Lucy O'Malley1, Pauline Adair2, Girvan Burnside3, Louise Robinson4, Margaret Coffey5, Cynthia Pine6. 1. School of Dentistry, University of Manchester. 2. School of Psychological Sciences and Health, University of Strathclyde. 3. Department of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool. 4. Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. 5. School of Health Sciences, University of Salford. 6. Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Methods for reducing dental disease have traditionally focused on health education rather than targeting psychosocial determinants of the core behaviors through behavior change strategies. This study tested a novel intervention in the form of a children's story (Kitten's First Tooth) embedded with behavior change techniques (Abraham & Michie, 2008) with the aim of investigating how effective the intervention was at improving parents' efficacy and intention to enact oral health behaviors for their child. METHOD: A controlled before and after study conducted in a deprived area of England (n = 149; child mean age 4 years) with an intervention and control group. Changes in task specific parental self-efficacy (PSE) and intention were measured using the Oral Health Behaviors Questionnaire (OHBQ; Adair et al., 2004) at baseline and 3 months following intervention. RESULTS: Of the 149 participants, 129 returned both baseline and evaluation questionnaires (retention 86.6%), 125 of these pairs of questionnaires were used in the analysis (83.4%). The OHBQ was analyzed using a general linear model (ANCOVA). A significant difference was found in favor of the intervention group for PSE related to child tooth brushing behaviors, F(1,1) = 12.04, p = .001, however no change was observed for PSE related to control of dietary sugars. CONCLUSIONS: A theorized children's story can be effective as an oral health promotion intervention by supporting parents to improve their child's oral health-related behavior. Change was observed for child tooth brushing but not sugar control. This may reflect story contents or may be indicative of difficulties of changing dietary behavior. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved).
OBJECTIVE: Methods for reducing dental disease have traditionally focused on health education rather than targeting psychosocial determinants of the core behaviors through behavior change strategies. This study tested a novel intervention in the form of a children's story (Kitten's First Tooth) embedded with behavior change techniques (Abraham & Michie, 2008) with the aim of investigating how effective the intervention was at improving parents' efficacy and intention to enact oral health behaviors for their child. METHOD: A controlled before and after study conducted in a deprived area of England (n = 149; child mean age 4 years) with an intervention and control group. Changes in task specific parental self-efficacy (PSE) and intention were measured using the Oral Health Behaviors Questionnaire (OHBQ; Adair et al., 2004) at baseline and 3 months following intervention. RESULTS: Of the 149 participants, 129 returned both baseline and evaluation questionnaires (retention 86.6%), 125 of these pairs of questionnaires were used in the analysis (83.4%). The OHBQ was analyzed using a general linear model (ANCOVA). A significant difference was found in favor of the intervention group for PSE related to childtooth brushing behaviors, F(1,1) = 12.04, p = .001, however no change was observed for PSE related to control of dietary sugars. CONCLUSIONS: A theorized children's story can be effective as an oral health promotion intervention by supporting parents to improve their child's oral health-related behavior. Change was observed for childtooth brushing but not sugar control. This may reflect story contents or may be indicative of difficulties of changing dietary behavior. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved).
Authors: Michaela Bartosova; Miroslav Svetlak; Martina Kukletova; Petra Borilova Linhartova; Ladislav Dusek; Lydie Izakovicova Holla Journal: BMC Oral Health Date: 2019-02-18 Impact factor: 2.757