Effect of Social Media on Parental Oral Health Promotion
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Oral Health information on online platforms.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: The Study Focus on the Role of Social Media on Promoting Parental Oral Health. Basic parameters: 20 years — 50 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
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- Next step
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Official title
Effect of Social Media on Parental Oral Health Promotion ; a Pre and Post Test Design
Overview
The study aims to measure the effectiveness of social media in raising parental oral health awareness.
Detailed description
Health Education is a key element in Health promotion. Oral health awareness has a pivotal role in community prevention programs. The methods used for health education have developed through the years to fit the population's needs and to cope with the technological revolution. Nowadays social media has become the easiest, fastest, and most acceptable portal for people. However the benefits of social media are huge for health communication, the shared information should be assessed and monitored for quality and reliability and the privacy of the users should be secured, up to our knowledge there is no reliable source for education on promoting oral health on the social media platform in our community, Although the traditional methods to educate parent like visiting the dentist are more common, Studies show that parents and children had little recollection of any preventive oral health conversations when visiting the dentist. we use oral health Information based on AAPD guidelines that we be provided on social media platforms and then measure the effectiveness of social media in raising parental oral awareness
Interventions
- Other Oral Health information on online platforms
oral health
Primary outcome measures
- Parental oral health Knowledge, attitude, and practice [Time frame: 2 month]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- parental Satisfaction [Time frame: 2 month]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Parents who volunteer to participate
- parent have access to social media networks \& smartphone.
- Parents of infants and toddlers
- parents of primary school children.
Exclusion criteria
- parent who do not volunteer to participate
- parent have Low educational standard (unable to use smartphones).
- Parent of middle school children
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Publications
- 8- Ganji, K.K., Patil, S., Alhadi, A. and Alhadi, M., 2018. Parent's Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Prevention of Early Childhood Caries in Al jouf Province, Saudi Arabia. Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica Integrada,
- Shah AH, Refeai MA, Alolaywi FM, Gulzar S, Asiri FY, Jameel ABA. Satisfaction of Oral Health Education among Parents and Caregivers Regarding Children with Special Healthcare Needs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. J Contemp Dent Pract. 2021 Aug 1;22(8):894-899. PMID 34753841
- 6- Singh, S., Saraf, B.G., Sheoran, N., Singh, R. and Kapil, D., 2023. Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Parents about Child's Oral Health in Faridabad and its Correlation with Prevalence of Dental Caries in Children through a Questionnaire Survey. Indian Journal of Dental Sciences, 15(3), pp.151-156.
- Ahovuo-Saloranta A, Forss H, Walsh T, Hiiri A, Nordblad A, Makela M, Worthington HV. Sealants for preventing dental decay in the permanent teeth. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Mar 28;(3):CD001830. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001830.pub4. PMID 23543512
- Sharma S, Mohanty V, Balappanavar AY, Chahar P, Rijhwani K. Role of Digital Media in Promoting Oral Health: A Systematic Review. Cureus. 2022 Sep 7;14(9):e28893. doi: 10.7759/cureus.28893. eCollection 2022 Sep. PMID 36225421
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06828913 · social media in oral health