Zusman Shlomo P, Ramon Tirza, Natapov Lena, Kooby Eli
Division of Dental Health, Ministry of Health, 29 Rivka Street, Jerusalem, 90100 Israel.
Oral Health Prev Dent. 2007;5(4):271-8.
To gather epidemiological information on oral health knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of Israeli 12-year-olds.
A stratified, cluster, random and convenience sample of 12-year-old children was drawn. Stratification was by size of community, by administrative areas (regions) and by ethnicity (Jewish/other). The representative sample of 12-year-olds was asked to self-complete the questionnaire of ICS II, which was translated into Hebrew. The questions gather information regarding knowledge, attitude and dental health behaviour.
1294 children completed the questionnaire, of which 84% reported brushing their teeth once or more per day. Girls brushed 1.68 times more frequently than boys. Of the children, 64% had visited a dentist in the last year. The vast majority of the children (90%) expressed satisfaction with their last visit.
Oral health habits of 12-year-old Israeli children are comparable to those of other countries. The dental health education in Israel should focus health messages to different schoolchildren according to the differences found in this survey.
收集有关以色列12岁儿童口腔健康知识、态度和行为的流行病学信息。
抽取12岁儿童的分层、整群、随机且便利样本。分层依据社区规模、行政区（地区）和种族（犹太/其他）。要求具有代表性的12岁儿童自行填写翻译成希伯来语的ICS II问卷。这些问题收集有关知识、态度和牙齿健康行为的信息。
1294名儿童完成了问卷，其中84%报告每天刷牙一次或更多次。女孩刷牙频率比男孩高1.68倍。在这些儿童中，64%在过去一年看过牙医。绝大多数儿童（90%）对他们上次就诊表示满意。
以色列12岁儿童的口腔健康习惯与其他国家的儿童相当。以色列的牙齿健康教育应根据本次调查发现的差异，针对不同学童重点传达健康信息。
