Determinants of Oral Health Behaviour in Pre-schoolers: Application of the Theory of Health Belief Model

Pahrur Razi, Muhammad Rusdi, Asni Johari, Syahrial, Asrial, Sukmal Fahri

2021

Abstract

Oral and dental health behaviour greatly influences the occurrence of dental disease, where children aged five years have the highest incidence of dental disease, which is 93%. Regarding the use of healthy behaviour factors, people are still not aware that oral and dental health behaviour is only 2.8% in the five-year age group. This study aims to determine the predictive factors of oral health behaviour in pre-school children based on the theory of health belief model, Theory of Planned Behaviour and Social Cognitive Theory. The cross-sectional study method involved 200 mothers and children in the city of Jambi with a sampling technique using purposive sampling. The results showed that the mean standard deviation of the children's age was 5.6 ± 1.1 years (range 5-6), and 52% were girls. The mean (SD) score for oral health behaviour was 4, 8 (±1.9) out of 10. Regression analysis showed a positive relationship between all HBM, TPB and SCT structures on oral health behaviour. Conclude that Health Belief Model was an important predictor of children's oral health behaviour (p < 0.001). Effective promotional interventions can be designed based on these predictors to help improve children's oral hygiene behaviour.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Razi P., Rusdi M., Johari A., Syahrial., Asrial. and Fahri S. (2021). Determinants of Oral Health Behaviour in Pre-schoolers: Application of the Theory of Health Belief Model. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Determinants of Health - Volume 1: ICSDH, ISBN 978-989-758-542-5, pages 147-150. DOI: 10.5220/0010757400003235

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsdh21,
author={Pahrur Razi and Muhammad Rusdi and Asni Johari and Syahrial and Asrial and Sukmal Fahri},
title={Determinants of Oral Health Behaviour in Pre-schoolers: Application of the Theory of Health Belief Model},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Determinants of Health - Volume 1: ICSDH,},
year={2021},
pages={147-150},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010757400003235},
isbn={978-989-758-542-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Determinants of Health - Volume 1: ICSDH,
TI - Determinants of Oral Health Behaviour in Pre-schoolers: Application of the Theory of Health Belief Model
SN - 978-989-758-542-5
AU - Razi P.
AU - Rusdi M.
AU - Johari A.
AU - Syahrial.
AU - Asrial.
AU - Fahri S.
PY - 2021
SP - 147
EP - 150
DO - 10.5220/0010757400003235