Co-design of an oral health intervention (HABIT) delivered by health visitors for parents of children aged 9-12 months.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dental caries (tooth decay) in children is a national public health problem with impacts on the child, their family and wider society. Toothbrushing should commence from the eruption of the first primary tooth. Health visitors are a key provider of advice for parents in infancy and are ideally placed to support families to adopt optimal oral health habits. HABIT is a co-designed complex behaviour change intervention to support health visitors' oral health conversations with parents during the 9-12-month universal developmental home visit.

Methods

A seven stage co-design process was undertaken: (1) Preparatory meetings with healthcare professionals and collation of examples of good practice, (2) Co-design workshops with parents and health visitors, (3) Resource dev

SUBMITTER: Owen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9508763 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature