Awareness and educational needs towards the multicultural family in dental hygienists in public health center

Abstract

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to examine the awareness of dental hygienists in public health center towards multicultural family and educational needs to provide information on community oral health programs.Methods : The subjects were 74 recruited from 126 dental hygienists in 14 public dental clinics in Jeonbuk Province. A self-reported questionnaire was filled out by 64 dental hygienists in charge of dental health care. Data were anlatzed by the statistical package SPSS WIN 12.0.

Experience of migrant care and needs for cultural competence training among public health workers in Korea

“…According to previous Korean studies (Jang & Lee, 2014;Kim & Song, 2016;Lee, Kim, & Lee, 2012;Yang, Kwon, & Lee, 2012), 80.2%-92.9% of PHWs provided services to migrants, while only 14.3%-40.9% received cultural competence training. Jang and Lee (2014) indicated 95.3% of dental hygienists reported a need for additional training in culturally competent care. However, these studies were quantitative, revealing a lack of research on PHWs' migrant care experiences and cultural competence training needs.…”

“…However, the most effective way to educate health professionals in cultural competence is still uncertain (Horvat, Horey, Romios, & Kis-Rigo, 2014). According to previous Korean studies (Jang & Lee, 2014;Kim & Song, 2016;Lee, Kim, & Lee, 2012;Yang, Kwon, & Lee, 2012), 80.2%-92.9% of PHWs provided services to migrants, while only 14.3%-40.9% received cultural competence training. Jang and Lee (2014) indicated 95.3% of dental hygienists reported a need for additional training in culturally competent care.…”