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Birth to Three – Cavity Free: Effectiveness of a Psychoeducational Intervention for ECC Prevention

Award Number: UH3DE029443
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 04/03/2020
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/31/2027

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Birth to Three – Cavity Free: Effectiveness of a Psychoeducational Intervention for ECC Prevention - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Project Title: “Birth to Three – Cavity Free: Effectiveness of a Psychoeducational Intervention for ECC Prevention” Early childhood caries (ECC) is a potentially painful and debilitating disease, which represents a significant public health problem among young children. There are profound disparities in ECC experiences such that children from minority and low-income families suffer a disproportionate share of the disease burden. The likelihood of parents of high-ECC risk young children seeking prevention in dental facilities is low; therefore, there is a need to increase preventive dental opportunities where these children already seek health care services. In particular, there is an urgent need to develop and evaluate ECC behavioral interventions for use in public health settings attended by high-risk children. Many authors recommend early implementation of oral health education as one means of preventing ECC. However, major issues discussed in the oral health promotion literature involve a lack of effectiveness among programs based on education alone, as well as a lack of high quality preventive interventions using evidence-based psychological and behavioral strategies. Our research team has been the first to introduce to the ECC prevention arena the self-determination theory (SDT) of motivation, internalization, and healthy functioning, proven effective in promoting positive behavioral changes in several other fields, including oral health care. We have demonstrated that SDT has great promise as a motivational approach by providing evidence, based on results from our R21 (R21-DE016483) study, of the effectiveness of SDT in changing several desirable oral health behaviors for ECC prevention. Building upon the rigor of our previous experience and formative research work in the past several years, we propose a Stage II NIH Model research project that will compare the efficacy of autonomy-supportive videotaped oral health messages framed by SDT to more traditional neutral videotaped messages. We intent to recruit 634 pregnant mothers enrolled in Iowa Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition Programs and follow them until their future child is 36 months old. The primary outcome of interest will be children's caries status. Secondary outcomes will be changes in children's oral health behaviors conducive to better oral hygiene and dietary habits, as well as lower levels of dental plaque and mutans streptococci.


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: 2025 ( Subtotal = $775,973 )
2025	2025	THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA	105 JESSUP HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	002	6	5/9/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$77,596
2025	2025	THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA	105 JESSUP HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	001	6	3/25/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$698,377
2025	2024	THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA	105 JESSUP HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	5	3/17/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $775,973

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $749,560 )
2024	2024	THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA	105 JESSUP HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	5	4/5/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$688,372
2024	2024	THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA	105 JESSUP HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	001	5	6/10/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$61,188
														Subtotal = $749,560

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $783,066 )
2023	2023	THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA	105 JESSUP HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	004	4	9/21/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2023	THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA	105 JESSUP HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	003	4	4/11/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$748,182
2023	2022	THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA	105 JESSUP HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	002	3	3/30/2023	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$0
2023	2022	UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, THE	105 JESSUP HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	001	3	1/11/2023	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$0
2023	2022	THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA	105 JESSUP HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	3	11/10/2022	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$34,884
														Subtotal = $783,066

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $724,191 )
2022	2022	UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, THE	105 JESSUP HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	001	3	4/20/2022	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	-$7,314
2022	2022	UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, THE	105 JESSUP HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	3	4/4/2022	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$731,505
														Subtotal = $724,191

Grand Total All Awards = $3,032,790

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Birth to Three – Cavity Free: Effectiveness of a Psychoeducational Intervention for ECC Prevention

Award Number: UH3DE029443

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

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

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 04/03/2020

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/31/2027

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