title: Applicability of Rosenstock-Hochbaum health behaviour model to prevention of periodontal disease in Enugu students.
abstract: From a survey of seven hundred students whose ages ranged from fourteen to twenty one, three hundred were selected on the basis of regular brushing and having seen a dentist for 'routine' check up. Their responses were analysed to see if their knowledge and behaviour conform to the Rosenstock-Hochbaum health belief model. It was found that they had little knowledge of the causes of dental diseases. Nevertheless they were those that brushed regularly and claimed to have gone for routine check up. This then casts some doubt about the applicability of Rosenstock-Hochbaum model of health behaviour to prevention of death diseases.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Preventive Dentistry, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria Enugu campus.
authors.forename: Etisiobi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ndiokwelu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014099:Toothbrushing