TY  - JOUR
T1  - Studying the Relationship between Oral Health Literacy Level, Oral Health Attitudes and Behavior in Students
A1  - Ran An
A1  - Wen-Feng Chen
A1  - Siyu Li
A1  - Zitong Wu
A1  - Meizi Liu
A1  - Muhammad Sohaib
JF  - Turkish journal of Dental Hygiene
JO  - Turk J Dent Hyg
SN  - 3062-3472
Y1  - 2025
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
DO  - 10.51847/0ZSkzNYgdk
SP  - 39
EP  - 45
N2  - Awareness of the status of oral health behaviors and community habits is essential for health system decision-making. The purpose of the present study was to explain the relationships between variables affecting oral health behavior such as oral health literacy and oral health attitudes among students. The present study was a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted using a survey method. Data collection was conducted using a researcher-made and standardized questionnaire. In this study, a sample of 363 students was selected by simple random sampling and voluntarily participated in the study. The condition for entering the study was to be employed. Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 23 software. According to the results of this study, 81% of students achieved high scores in oral health literacy; the variables of age, gender, and level of education did not play an effective role in students' health literacy, attitudes, and oral health behavior; the relationship between health literacy and attitude was significant and inverse, and most students who had a negative attitude towards oral health literacy achieved low health literacy scores. In addition, there was no significant relationship between oral health attitude and behavior, but the relationship between oral health literacy and oral health behavior was significant and direct. According to the results, oral health literacy has a significant and inverse relationship with attitude and a significant and direct relationship with oral health behavior.
UR  - https://tsdp.net/article/studying-the-relationship-between-oral-health-literacy-level-oral-health-attitudes-and-behavior-in-thsshlnquu8turt
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