promotion program by project approach could give a long-lasting educational effect to the children and encouraged proper oral hygiene behavioral changes.

• 한국치위생학회지
• /
• 제23권5호
• /
• pp.351-360
• /
• 2023

Objectives: This study is based on a visiting oral health care intervention program in the community care. This qualitative study was conducted through in-depth interviews to identify awareness and attitudes regarding intervention program among older adults. Methods: The research team visited the homes of the target older adults and conducted in-depth interviews for approximately an hour using a semi-structured questionnaire. The collected voice recordings were transcribed using Clova Note, and AI program by Naver. Using the 'Word Cloud Generator 3.7' program, words of high importance and interest from interview answers were extracted, visualized, and analyzed. Results: Participating older adults acknowledged that their quality of life related to oral health could be improved by increasing the level of oral health awareness and oral health knowledge through the intervention program. In addition, the older adults indicated that their oral hygiene management ability improved compared to before the intervention through expert oral hygiene management and oral health education. Further, as the level of oral health knowledge increased, so too did satisfaction with the intervention program increase. Conclusions: The intervention program for visiting oral health care showed a positive effect on the awareness and attitude of older adults. Thus, it is suggested that education for continuous competency enhancement of dental hygienists and multidisciplinary education for the improvement of general health and quality of life of older adults should be promoted.

• 치위생과학회지
• /
• 제14권2호
• /
• pp.214-222
• /
• 2014

본 연구는 취약계층 아동의 구강건강증진과 구강건강생활 실천 활성화를 위해 일부 지역사회의 보건소와 지역사회 내 치위생학과 및 지역아동센터를 바른 구강건강생활 실천 을 도모할 수 있는 협의체로 구성하여 운영한 계속구강건강관리 프로그램이 취약계층 아동들의 구강건강관련 행동에 미치는 영향을 파악하여 얻은 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 구강건강증진 프로그램 운영 전 고학년에 비해 저학년의 구강보건지식 수준이 낮은 것으로 나타났고(p<0.05), 이는 프로그램 운영 후에서 동일한 양상을 나타냈다(p<0.05). 또한 프로그램 운영 후 저학년과 고학년 구강보건지식 수준이 증가하였고, 이는 통계적으로 유의하였다(p<0.001). 2. 구강건강증진 프로그램 운영 전후 구강보건인식 변화를 비교한 결과, '내가 무엇을 하든지 치아우식증은 생길 것이다'에 대한 인식은 프로그램 운영 전후 모두 긍정적인 태도가 높았다(p<0.05). 3. 탄산음료 섭취 비율은 프로그램 운영 전 저학년과 고학년은 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 있었으며(p<0.05), 과자섭취 비율은 저학년의 경우 프로그램 운영 후 먹지 않는 비율이 높아졌고, 고학년의 경우 주 1~2회 먹는 비율이 다소 증가하였다(p<0.05). 4. PHP index의 변화는 프로그램 전에는 저학년에 비해 고학년이 치면세균막 관리 능력이 우수하였으나(p<0.05), 프로그램 운영 후에는 학년별의 차이가 없이 모든 학년에서 관리능력이 향상되었다(p<0.001). 이상의 결과로 볼 때 지역사회 협의체를 통한 구강건강증진 프로그램 운영 전후 구강보건지식, 인식, 행동의 변화가 긍정적으로 변화하였으므로 취약계층 아동의 구강건강생활을 실천을 도모할 수 있도록 지역사회 내 다양한 자원과 연계하여 지역사회 자원을 적극적으로 활용해야 할 것이며, 다양한 자원의 적극적인 지지가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• 치위생과학회지
• /
• 제12권2호
• /
• pp.139-144
• /
• 2012

본 연구는 2007년부터 시작된 대전 양치교실사업의 효과를 평가하고자 양치교실 실험군 59명과 대조군 60명을 대상으로 하여 2011년 6월- 9월까지 구강검사와 COHIP를 비롯한 설문조사를 실시하였다. 두 군 간의 경제적 상태와 주관적인 건강인식에 차이를 보여 이들 변수를 통제한 후 자료를 분석한 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 양치교실이 있는 실험군은 대조군과 비교하여 우식경험영구치수, 우식경험영구치면수 모두에서 유의한 차이가 없었다. 2. 양치교실이 있는 실험군은 대조군과 비교하여 치면세균막지수는 유의하게 낮았다(p<0.05). 3. 양치교실이 있는 실험군은 대조군과 비교하여 아동구강건강관련 삶의 질이 유의하게 양호하였다(p<0.01). 4. 양치교실이 있는 실험군은 대조군과 비교하여 불소와 치아홈메우기 사업에 관한 지식이 유의하게 높았다(p<0.01). 5. 양치교실이 있는 실험군은 대조군과 비교하여 구강보건행위면에서 유의한 차이를 보이지는 않았다. 6. 대조군이 양치교실이 있는 실험군과 비교하여 학교집단잇솔질사업에 관한 긍정적인 태도를 보였다(p<0.05) 따라서, 초등학교 양치교실사업은 치면세균막지수 감소효과와 구강건강 관련 삶의 질 증진효과를 가지고 있으나 치아우식경험도를 감소시키기 위해서는 부가적인 치아우식예방법이 요구되며 양치교실 운영시 양치교실이 효율적으로 이용될 수 있도록 운영방안과 학생들의 동기를 유발할 수 있는 프로그램 개발이 필요하다고 사료되었다.

• 통합자연과학논문집
• /
• 제4권2호
• /
• pp.143-148
• /
• 2011

This study was to promote the business of school dental health program in community area and to present the improvement of oral health between public health center's group of SungDong elementary school, one that started on March 1999, and the control group that is going to operate school oral health center from 2009 in primary school. It was based on the data of more than 10 years running school based oral health section. We compared the data of SungDong group with the one of control group to get a survey of dental caries experience. The preventive effect of the caries was estimated by the difference of DMFT indices between the sample group and control group. The experience rate of caries of the sample was 12.6 percentage lower than the control group and index of the experience rate of caries for the SungDong group was two times less. It showed that the sealing rate of the SungDong group composed of pit and fissure sealant was 67.7 percentage high. The prevention rate which was calculated by DMFT index was 46.34 percentage in the SungDong group that was the highest score for the fifth grade student as a 60.5 percentage. This program contributes to the improvement of the dental caries reduction in this school oral health promotion program.

• 한국치위생학회지
• /
• 제6권4호
• /
• pp.455-467
• /
• 2006

Demand for appropriate health care has gradually increased in Korea. In addition, developments of community- and school-based oral health programs have also focused oral health care for the oral health promotion. Especially, school-based oral health programs are the underpinnings of promoting oral health and preventing oral diseases among schoolchildren. School-based oral health programs have had three major components: oral health education, oral health services, and a healthful environments. These included oral health education(one-to-one communication, group communication, and use of mass communication), oral examination, fluoride mouthrinsing, pit-and-fissure sealants, fluoride gel application, mechanical plaque control, and chewing xylitol candy. In this study, we evaluate the effects of oral health programs among primary schoolchildren by comparing the oral health knowledge, oral health behaviors, and perception of caries prevention procedures. Data for this study were obtained from 699 primary schoolchildren at the two primary school in Daegu, Korea. One is experimental group, N primary school, that was established school-based oral health center under supervision of Nam-gu Public Health Center, the other is control group, N' primary school, that was yet to establish school-based oral health center. We surveyed children's oral health knowledge and behaviors, and perception of caries prevention procedures using self-administrated questionnaire and then analyzed differences of each item among two groups. The brief findings of this study were summarized as follows. There are several advantage to a comprehensive school-based oral health program. (1) School-based oral health programs facilitate and increase the effectiveness of teaching oral health subjects. (2) Schoolchildren are available for prevention or treatment procedure. (3) School-based oral health center may be less threating than private dental clinic. (4) With comprehensive school-based oral health programs the decayed, missing, and filled teeth(DMFT) of schoolchildren should demonstrate a substantial and steady decrease over time(Choi et al, 2004). In conclusion, treatment is not the answer to solving children's oral health programs; rather primary prevention is the key. Many countries and communities are focusing on hoe millions of underprivileged children can be provided with health care. Schoolchildren gain the knowledge and behaviors to attain and maintain good oral health in schools. For these reasons, the role of school-based oral health center is not only important but also a necessity.

• 대한치과의사협회지
• /
• 제48권6호
• /
• pp.443-453
• /
• 2010

We examined progress in oral health of Korean 5 year olds children and dental public health infrastructure since the National Health Promotion Plan 2010 Oral Health Objectives were issued. We summarize trends in the prevalence of dental caries and trends in national public oral health program activities and budget. The Oral Health Objectives were achieved in 2006. Oral health in Korean preschool children improved considerably by improving of lifestyle and consumption of fluoride containing toothpaste. Although the number of public oral health center and the budget of oral health education were increased, the impact of public oral health program for preschool children was not influential. New oral health program for infants such as fluoride varnish application and strengthening of existing public oral health program should be performed for continuing improvement of oral health in Korea.