Factors influencing parental oral health care behaviors for preschool children in Mueang Phichit District, Phichit Province
Keywords:
Accessibility to product outlets, Advice and support from close persons, Receiving information and publicity from various media, Oral health care behavior.Abstract
This study utilized a cross-sectional analytical survey design to investigate the behaviors and factors influencing oral health care for preschool children among parents in Mueang Phichit District, Phichit Province. The sample consisted of 385 preschool children, selected through stratified random sampling. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis.
The results revealed that the majority of participants were female (66.8%), aged 25–34, with an education level below a bachelor's degree and an average monthly income of less than 10,000 THB. While most parents exhibited high levels of knowledge, attitudes, enabling factors, and reinforcing factors regarding preschool oral health care (53.5% – 80.8%), their actual oral health care behaviors were at a moderate level (76.1%). Six factors significantly predicted these behaviors, explaining 21.5% of the variance at a statistical significance level of 0.05. The most influential predictor was the purchase of oral health care products, followed by average monthly income, attitudes toward preschool oral health care, guidance and support from close associates, knowledge of oral health care, and exposure to public relations information from various media outlets (Beta = 0.686, 0.571, 0.508, 0.244, 0.225, and 0.165) respectively.
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