Community-based Intergenerational Oral Health Study (Baby Smiles)

University of Washington

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 3

Conditions: Preventive Health Services

Treatments: Behavioral: health education; Behavioral: motivational interviewing counseling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01120041

09-016E

5U54DE019346 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

37124-C

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether giving brief motivational interviewing counseling during the prenatal and/or postnatal period(s) will increase utilization of preventive dental care and improve the oral health of rural, low-income pregnant and postpartum women and their children, and to increase the number of home oral health practices taken by these women to prevent caries in their young children.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 15+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pregnant (week 26 or earlier)
• At least 15 years of age
• Medicaid eligible
• Speaks English
• Willing and able to comply with study instructions
• Mother AND child available for length of the study (~ 24 months)

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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400 participants in 4 patient groups, including a placebo group

Prenatal MI - Postpartum MI

Experimental group

Description:

Motivational interviewing counseling given during the prenatal and postpartum phases

Treatment:

Behavioral: motivational interviewing counseling

Behavioral: motivational interviewing counseling

Behavioral: motivational interviewing counseling

Prenatal MI - Postpartum Health Ed

Experimental group

Description:

Motivational interviewing counseling given during the prenatal phase with traditional health education given during the postpartum phase

Treatment:

Behavioral: motivational interviewing counseling

Behavioral: motivational interviewing counseling

Behavioral: motivational interviewing counseling

Prenatal Health Ed - Postpartum MI

Experimental group

Description:

Traditional health education given during the prenatal phase with motivational interviewing counseling given during the postpartum phase

Treatment:

Behavioral: motivational interviewing counseling

Behavioral: motivational interviewing counseling

Behavioral: motivational interviewing counseling

Prenatal Health Ed/Postpartum Health Ed

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Traditional health education given during the prenatal phase and the postpartum phase

Treatment:

Behavioral: health education