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Multi-Media Parent-based Intervention to Promote Dental Hygiene Among Young Children: BeReady2Smile

Award Number: R44DE027001
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/08/2017
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2024

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Multi-Media Parent-based Intervention to Promote Dental Hygiene Among Young Children: BeReady2Smile - Project Description Approximately one out of three 2- to 5-year-old children in the United States has experienced caries (tooth decay). The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and American Academy of Pediatrics provide recommendations for preventive strategies, and recognize that infant, toddler and early childhood oral health is one of the foundations upon which preventive education and dental care must be built to enhance the opportunity for a lifetime free from preventable oral disease. Parents struggle to adopt these preventive strategies at the same time that challenging behaviors emerge in children's psychological development. This combination can make it very difficult to build the foundation of oral health practices that the AAPD recommends. There is a strong body of evidence supporting the use of behavioral parenting strategies in dealing with child behavioral problems. The proposed project introduces behavioral parent training strategies in concert with efforts to address other known parental barriers to provide an effective vehicle to promote dental health with a universal prevention intervention. This private/public collaboration between Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Oregon Research Institute & The Oregon Community Foundation will leverage resources and competencies to create a commercially viable coordinated oral health prevention intervention program to promote dental health targeted at parents of young children attending parenting education classes and families receiving home visiting services through Head Start. The program includes a video that can be shown in parenting education classes to engage parents on oral health and a mobile/web application to drive behavioral change. In this Phase II application, we propose refining and enhancing a coordinated oral health prevention intervention program, “BeReady2Smile”, including video and mobile/web- application and conducting a randomized trial to assess the efficacy of the BeReady2Smile (complete program and components) compared to the current standard-of-care for pediatric dental care education. BeReady2Smile will include video content that features demonstrations/content on encouraging brushing, proper loading of toothbrush, brushing duration and frequency, fluoride myths, and limiting sugar sweetened beverages and milk in baby bottles while in bed. BeReady2Smile will also include a mobile application built within a web-based infrastructure, so parents can participate in multi-media educational activities, develop dental health behavior plans, tailor features and receive feedback from the system on a secure website. The long-term goal of BeReady2Smile is to help parents provide the foundation for a lifetime free from preventable oral disease.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2021	OREGON RESEARCH BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION STRATEGIES, INC.	3800 SPORTS WAY	SPRINGFIELD	OR	97477	LANE	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	3	9/4/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2023	2021	OREGON RESEARCH BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION STRATEGIES, INC.	3800 SPORTS WAY	SPRINGFIELD	OR	97477	LANE	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	3	8/29/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $753,141 )
2021	2021	OREGON RESEARCH BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION STRATEGIES, INC	1776 MILLRACE DR	EUGENE	OR	97403	LANE	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	3	5/26/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$753,141
														Subtotal = $753,141

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $746,784 )
2020	2020	OREGON RESEARCH BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION STRATEGIES, INC	1776 MILLRACE DR	EUGENE	OR	97403	LANE	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	2	4/30/2020	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$746,784
														Subtotal = $746,784

Grand Total All Awards = $1,499,925

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Multi-Media Parent-based Intervention to Promote Dental Hygiene Among Young Children: BeReady2Smile

Award Number: R44DE027001

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/08/2017

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2024

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