Testing of a dental student-administered multidisciplinary health promotion program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A multidisciplinary approach involving healthcare students for health promotion has been recommended. With this view, the primary phase of the integrated health promotion program (IHPP) was designed and pilot tested.

Methods

A pre-post-intervention study was conducted among 55 housewives of two self-help groups in India. The intervention consisted of a motivational interview, interactive session with a nutritionist, group discussion, personal hygiene training, and an illustrative reinforcement leaflet. Interventions were provided by trained dental students. The evaluation was based on outcomes from six tools specifically tailored for the program. These were the health self-regulation self-efficacy scale (HSSS), visual analogue scale (VAS) for self-health perceptio

SUBMITTER: Sharma A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6857359 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature