Impact of health centre nurses on the reduction of Early Childhood Caries in Lima, Peru.
- Conditions
- Early childhood cariesdental caries, health care system
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON27605
- Lead Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the netherlands and University San Martin de Porres, Lima, Peru
- Brief Summary
Barriers to adopting and implementing an oral health programme for managing early childhood caries through primary health care providers in Lima, Peru <br> Eraldo Pesaressi, Rita S Villena, Wil JM van der Sanden, Jan Mulder and Jo E Frencken. BMC Oral Health 2014, 14:17.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 210
Inclusion Criteria
newborns during July and September 2014
Exclusion Criteria
newborns outside this period
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The intervention approach is intended to increase the knowledge of nurses about oral health and preventive measures, and increases the awareness about the importance of oral health for mothers who attend to the vaccination and well-child offices. It encourages nurses to look inside babies and infants mouths and refer them to the dentist when it´s necessary, and consider it normal practice within well-child programmes at health centres. As a result, the number of referrals to the dentist might increase and the nurses knowledge about dental care might rise. Moreover, ECC prevalence might reduce as a consequence of two factors: (1) the oral health preventive advices and check-ups by nurses and if a referral is indicated, (2) the early visit to the dentist for managing the risk factors available in infants and perhaps mothers / caretakers, as well as providing preventive treatments.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Finally, the expected results would improve the quality of life of infants and young children, that of their mothers and might reduce the cost earmarked for treating oral health problems in infants.