Recognition of Oral Health Behavior in Korean Migrant Women
AUTHORS
Sun-Ju Jang,Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Gimcheon University, Samlak-dong Gimcheon-si,Gyeongsangbukdo, 740-704, Korea
Hye-Jin Kim,Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Doneui University, Gaya 1-dong Busanjin-gu, Busan 614-714 Korea
ABSTRACT
This study distributed questionnaires to multicultural women in Daejeon, Daegu and some parts of Gyeongbuk from June through September 2017 and collected them immediately. This study described the research goals and purposes for the selected multicultural women and excluded the subjects who refused to participate in the research. In addition, for the multicultural women’s proficiency in Korean, those who were unable to communicate in Korean in preliminary liaison were excluded. In oral health behavior according to general characteristics, there were significant differences according to age, marital status, length of residence in Korea and proficiency in Korean (* p<.05, **p<.005, *** p<.001), while in functional oral health literacy, there were significant differences according to age, marital status and proficiency in Korean (* p<.05, *** p<.001).
KEYWORDS
Multicultural, Women, Oral, Health, Behavior, Perception, Migrant