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Motivational interviewing with American Indian mothers to prevent early childhood caries: study design and methodology of a randomized control trial.

This randomized control trial assesses the effectiveness of motivational interviewing (MI) to encourage behavior change in new mothers relating to caries prevention when caring for their newborn American Indian (AI) infants and young AI children.

Batliner T; Fehringer KA; Tiwari T; Henderson WG; Wilson A; Brega AG; Albino J
Trials
2014
15
BioMed Central
Journal Article
United States; Community Health Services; Dental Caries prevention & control; Dental Health Services; Health Behavior ethnology; Health Services, Indigenous; Indians, North American psychology; Motivational Interviewing economics; Oral Hygiene; Research Design; Child, Preschool; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Dental Caries diagnosis; Dental Caries economics; Dental Caries ethnology; Female; Health Care Costs; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ethnology; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Maternal Behavior ethnology; Maternal Behavior psychology; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; United States; Child, Preschool: 2-5 years; Infant: 1-23 months; Infant, Newborn: birth-1 month; All Infant: birth-23 months; All Child: 0-18 years; All Child: 0-18 years; Female; Male
Target
Tribal Adaptation
Family/Parental
Primary
  • Child
  • Family
physical health problems