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Article: A cross-cultural comparison of dental health attitudes and behaviour among freshman dental students in Japan, Hong Kong and West China

TitleA cross-cultural comparison of dental health attitudes and behaviour among freshman dental students in Japan, Hong Kong and West China
Authors
KeywordsBehavioural science
Chinese
Cross-cultural comparison
Dental health attitudes
Japanese
Issue Date2001
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1875-595X
Citation
International Dental Journal, 2001, v. 51 n. 3, p. 159-163 How to Cite?
AbstractObjective: To clarify the differences in dental health attitudes/behaviour among freshman dental students. Design: Cross-cultural differences. Setting: Japan, Hong Kong and West China. Participants and methods: The original version of the Hiroshima University-Dental Behavioural Inventory (HU-DBI) was written in Japanese. After testing the validity of both English and Chinese versions, the original version of the HU-DBI was administered to 58 freshman Japanese dental students, the English version to 43 Hong Kong Chinese peers and the Chinese version to 39 West Chinese peers. Results: Significant cultural differences were found for 16 items out of 20. The most striking result was that the Japanese students were more likely to have used a dye to see how clean their teeth were, compared to their Chinese peers (P<0.001). The Chinese students were less likely to have a belief that they could clean their teeth well without using toothpaste (P<0.001), whereas higher percentages of the Chinese students worried about having bad breath (P<0.001 ). A higher percentage of the Hong Kong students reported that they regularly checked their teeth in a mirror than did their West Chinese or Japanese peers (P<0.05). Conclusions: There were considerable differences in dental health attitudes/ behaviour among freshman dental students in the three cultural groups. © 2001 FDI/World Dental Press.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/66471
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dc.contributor.authorKawamura, Men_HK
dc.contributor.authorYip, HKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHu, DYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorKomabayashi, Ten_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T05:46:38Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-06T05:46:38Z-
dc.date.issued2001en_HK
dc.identifier.citationInternational Dental Journal, 2001, v. 51 n. 3, p. 159-163en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0020-6539en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/66471-
dc.description.abstractObjective: To clarify the differences in dental health attitudes/behaviour among freshman dental students. Design: Cross-cultural differences. Setting: Japan, Hong Kong and West China. Participants and methods: The original version of the Hiroshima University-Dental Behavioural Inventory (HU-DBI) was written in Japanese. After testing the validity of both English and Chinese versions, the original version of the HU-DBI was administered to 58 freshman Japanese dental students, the English version to 43 Hong Kong Chinese peers and the Chinese version to 39 West Chinese peers. Results: Significant cultural differences were found for 16 items out of 20. The most striking result was that the Japanese students were more likely to have used a dye to see how clean their teeth were, compared to their Chinese peers (P<0.001). The Chinese students were less likely to have a belief that they could clean their teeth well without using toothpaste (P<0.001), whereas higher percentages of the Chinese students worried about having bad breath (P<0.001 ). A higher percentage of the Hong Kong students reported that they regularly checked their teeth in a mirror than did their West Chinese or Japanese peers (P<0.05). Conclusions: There were considerable differences in dental health attitudes/ behaviour among freshman dental students in the three cultural groups. © 2001 FDI/World Dental Press.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1875-595Xen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Dental Journalen_HK
dc.subjectBehavioural scienceen_HK
dc.subjectChineseen_HK
dc.subjectCross-cultural comparisonen_HK
dc.subjectDental health attitudesen_HK
dc.subjectJapaneseen_HK
dc.titleA cross-cultural comparison of dental health attitudes and behaviour among freshman dental students in Japan, Hong Kong and West Chinaen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailYip, HK: kevin.h.k.yip@hkusua.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1002/j.1875-595X.2001.tb00833.x-
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