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Long-term Effects of a Lay Health Advisor Intervention on Immigrant Children's Caries

NCT04562675 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 55

Last updated 2020-09-24

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Summary

The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of a lay health advisor (LHA) intervention on immigrant children's caries and preventive behaviors.This randomized controlled trial included mother-child pairs in the intervention group (IG) and a brochure-only control group (CG), respectively. The IG received a four-week one-on-one session by an LHA on caries-related knowledge and brushing techniques. Baseline and follow-up surveys were used to collect the data in caries experience and maternal caries preventive behavior.

Conditions

  • Caries,Dental

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

LHA intervention

For the IG, a 4-hour lesson consisting of 4 chapters and leaflets was delivered over 4 weeks, with one chapter per hour per week. Each LHA visited the assigned mother in the IG four times in a 4-week period.

OTHER

brochure-only

brochure-only for control group (CG)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hsiao-Ling Huang · Kaohsiung Medical University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
22 Years
Max Age
48 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-08-27
Primary Completion
2015-10-31
Completion
2015-10-31

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