Preventing caries in preschoolers: Successful initiation of an innovative community-based clinical trial in Navajo Nation Head Start

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 242-251

  Quissell, David O ^a   Bryant, Lucinda L ^b   Braun, Patricia A ^a   Cudeii, Diana ^a   Johs, Nikolas ^a   Smith, Vongphone L ^a   George, Carmen ^a   Henderson, William G ^a   Albino, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Community based research; Disparities; Indigenous populations; Native American; Oral health

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE VARNISH; ANTICARIES AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; FUNDING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); THERAPY EFFECT; AMERICAN INDIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

CAREGIVERS; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; POVERTY; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893432087     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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