Health and Oral Health related knwoledge, attitudes and behaviors - a study of secondary school students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. A cross sectional study of 16-20 year old students
dc.contributor.author | Nyamuryekunge, Kasusu Klint | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-14T12:58:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-11-14T12:58:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-05-18 | eng |
dc.date.submitted | 2012-05-18 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1956/6187 | |
dc.description.abstract | Aim: To assess the socio-demographic distribution, relationship and levels of health and oral health related knowledge, attitudes and behaviors among secondary school students in Dar-es-Salaam region, Tanzania. Methods: A cross-sectional survey by means of a self-administered questionnaire to 1934 secondary school students aged 16-20 (mean age 16.9 years). A one stage, proportionate, cluster sampling technique was used, and covered 18 schools from three districts. Results: Regular tooth brushing was widely practiced by 78.9% of the students. The hygiene behavior levels were low. Hand washing with soap was the least performed hygiene behavior (21.6%) and its performance was greatly influenced by wealth index, gender and parental education. Levels of physical activities were low overall; females had a higher level of physical inactivity as compared to males. Belonging in the wealthiest quartile was associated with higher frequencies of consumption of sugary foodstuffs and fast foods, although having a parent with a high level of education was associated with an increased consumption of fruits and vegetables. Levels of alcohol use were moderately high (25.5%) whereas those of cigarette consumption were low (6.7%). Usage of both substances was more prevalent in male students. Levels of dental attendance were low (19.0%) and were associated with belonging in the wealthiest quartile and having a parent with a high level of education. Conclusion: A socio-economic and gender vector was apparent and varied greatly in many of the assessed behaviors. Overall levels of students' health and oral health related knowledge and attitudes were good. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | eng |
dc.language.iso | eng | eng |
dc.publisher | The University of Bergen | eng |
dc.subject | Oral health | eng |
dc.subject | Health | eng |
dc.subject | Socio-economics | eng |
dc.subject | Health related knowledge | eng |
dc.subject | Adolescents | eng |
dc.subject | Tanzania | eng |
dc.subject | Africa | eng |
dc.title | Health and Oral Health related knwoledge, attitudes and behaviors - a study of secondary school students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. A cross sectional study of 16-20 year old students | en_US |
dc.type | Master thesis | |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright the author. All rights reserved | |
dc.description.degree | Master of philosophy in international health | |
dc.description.localcode | MAMD-INTH | |
dc.description.localcode | INTH395 | |
dc.subject.nus | 769913 | eng |
fs.subjectcode | INTH395 |