Early Childhood Oral Health Promotio

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: early childhood dental caries; childhood obesity; Oral and Gastrointestinal - Other diseases of the mouth, teeth, oesophagus, digestive system including liver and colon; Public Health - Health promotion/education; Public Health - Epidemiology

• Registration Number: ACTRN12611000997954
• Lead Sponsor: Dental Health Service, Health department Western Australia

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-09-19
• Study Completion: 2018-11-14
• Last Update Posted: 13 July 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 919

Inclusion Criteria

parents with healthy new-born child attending their local child health/community health clinic for routine health check.

Exclusion Criteria

Children with developmental disabilities.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
caries incidence and increment.<br>Children will be examined for incidence of dental caries and the presence of enamel defects by blinded, calibrated examiners at 12, 24, 36 months of age, using the criteria specified by Workshop on Reporting Early Childhood Caries and modified Development Defects of Enamel Index.[At 12, 24, and 36 months of age];early childhood obesity[BMI at 12, 24, and 36 months of age]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
change in attitudes, self-efficacy and knowledge of parent/caregivers.<br>A questionnaire at baseline, 12 and 36 months will collect socio-demographic information as well as information on psychosocial measures comprising oral health-related self-efficacy, knowledge about appropriate baby bottle use and children's oral hygiene and belief in oral fatalism based on that operationalised by Finlayson et.al; parental stress and social support.[At 12 and 36 months of age]