Prevention of dental caries in young children Oral Health
Conditions
Interventions
Our multi-disciplinary research team, together with health visiting teams and parents of children aged 9–12 months, have co-designed training and materials (HABIT) to support oral health discussions b
Sponsors
University of Leeds
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Parents of a child aged 9-12 months old about to receive a universal home visit by a HABIT-trained Health Visitor. 2. Child with at least one erupted tooth
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Non-English-speaking families, as translator services were not available to the research team.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To assess the feasibility and acceptability of the HABIT intervention with Health Visitors and parents: 1. Recruitment, retention, and feasibility of intervention delivery measured as part of the descriptive analysis at baseline, 2 weeks and 3 months post HABIT-intervention. 2. Qualitative exploration was twofold. For health visiting teams, focus groups were undertaken after the HABIT intervention had been delivered to all parents. For parents, qualitative interviews were undertaken in the home setting shortly after the 3-month data collection visit. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To explore the impact of HABIT on oral health behaviors, a questionnaire collecting self-reported toothbrushing and dietary habits, plus three objective measures of parental supervised brushing (PSB) were collected at baseline, 2 weeks and 3 months after the intervention: 1. Teeth were examined for cavitated dentinal caries and restorations using the BASCD criteria 2. Children’s pre-brushing plaque levels per sextant using the Oral Hygiene Index 3. Duration of toothbrushing and parent-child interaction, using video recordings of parent-child toothbrushing | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactErin Giles
Outcome results
None listed