Randomized Trial of Motivational Interviewing to Prevent Early Childhood Caries in American Indian Children.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In a randomized controlled trial, the effectiveness of motivational interviewing (MI) combined with enhanced community services (MI + ECS) was compared with ECS alone for reducing dental caries in American Indian children on the Pine Ridge Reservation. The intervention was developed and delivered with extensive tribal collaboration.

Methods

A total 579 mother-newborn dyads were enrolled and randomized to the MI + ECS and ECS groups. They were followed for 36 mo. Four MI sessions were provided, the first shortly after childbirth and then 6, 12, and 18 mo later. Both groups were exposed to ECS, which included public service announcements through billboards and tribal radio, as well as broad distribution of brochures on behavioral risk factors for early childhood c

SUBMITTER: Batliner TS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6139581 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature