Baby Smiles Project
Our Baby Smiles Project aims to provide better 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 oral health practices taken by these women to prevent caries in their young children. The primary outcome measure for the trial will be mothers' untreated dental decay.
The goal of Baby Smiles is to conduct a community-randomized trial using two motivational interventions: self-instructional motivational materials (SIMM) and brief motivational interviewing (BMI) in rural, low income communities.
If successful, a novel use of MI will have been identified and personnel could be trained to deliver a similar intervention to underserved populations.