Carlos M Ardila, Annie Marcela Vivares-Builes, Andrés A Agudelo-Suárez
Influence of the Socio-Economic Context on Self-Reported Gingival Bleeding in Individuals of Ethnic Minority Groups: A Multilevel Analysis
Global journal of health science
present results development feasibility testing catch healthy smiles schoolbased oral health program among children grades k2 houston texas study design crosssectional n 2 schools n 125 parentchild dyads 31 kindergarteners 42 first graders 52 second graders catch healthy smiles program implemented trained school teachers 20162017 school year trained dentists conducted dental assessments measure dental caries increment score d3mfs parentreported 24hour dietary recalls surveys assessed child parent behavioral environmental psychosocial factors logistic regression analysis assessed factors associated caries experience adjusting covariates 113 children complete dental assessments 54 children grade k 62 first grade 73 second grade caries experience children caries experience higher body weight adjor 113 95 confidence interval ci 102129 less likely girls adjor 022 95 ci 005082 greater odds difficulty drinking hot cold beverages dental problems adjor 1313 95 ci 10927514 greater frequency consuming sugarsweetened beverages adjor 1153 95 ci 2108719 greater odds receiving government assistance adjor 1462 95 ci 27411981 lower odds seeing dental provider adjor 011 95 ci 002045 process evaluation showed 100 catch healthy smiles lessons activities taught two schools high degree program fidelity acceptability across schools children parents data used conduct subsequent fully powered cluster randomized controlled trial