Studies on a program of dental health education for mothers with infants

摘要本研究旨在探讨幼儿母亲的口腔健康行为及对口腔健康的需求。研究对象为1994年2月至4月在广岛社区卫生中心提交怀孕通知的1468名孕妇。问卷在口腔健康行为评估工具HU-DBI的基础上增加了对口腔健康的需求和关注等内容，分4次发放给被试（孕早期和产后4个月、9个月和18个月）。每次向回答调查表的母亲邮寄有关妇幼牙齿健康的传单。分析对象为614名母亲（平均早孕年龄28.0岁），她们通过邮件回复了所有问卷。主要结果如下：1。分娩后HU-DBI平均评分明显高于分娩前。从预防牙周病的角度，论述了孕期进行口腔健康指导的重要性，特别强调了对母亲牙龈的指导。母亲对口腔健康的需求较高，例如，绝大多数母亲希望为自己进行口腔健康检查。母亲们在孩子出生后大约9个月开始非常关注孩子的口腔健康。这些发现表明，从怀孕到分娩后18个月，对母亲进行系统的牙齿健康教育是很重要的。

The purpose of this study was to examine the dental health behavior and the needs toward the oral health among mothers with a young child. The subjects were 1468 pregnant women who gave in the notices of pregnancy at community health centers in Hiroshima from February to April in 1994. The questionnaires added the items such as the needs and conceins toward the oral health to HU-DBI,which was an instrument for assessing dental health behavior, were sent to the subjects four times (when they were early pregnant and at four, nine, and eighteen months after childbirth). The mother who answered a questionnaire was mailed the leaflet concerned with the maternal and child dental health every time. The analyzed subjects were 614 mothers (mean age 28.0 yrs at early pregnant), who replied to all of the questionnaires sent by mail. The main results were as follows :1.The mean score of HU-DBI was significantly greater after childbirth than before childbirth. The importance of giving dental health guidance at pregnant was discussed, especially laid emphasis on mother's gingiva from the point of view of preventing the periodontal disease.2.The needs toward oral health among mothers was high, for example a large majority of mothers hoped the oral health check-up for themselves.3.The mothers were much concerned with their child's oral health from about nine months after childbirth.These findings suggest that it is important to educate about dental health for mothers from being pregnant to eighteen months after childbirth systematically.