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A partir de l'étude de sept cents étudiants âgés de 14 à 21 ans, trois cents ont été sélectionnés sur les critères suivants : s'être brosser les dents régulièrement et avoir un bilan de routine régulier chez un dentiste. Leurs réponses ont été analysées pour savoir si leur connaissance et leur comportement correspondaient au modèle de croyance de la santé de Rosenstok Hochbaum. Nous avons découvert qu'ils connaissaient peu les causes des maladies odontologiques, surtout ceux qui avaient déclarés se brosser les dents et consulter un dentiste régulièrement. Ceci nous fait mettre en doute l'application du modèle de la conduite de santé de Rosenstok-Hochbaum, pour prévenir les maladies odontologiques.

Abstract
Applicability of Rosenstock-Hochbaum Health Behaviour Model of prevention of periodontal disease in Enugu students

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 dental diseases.