Oral health behavior among school children aged 11-13 years in Saveh, Iran: an evaluation of a theory-driven intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Good oral health (OH) is essential for physical, social, mental health, and overall quality of life. This study assessed the usefulness of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) in changing oral health-related behaviors among school children aged 11-13 years in Saveh, Iran.

Methods

In this descriptive before and after study, participants were sixth-grade students at single sex primary schools in Saveh city, Iran. We recruited 356 school children in 2019. Using simple random sampling, a male and a female school per district were allocated to the experimental group and the remaining schools to the control group. Our planned oral health education consisted of four one-hour training sessions over 1 week. The first session familiarized the participants with important inf

SUBMITTER: Karimy M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7552527 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature