Paediatric Dentistry Oral Health
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention consists of:
• Three interactive, classroom based oral health workshops, delivered by trained RiY-Student Research Fellows (RiY-SRFs) oral health champions.
• Further reinforcement
intervention and control group. This will roughly be a 2:1 or 3:1 ratio (as it is a feasibility trial, it will be a convenience proportion based pragmatically on the schools' form structure, timetabli
Sponsors
University of Leeds
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Selection of the schools: 1. Schools based in West Yorkshire. Ideally have an integrated or linked 6th form college. If it doesn’t have 6th form college,will rely on partnership with a participating school. 2. Have free school meal eligibility criteria of 13 and above (as a marker of deprivation of students). 3. Ofsted rating of the school showing ideally good,excellent or outstanding. But consideration of school who are improving is a possibility. 4. Willingness of schools to contract for data sharing agreement of basic demographics of pupils FSM and education attainment level (low medium high or other similar classification. Selection of 6th form peer educators: 1. Year 12 (13) students who are interested in joining the RiY enrichment. 2. Self-select with an interest in RiY or careers on STEM or education. 3. Consent and parental consent to take part in the programme. Key stage 3 pupils: 1. All year 7 students from participating forms that are medically fit to participate and can assent to participate. 2. Must understand spoken English (or have a support worker available to assist). 3. Must have written parental consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Unwilling to consent,participate,severe physical disability,unsafe airways,allergy to any materials being used. 2. Any KS3 pupils who have a medical concern e.g.,nil by mouth,severe physical disability and immunocompromised. 3. School assistant unavailable to support students who do not speak/understand English
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Feasibility outcomes: 1.Recruitment rate of participants, withdrawal, and acceptability of randomisation 2.Feasibility of training sixth form students as oral health educators 3.Feasibility of deploying dental foundation trainees 4.Ability to collect dental health data & link to school's data Saliva Sample collection for YUK Oral Bugs Project 5. Number of participants consenting to saliva sampling 6. Ability to collect samples in schools at baseline and Post intervention | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Clinical efficacy: 1. Change in toothbrushing skills via Plaque index & Gingival Index (baseline & post-intervention) 2. Knowledge/attitude/behaviour via Adapted WHO Oral Health questionnaire (baseline & post-intervention) 3. DMFT/deft score (recorded only at baseline) Process evaluation: 4. Questionnaires &interviews with key stakeholders (e.g., RiY-SRFs and teachers) to understand RiY experience, school logistics 5. Impact of RiY on school, Yr7 students, logistics and feasibility of student participation | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed