An oral health awareness comparison between private businessmen and forwarding agents

초록

This study was performed to enhance the concern about oral health and introduce the importance about awareness and knowledge by ascertaining differences according to working types and environmental characteristics. This study was conducted with two target groups, 70 businessmen and 70 forwarding agents in Samcheok-si, Gangwon-do by a self-administered questionnaire survey included items regarding general characteristic, oral health surroundings care & living habit, oral health awareness & practice, and oral health concern from May 23, 2016 to May 31, 2016. And the collected data was analyzed by frequency analysis and t-test in SPSS v19.0. The result showed there were significant differences between two target groups in awareness about halitosis, auxiliary oral hygiene devices, dental health insurance, and experience & importance about oral health education. This is an important factor that influences the effectiveness of education by finding out what workers want to know, what they want to learn, or what they need to know for themselves or their oral health promotion. The necessity of oral health education should be perceived and promoted through checking oral health surroundings care and analyzing awareness about oral health education experience & importance between two target groups. © 2016 SERSC.

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