[Primary Care and oral health promotion: Assessment of an educational intervention in school children].

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the short and medium term effectiveness of a Primary Care-driven oral health promotion intervention.

Design

A non-randomised community intervention trial.

Setting

Three socio-demographically similar primary schools of a deprived neighborhood in Granada, Spain.

Participants

Eighty-two intervention and 109 control students aged 5 to 6, as well as the teachers and the parent's association of the intervention school (IS) participated in the study.

Intervention

School-based health promotion activities aimed at students, and regular meetings with the teachers and parents of the IS during 2 consecutive years.

Main measurements

Students' oral health-related knowledge and behavior, assessed via questionnaires distributed before the in

SUBMITTER: Calderon Larranaga S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6839536 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug - Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature