* Targeting individual empowerment to raise leaders for local oral health promotion in Japan.
- The purpose of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of human resources for health promotion advocacy in a rural community. A 16-item questionnaire was sent to 1000 residents of a rural Japanese town. Items concerned demographics, participation in organizational activities, awareness of volunteer activities, and willingness to participate in community-based oral health activities. Responses were measured on a 5-point scale. The response rate was 57.4%. To reveal potential factors from the distribution of responses, a principal component analysis was performed, and 4 components were extracted. The components were interpreted as "Municipality initiative," "Personal initiative," "Worth volunteering," and "Internal health locus of control (HLC)," respectively. The results of multiple regression analysis using the above components stratified by gender and age- group revealed that potential leaders in oral health activities in Japan are presently participating in social activities of their own accord and highly value volunteer activity. Target groups are senior males and middle-aged females.
=>反応, 応答, 返答, 返報, 反響, 答唱句
Overview of noun response
The noun response has 7 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (11) response -- (a result; "this situation developed in response to events in Africa")
2. (11) reaction, response -- (a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent
stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age")
3. (6) answer, reply, response -- (a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a
question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote
replies to several of his critics")
4. (4) reception, response -- (the manner in which something is greeted; "she did not expect the
cold reception she received from her superiors")
5. (1) response -- (a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest
or minister)
6. reply, response -- (the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his
reply")
7. response -- (the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal
or a range of input signals)
--- WordNet end ---