An Evidence-Based Digital Prevention Program to Improve Oral Health Literacy of People With a Migration Background: Intervention Mapping Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies in Germany have shown that susceptible groups, such as people with a migration background, have poorer oral health than the majority of the population. Limited oral health literacy (OHL) appears to be an important factor that affects the oral health of these groups. To increase OHL and to promote prevention-oriented oral health behavior, we developed an evidence-based prevention program in the form of an app for smartphones or tablets, the Förderung der Mundgesundheitskompetenz und Mundgesundheit von Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund (MuMi) app.

Objective

This study aims to describe the development process of the MuMi app.

Methods

For the description and analysis of the systematic development process of the MuMi app, we used the intervention mappin

SUBMITTER: Weil MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10214121 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature