Factors Related to Oral Health Care Behaviors in of Children Aged 3-5 Years Among Parents in Ban Phot Subdistrict, Nong Phai District, Phetchabun Province

Abstract

This study aimed to examine general demographic factors, predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors, as well as the oral health care behaviors of parents in children aged 3-5 years. It also investigated the relationship between these factors and parental oral health care behaviors in Ban Phot Subdistrict, Nong Phai District, Phetchabun Province. The PRECEDE Framework was applied for the analysis. This research was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample group consisted of 125 parents of children aged 3-5 years residing in the study area. Data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, and Pearson’s correlation coefficients. The findings revealed that general demographic factors, including the child’s oral health condition, along with predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors, were significantly associated with parents’ oral health care behaviors for their children at the 0.05 level of statistical significance. This study highlights the importance of promoting knowledge, positive attitudes, access to oral health care products, dental care services and support from information sources and surrounding individuals to sustainably improve oral health care behaviors among young children aged 3-5 years.