Factors affecting tooth brushing behavior in multicultural migrant women Kim Han-Hong1, Lim Jae-Ran2,*, Han Yang-Keum3 1Instrutor, Department of Dental Hygiene, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology, Daejeon, 34504, Korea 2Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology, Daejeon, 34504, Korea 3Associate Professor, Department of Dental Hygiene, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology, Daejeon, 34504, Korea *Corresponding Author: Jae-Ran Lim Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology, Korea Email: jrlim@hit.ac.kr
Online published on 16 October, 2018. Abstract This study was to provide basic data on oral health promotion development model after studying acculturative stress, self-esteem and tooth brushing related behaviors of multicultural migrant women. To gather data, a self-administered questionnaire was conducted on 173 multicultural migrant women. The highest frequency of tooth-brushing a day is 2 times. 64.2% of the respondents brush their teeth before going to bed. As the way of tooth-brushing, 50.3% use the rolling method. The percentage of those who did not receive oral health education was 70.5%, which was high. Also, the acculturative stress was higher if the tooth-brushing frequency was less, the tooth-brushing was not performed before going to bed, the Fones method was used as a way of tooth-brushing, and oral health education was not experienced at all. The self-esteem was higher if the number of tooth-brushing was more, the roll technique was used as a way of tooth-brushing, and oral health education was experienced. The factors influencing the number of tooth-brushing were age, oral health education experience, and self-esteem. It is necessary to develop an integrated program that provide systematic education and manage it continuously in order to increase knowledge of oral health. Top Keywords Acculturative Stress, Multicultural migrant women, Oral health related behavior, Self-esteem, Tooth-brushing frequency. Top |