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Oral health education through Anganwadis

Impact of an education training package to Anganwadi workers for improving oral health knowledge among mother-child dyads in Kerala, India. - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/07/090759
Enrollment
100
Registered
2025-07-11
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-01

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: K025- Dental caries on pit and fissure surface

Interventions

Intervention1: Oral health education training package to mother-child dyads through Anganwadi workers in Corporation of Cochin, Kerala : Training of Anganwadi workers will be done based on the trainin

Sponsors

The Borrow Foundation
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: -Oral health training will be provided to the Anganwadi teachers in the selected Anganwadi centres. - Trained Anganwadi teachers conduct oral health education sessions for the beneficiaries, such as Children in the age group of 3 to 6 years and their mothers who belong to the respective Anganwadi centre.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Anganwadi teachers not willing to be a part of the study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Acceptability: Number of Anganwadi centres initially accepting to participate in the training. Coverage: Determined by calculating the reach of the program, represented as the number of Anganwadi centres implementing the training package. Adoption: Number of trained Anganwadi workers delivered oral health education to the mothers in a month. Fidelity: Number of Anganwadi workers adopted the training module as original described in manual. Timepoint: 6 months

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
- Current oral hygiene practices, facilitators and barriers to implement oral health education training package among Anganwadi workers, parents and other key stakeholders. Timepoint: 6 months

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Vineetha Karuveettil

Amrita School of Dentistry, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

sekarcandra@gmail.com9481789572

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 11, 2026