國家衛生研究院 NHRI:Item 3990099045/3532
English  |  正體中文  |  简体中文  |  Items with full text/Total items : 12145/12927 (94%)
Visitors : 916492      Online Users : 1417
RC Version 6.0 © Powered By DSPACE, MIT. Enhanced by NTU Library IR team.
Scope Tips:
  • please add "double quotation mark" for query phrases to get precise results
  • please goto advance search for comprehansive author search
    •  Adv. Search
    Home ‧ Login ‧ Upload ‧ Help ‧ About ‧ Administer Goto mobile version


    Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://ir.nhri.org.tw/handle/3990099045/3532


    Title: School-level contextual factors associated with betel quid chewing among schoolchildren in Taiwan
    Authors: Huang, HL;Lee, CH;Yen, YY;Chen, T;Chen, FL;Ho, PS;Lai, TC;Tsai, WL;Hsu, CC
    Contributors: Center for Health Policy Research and Development
    Abstract: Objectives: Previous to this research, no literature had explored the clustering of betel quid chewing at the school-level and the contextual factors contributing to this behavior among elementary schoolchildren. This study therefore examines this in clusters stratified according to school geography and the rate of aboriginal students in each school. Individual-level characteristics are controlled in the study. Methods: The data used derive from student and parent surveys of the School Smoking Survey Project from a sampling of third and fourth grade children from 13 elementary schools in Tao-Yuan County, Taiwan (n = 1585). The individual- and school-level characteristics regarding betel quid chewing were estimated using multi-level logistic regression analysis. Results: Compared to their counterparts, students attending schools with higher percentages of aboriginal students (OR = 3.60, 95% CI: 1.31-9.95), or those schools located in a mountainous region (OR = 2.82, 95% CI: 1.19-6.70), were found to have a greater risk of chewing behavior. Other observed characteristics having a significant relationship to student chewing behavior were drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes. Conclusions: The new findings from this study suggest that the specific school attended is an important point of intervention. Therefore, effective policies and preventive programs should be strongly considered for implementation in schools that are putting students at the greatest risk for betel quid chewing behavior. Our study also confirmed the relationship between betel quid chewing, cigarette smoking, and alcohol drinking, suggesting that multifaceted intervention strategies need to be considered in regard to such behaviors among elementary schoolchildren. 2008 The Authors.
    Date: 2009-02
    Relation: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. 2009 Feb;37(1):58-67.
    Link to: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0528.2008.00442.x
    JIF/Ranking 2023: http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=NHRI&SrcApp=NHRI_IR&KeyISSN=0301-5661&DestApp=IC2JCR
    Cited Times(WOS): https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000262509600007
    Cited Times(Scopus): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=58449094035
    Appears in Collections:[Chih-Cheng Hsu] Periodical Articles

    Files in This Item:

    File Description SizeFormat
    SCP58449094035.pdf87KbAdobe PDF1111View/Open


    All items in NHRI are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved.

    Related Items in TAIR

    DSpace Software Copyright © 2002-2004  MIT &  Hewlett-Packard  /   Enhanced by   NTU Library IR team Copyright ©   - Feedback