Effectiveness of "Safeguard Your Smile," an oral health literacy intervention, on oral hygiene self-care behaviour among Punjabi immigrants:A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research shows that immigrants have higher rates of oral diseases, poorer access to dental care services, and lower levels of health literacy than their Canadian-born peers. Oral health literacy has emerged as a potential pathway to reduce oral health disparities. The scarcity of studies on oral health literacy interventions, particularly among immigrants, lent urgency to this study, the purpose of which was to evaluate the effectiveness of an oral health literacy intervention promoting oral hygiene self-care behaviour among Punjabi immigrants.

Methods

The study used a parallel group, non-blinded, randomized controlled trial design. One hundred and forty (140) Punjabi immigrants between 18 and 60 years of age were enrolled. Participants were randomly allocated to

SUBMITTER: Kaur N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7533823 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature