Long-Term Effects of a Randomized Maternal Education Trial in Rural Uganda: Implications for Child Oral Health.

ABSTRACT: The aim was to examine oral health among 5-6-year-old children whose mothers participated in a 6 months' cluster-randomized education trial in rural Uganda starting when their children were 6-8 months old. The education focused on nutrition, oral hygiene, and child stimulation. In the current follow-up study, 357/511 (70%) children from the original trial were available for data collection (200 in the intervention and 157 in the control group). Molar caries was assessed on intraoral photographs. Children and/or caregivers answered a WHO health questionnaire for collection of oral data. Dental practices were compared between the intervention and control group using multilevel mixed effect logistic regression accounting for clustering. The children in the intervention group had less caries c

SUBMITTER: Engh MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9651530 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature