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Tooth Smart Healthy Start: Oral Health Advocates in Public Housing

NCT01205971 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2842

Last updated 2018-02-13

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Summary

Dental caries is the most common chronic disease of childhood and is increasing in prevalence in children 2-5 years old. Racial and ethnic minority groups as well as economically disadvantaged individuals are affected the most by this health outcome. This study will test if a community-based multimodal intervention will reduce 2-year incidence of early childhood caries (ECC) in children aged 0-5 living in public housing developments. The intervention combines the components of motivational interviewing (counseling) delivered by dental health advocates, fluoride varnish application, oral health assessment and referral. The investigators hypothesize that the multimodal intervention with motivational interviewing will reduce ECC behavioral risk factors thereby leading to a reduction of ECC incidence when compared to fluoride varnish application, written oral health education materials and oral health assessment and referral.

Conditions

  • Dental Caries in Children

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Motivational Interviewing

Motivational interviewing is delivered by trained public housing residents, every 3 months for a total of 8 sessions over 24 months.

BEHAVIORAL

Dental Preventive Services

Written oral health educational materials

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

    collaborator NIH

  • Boston University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michelle M Henshaw, DDS, MPH · Boston University

  • Belinda Borrelli, PhD · Brown University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-12-23
Completion
2016-12-23

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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