Health belief model for empowering parental toothbrushing and sugar intake control in reducing early childhood caries among young children - a cluster randomized controlled trial
Grant Data
Project Title
Health belief model for empowering parental toothbrushing and sugar intake control in reducing early childhood caries among young children - a cluster randomized controlled trial
Principal Investigator
Professor Wong, May Chun Mei
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Professor Wong Samuel Yeung Shan
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Gao Xiaoli
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Lee Hiu Man Gillian
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Liu Pei
(Co-Investigator)
Duration
30
Start Date
2020-09-01
Amount
1285490
Conference Title
Health belief model for empowering parental toothbrushing and sugar intake control in reducing early childhood caries among young children - a cluster randomized controlled trial
Presentation Title
Keywords
early childhood caries, oral health promotion, sugar intake, toothbrushing
Discipline
Others - Medicine, Dentistry and Health
HKU Project Code
17181971
Grant Type
Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Funding Year
2019
Status
On-going
Objectives
To investigate the effectiveness of the HBM (Health Belief Model)-based intervention using text messages to promote the parental toothbrushing and sugar intake control for their young children and to reduce early childhood caries (ECC) of children at age 4 years compared to conventional oral health education.