Health belief model for empowering parental toothbrushing and sugar intake control in reducing early childhood caries among young children-study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It has been recognized that oral health education for parents is critical for preventing early childhood caries (ECC). Few parents practiced caries prevention procedures for their children in daily life, though. A novel intervention scheme using mobile messages will be developed in this study under the framework of the health belief model (HBM). The objective of the present randomized clinical trial (RCT) is to evaluate the effectiveness of the new scheme in promoting oral health of young children by reducing dental caries.

Methods

This RCT will involve 26-36 child care centers or kindergartens with nursery classes (clusters) located in Hong Kong. A total of 518-628 child-parent dyads (child age 18-30 months) will be recruited and randomly allocated at the cluster

SUBMITTER: Wang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9003160 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature