Awareness of Maternity Protection Policy among Dentists and Dental Hygienists
Background: This study was conducted to investigate the awareness of maternity protection policy among dentists and dental hygienists, identify maternity protection policies with low awareness, and determine whether there are differences in awareness depending on the occupation of dental professiona...
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The Korean Society of Dental Hygiene Science
2025-03-01
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| description | Background: This study was conducted to investigate the awareness of maternity protection policy among dentists and dental hygienists, identify maternity protection policies with low awareness, and determine whether there are differences in awareness depending on the occupation of dental professionals and the presence of children.
Methods: We conducted face-to-face and online surveys with dentists and dental hygienists working in dental medical institutions, and analyzed the data of a total of 165 people. In order to determine awareness of maternity protection policy, 19 maternity protection systems were structured to respond with ‘know’ or ‘don’t know’, and one question was designed to survey overall awareness of maternity protection systems.
Results: The study subjects were 23.0% dentists and 77.0% dental hygienists. The overall subjective awareness of the maternity protection policy was 1.53 out of 4 points on average, and by job title, the group of dentists as business owners had the highest subjective awareness at 2.0 points, which was statistically significantly higher than the group of dentists as office workers and dental hygienists as team members (p<0.05). Those with children had higher awareness of all maternity protection policies than those without children.
Conclusion: In order to prevent career breaks in dental personnel and to balance work and family life, both employers and employees of dental medical institutions need to correctly understand the maternity protection policy. To this end, the government and dental personnel-related organizations should specifically publicize the changing maternity protection policy, and dental medical institutions should create a working environment where employees can utilize the maternity protection policy according to their life cycle. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5d1dc4ed9faa435f9da41fafc7935a672025-08-20T01:49:47ZengThe Korean Society of Dental Hygiene Science치위생과학회지2233-76792025-03-01251596610.17135/jdhs.2025.25.1.59Awareness of Maternity Protection Policy among Dentists and Dental HygienistsMi-Sook Yoon0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8029-128XDepartment of Dental Hygiene, Shinhan University, Uijeongbu 11644, KoreaBackground: This study was conducted to investigate the awareness of maternity protection policy among dentists and dental hygienists, identify maternity protection policies with low awareness, and determine whether there are differences in awareness depending on the occupation of dental professionals and the presence of children. Methods: We conducted face-to-face and online surveys with dentists and dental hygienists working in dental medical institutions, and analyzed the data of a total of 165 people. In order to determine awareness of maternity protection policy, 19 maternity protection systems were structured to respond with ‘know’ or ‘don’t know’, and one question was designed to survey overall awareness of maternity protection systems. Results: The study subjects were 23.0% dentists and 77.0% dental hygienists. The overall subjective awareness of the maternity protection policy was 1.53 out of 4 points on average, and by job title, the group of dentists as business owners had the highest subjective awareness at 2.0 points, which was statistically significantly higher than the group of dentists as office workers and dental hygienists as team members (p<0.05). Those with children had higher awareness of all maternity protection policies than those without children. Conclusion: In order to prevent career breaks in dental personnel and to balance work and family life, both employers and employees of dental medical institutions need to correctly understand the maternity protection policy. To this end, the government and dental personnel-related organizations should specifically publicize the changing maternity protection policy, and dental medical institutions should create a working environment where employees can utilize the maternity protection policy according to their life cycle.https://www.jkdhs.org/journal/view.html?doi=10.17135/jdhs.2025.25.1.59dental hygienistsdentistsmaternity protection policywork-family balance |
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