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BEhavioral EConomics for Oral Health iNnovation Trial

NCT03576326 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 244

Last updated 2025-09-19

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Summary

This Phase II stratified randomized prevention trial will assess the efficacy of a behavioral economic theory-based financial incentive drawing program versus a control regimen to promote early childhood caries (ECC) preventive health behaviors (toothbrushing performance) for young children of predominantly Latino parents/caregivers in Early Head Start (EHS) and day care center programs.

Conditions

  • Toothbrushing
  • Dental Plaque
  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Oral Hygiene
  • Dental Caries

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Drawing Incentive

The Monetary Reward intervention is a drawing reward, in which participants are eligible for weekly rewards based on toothbrushing performance.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Stuart Gansky, DrPH · University of California, San Francisco

  • Francisco Ramos-Gomez, DDS, MS, MPH · University of California, Los Angeles

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
47 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-05-09
Primary Completion
2021-05-13
Completion
2021-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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