CATCH Healthy Smiles:An Elementary School Oral Health Intervention Trial

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

1,084

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

February 5, 2022

Primary Completion Date

June 30, 2025

Study Completion Date

June 30, 2025

Conditions
Caries,Dental
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Comparison School Group

All control schools will receive training and materials for the CATCH sun safety curriculum. Ray and the Sunbeatables®: A Sun Safety Curriculum is an evidence-based curriculum educates children, parents and teachers about sun protection and promotes sun safety behaviors in an effort to reduce children's lifetime risk of developing skin cancer. Training will be conducted with booster trainings yearly.

BEHAVIORAL

Intervention School Group

"This intervention includes toothbrushing which will be implemented as a daily activity to develop skills and technique,classroom curriculum, which includes theory-based interactive lessons on oral health care,the physical education component consisting of an activity box containing different structured physical activities that will integrate the nutrition and oral health education messages, all cafeteria-based intervention materials including the tooth friendly Eat Smart guide, signage, nutrition labeling, menu planning and labeling using the tooth-friendly Go-Slow-Whoa CATCH terminology will be provided to the food service staff that is displayed across the cafeteria and sent home to parents and parents will be provided with tools and tips for maintaining oral health with website resources,parent-child homework activities, send-home infographics on dental care, parent-monitored tracking of child oral health,family fun nights in schools, and social media."

Trial Locations (1)

77030

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

NIH

lead

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

OTHER