Dental caries
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group: during the first 6 months, the caregivers of 150 children between 0 and 3 years old registred in Health Centers will receive a verbal guidance on oral health in early childhood at
after, they will be gathered together in the Health Center to receive a collective guidance on oral health in early childhood
and will be exposed to a Community campaign on oral health in early childhood. After the first 6 months, the caregivers of the children will be invited to participate in seven sessions of psychoeducat
Behavioural
Sponsors
Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Eligibility
Age
0 Years to 3 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: It will be included Primary Health Care Centers belonging to the urban area, that have family oral health team working for at least one year, at least 200 children from zero to five years old enrolled, offering postpartum care and childcare. All children enrolled in Primary Health Care Centers aged between 0 and 3 years old will be eligible to participate.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Primary Health Care Centers that are holding other interventions in oral or nutritional health, which have different work process will be excluded. It will be excluded children whose families wish to move in within six months of the baseline study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Early childhood caries reduction;Early childhood caries reduction will be assessed by oral examination in children using as criteria the index of decayed surfaces, extracted and restored due to caries (dmf-s) recommended by the World Health Organization (1997). Dental caries will be assessed in the baseline study and 18 months after implementation of the intervention. We expected to find a 25% reduction in the incidence of the mean number of carious surfaces (dmf-s index) in the experimental group compared to control. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvements on caregivers knowledge on children's oral health Improvements on children's oral health behaviors Improvements on children's and tehir family oral health quality of life;Improvements on knowledge, behavior and quality of life related to children's oral health will be assessed through a questionnaire that will be applied to caregivers. These outcomes will be evaluated at baseline study, 6 months and 18 months after the beginning of the intervention. We expected to find an improvement of at least 20% in reporting these outcomes in the intervention group compared to the control group. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactAndreia Cascaes
Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Outcome results
None listed