Factors Affecting Dental Caries Preventive Behaviors among School Children Grade 5 and 6 in Tambon Watthana Nakhon, Amphoe Watthana Nakhon, Changwat Sa Kaeo-ปัจจัยที่มีผลต่อพฤติกรรมการป้องกันโรคฟันผุของนักเรียนประถมศึกษาปีที่ 5 และ 6 ตำบลวัฒนานคร อำเภอวัฒนานคร จังหวัดสระแก้ว (original) (raw)

Journal of Health Science, 2012

Abstract

The objective of this analytical study was to investigate predisposing factors, enabling factors and reinforcing factors affecting dental caries preventive behaviors of schoolchildren. The subjects of this study included 287 schoolchildren grade 5 and 6 from 6 schools located in Watthana Nakhon Sub-district, Watthana Nakhon District, Sa Kaeo Province. The investigation included predisposing factors, namely knowledge and attitude towards dental caries; the enabling factors, namely accessibility to dental health service, snack-food sources and dental hygiene accessories sources; and the reinforcing factors, namely social supports and awareness of dental care information, respectively. The data were collected through structured questionaires and analyzed for factors affecting dental caries, preventive behaviors using multiple regression analysis by stepwise method. The study was conducted from May to December, 2007. The result showed that 50.2 percent of the subjects were femal...

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