Boyer E M
College of Dentistry, the University of Iowa, Iowa City 55242, USA.
J Dent Hyg. 1995 May-Jun;69(3):122-9.
The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between Iowa dental hygienists' career promotional behaviors and (1) attitudes about career satisfaction, (2) beliefs about the job market, (3) membership in the American Dental Hygienists' Association, (4) demographics, and (5) employment characteristics.
In February 1993, questionnaires were mailed to a stratified random sample of 467 Iowa dental hygienists licensed and residing in the state of Iowa. Participation in four career promotional behaviors was ascertained as well as several independent variables. The data were analyzed with frequency distributions, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and chi-square statistics.
An adjusted response rate of 92.3% was achieved (N=423 respondents). The majority of respondents (79.1%) recommended a career in dental hygiene, but fewer than 20% participated in a dental hygiene career day, gave an undesignated monetary gift to a dental hygiene education program, or donated to a dental hygiene scholarship fund. The independent variables were not related consistently to each of the career promotional activities.
It appears that career promotional behaviors are multifaceted and require additional research to elucidate the interrelationships and enhance coordinated approaches to dental hygiene career recruitment.
本研究旨在调查爱荷华州牙科保健员的职业推广行为与以下方面的关系：（1）对职业满意度的态度；（2）对就业市场的看法；（3）美国牙科保健员协会会员资格；（4）人口统计学特征；（5）就业特征。
1993年2月，向居住在爱荷华州并持有该州执照的467名爱荷华州牙科保健员的分层随机样本邮寄问卷。确定了四种职业推广行为以及几个自变量。使用频率分布、皮尔逊相关系数和卡方统计量对数据进行分析。
调整后的回复率为92.3%（N = 423名受访者）。大多数受访者（79.1%）推荐牙科保健员职业，但不到20%的人参加过牙科保健员职业日活动、向牙科保健教育项目赠送过未指定用途的金钱礼物或向牙科保健奖学金基金捐款。自变量与各项职业推广活动之间的关系并不一致。
职业推广行为似乎是多方面的，需要进一步研究以阐明其中的相互关系，并加强牙科保健员职业招聘的协调方法。
