Community-based Intergenerational Oral Health Study

Community-based Intergenerational Oral Health Promotion In Rural America

The purpose of this study is to determine whether giving brief motivational interviewing counseling during the prenatal and/or postnatal period(s) will increase utilization of preventive dental care and improve the oral health of rural, low-income pregnant and postpartum women and their children, and to increase the number of home oral health practices taken by these women to prevent caries in their young children.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant (week 26 or earlier)
• At least 15 years of age
• Medicaid eligible
• Speaks English
• Willing and able to comply with study instructions
• Mother AND child available for length of the study (~ 24 months)

Exclusion Criteria:

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