Caries,Dental
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to clinically evaluate the effects of a school-based behavioral intervention, CATCH Healthy Smiles, to reduce the risk of dental caries in a cohort of kindergarten through 2nd grade (K-2) children serving low-income, ethnically-diverse children,to determine the impact of CATCH Healthy Smiles on child behavioral, psychosocial, and environmental outcomes beginning in K through 2nd grade, compared to children in the control schools and to examine the extent to which the child behavioral, psychosocial, and environmental factors mediate the improvements in child caries risk.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALComparison School Group
All control schools will receive training and materials for the CATCH sun safety curriculum. Ray and the Sunbeatables®: A Sun Safety Curriculum is an evidence-based curriculum educates children, parents and teachers about sun protection and promotes sun safety behaviors in an effort to reduce children's lifetime risk of developing skin cancer. Training will be conducted with booster trainings yearly.
BEHAVIORALIntervention School Group
This intervention includes toothbrushing which will be implemented as a daily activity to develop skills and technique,classroom curriculum, which includes theory-based interactive lessons on oral health care,the physical education component consisting of an activity box containing different structured physical activities that will integrate the nutrition and oral health education messages, all cafeteria-based intervention materials including the tooth friendly Eat Smart guide, signage, nutrition labeling, menu planning and labeling using the tooth-friendly Go-Slow-Whoa CATCH terminology will be provided to the food service staff that is displayed across the cafeteria and sent home to parents and parents will be provided with tools and tips for maintaining oral health with website resources,parent-child homework activities, send-home infographics on dental care, parent-monitored tracking of child oral health,family fun nights in schools, and social media.
Sponsors
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Masking description
For post measurements, all data collection staff will be blinded to the intervention status.
Intervention model description
Schools will be cluster randomized to the intervention or comparison group
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
5 Years to 9 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
For schools: * greater than 75% of the children enrolled in the dree/reduced school lunch program. * enrolling children in grade K in the 2021-2022 school year. * agree to implement the CATCH Healthy Smiles program and agreed to participate in the measurements For parent and child to participate in the measures: * ability of the parent to speak and read in English or Spanish at the 4th grade level, * child enrolled in the participating school in grade K in the 2021-2022 school year * child ability to participate in the regular activities at the school
Exclusion criteria
-No congenital dental conditions such as cleft palate, children with enamel hypoplasia, severe fluorosis, or special dental setting needs.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of tooth and tooth surfaces that became decayed or were treated for dental caries (by filling or extraction) | Baseline(beginning of kindergarten) |
| number of tooth and tooth surfaces that became decayed or were treated for dental caries (by filling or extraction) | end of year 3( second grade) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Child and parent behavioral, psychosocial and environmental factors will be measured using self-report surveys | Baseline | — |
| Number of times a child brushes their teeth a day | Baseline | — |
| Number of children with good oral hygiene as measured by the child plaque index | Baseline | The plaque score will be measured using the plaque index of Silness and Loe. Six teeth will be examined for presence of plaque/ materia alba and food remnants and calculus. The index will be a numerical score (0-3) as follows: 0 = No Debris or stain; 1 = Soft debris or stain covering no more than 1/3 of tooth surface; 2 = Soft debris or stain covering more than 1/3 of tooth surface and less than 2/3 of tooth surface; 3 = Soft debris or stain covering more than 2/3 of tooth surface. |
| Change in Child Oral health quality of life measured using parent self-report surveys | baseline, end of Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3 | — |
| Frequency of flossing teeth for the child measured using parent self-report surveys | Baseline | — |
| Change in Body Mass Index (BMI) | baseline, end of Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3 | Child height and weight measured at the school using stadiometers and digital scales respectively. |
| Child dietary intake as measured by the Block food frequency screener | Baseline | This tools helps to find out how many times a week different kinds of food was consumed and how much quantity of food was consumed each day |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed