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CATCH Healthy Smiles:An Elementary School Oral Health Intervention Trial

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Study Overview

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Description

The purpose of this study is to clinically evaluate the effects of a school-based behavioral intervention, CATCH Healthy Smiles, to reduce the risk of dental caries in a cohort of kindergarten through 2nd grade (K-2) children serving low-income, ethnically-diverse children,to determine the impact of CATCH Healthy Smiles on child behavioral, psychosocial, and environmental outcomes beginning in K through 2nd grade, compared to children in the control schools and to examine the extent to which the child behavioral, psychosocial, and environmental factors mediate the improvements in child caries risk.

Official Title

CATCH Healthy Smiles: A Cluster-RCT of an Elementary School Oral Health Intervention

Quick Facts

Study Start:2022-02-05
Study Completion:2025-06-30
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:COMPLETED

Study ID

NCT04632667

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:5 Years to 9 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:CHILD
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * greater than 75% of the children enrolled in the dree/reduced school lunch program.
  2. * enrolling children in grade K in the 2021-2022 school year.
  3. * agree to implement the CATCH Healthy Smiles program and agreed to participate in the measurements
  4. * ability of the parent to speak and read in English or Spanish at the 4th grade level,
  5. * child enrolled in the participating school in grade K in the 2021-2022 school year
  6. * child ability to participate in the regular activities at the school
  1. Pregnancy or breastfeeding
  2. Severe psychiatric disorders
  3. Active substance abuse
  4. Unstable medical conditions
  5. Inability to comply with study requirements

Contacts and Locations

Principal Investigator

Shreela Sharma, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Study Locations (Sites)

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, 77030
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

  • Shreela Sharma, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2022-02-05
Study Completion Date2025-06-30

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2022-02-05
Study Completion Date2025-06-30

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Caries,Dental