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Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Self-Reported Behaviors Among 3-5 Year Old School Children using an Oral Health and Nutrition Intervention.

  • Jonelle S. Grant1
  • Jonathan B. Kotch1
  • Rocio B Quinonez1
  • Jill Kerr1
  • Michael W Roberts1,*,

1Department of Pediatric Dentistry, 228 Brauer Hall, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, NC.

DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.35.1.x166887284341868 Vol.35,Issue 1,January 2011 pp.59-64

Published: 01 January 2011

*Corresponding Author(s): Michael W Roberts E-mail: mike_roberts@dentistry.unc.edu

Abstract

Ninety 3-5 year old children, 43 in the control group and 47 in the intervention group, participated in the study. An age and developmental appropriate prop-based oral health and nutrition intervention program was used. Subjects in the intervention group received a pre-test, an 8-10 minute prop-supported intervention, followed by an immediate post-test. The same test was repeated two weeks later. The control group received a pre-test and post-test two weeks later but no intervention. Results: Intervention improved scores in the immediate post-test but these improvements were not sustained two weeks later. The only positive relationship found for the entire group between pre-and two week post-test scores was for oral health knowledge. There were no significant findings when adjusted for race, intervention type or group. Conclusions: Changing oral health and nutrition knowledge, attitude and behavior may require intense and repetitive interventions to have a significant effect in this age cohort.

Keywords

Dental health, oral health knowledge, nutrition and diet, pre-school

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Jonelle S. Grant,Jonathan B. Kotch,Rocio B Quinonez,Jill Kerr,Michael W Roberts. Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Self-Reported Behaviors Among 3-5 Year Old School Children using an Oral Health and Nutrition Intervention.. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2011. 35(1);59-64.

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