PROM SSCOL – Impact of a Papillomavirus Vaccination Promotion Program in Middle School: A Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Abstract Background: In Reunion Island, incidence and mortality for uterine cervical cancer is high, yet coverage rate for HPV vaccination is low. The main objective of the study is to evaluate, the impact of a health promotion program, promoting HPV vaccination, on the proportion of middle school girls who complete the full HPV vaccination schedule (2 or 3 doses) by the end of school year.Methods: This study is a cluster controlled intervention study using a superiority design. A combined health promotion program will be offered, containing: information to students and parents, training of general practitioners and free school-based vaccination (in a "health bus"). Children who will benefit from this program will constitute the intervention group, and will be compared to children from another middle school who will not benefit from any program, constituting the control group.Discussion: Our hypotheses were as follow : Clear and appropriate information for the target population as well as for their parents, will improve their knowledge about HPV vaccination, and thus increase their adherence to this vaccination ; combining information with vaccination in the school setting will reduce any material obstacles that may prevent the vaccination process; raising awareness among general practitioners will enable them to better understand the benefits and risks of HPV vaccination, and thus encourage families, who naturally trust them, to adhere to the program. Final implication would be an extension of this program in all middle schools of the Island and thus increase HPV vaccination coverage.Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04459221

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PROM SSCOL – Impact of a Papillomavirus vaccination promotion program in middle school: a study protocol for a cluster controlled trial (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.35695 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Phuong Lien Tran ◽

Emmanuel Chirpaz ◽

Malik Boukerrou ◽

Antoine Bertolotti

Keyword(s):

Middle School ◽

Health Promotion ◽

General Practitioners ◽

Hpv Vaccination ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Health Promotion Program ◽

Control Group ◽

Promotion Program ◽

Incidence And Mortality ◽

The Impact

BACKGROUND In Reunion Island, incidence and mortality for uterine cervical cancer is high, yet coverage rate for HPV vaccination is low. OBJECTIVE The main objective of the study is to evaluate, the impact of a health promotion program, promoting HPV vaccination, on the proportion of middle school girls who complete the full HPV vaccination schedule (2 or 3 doses) by the end of school year. METHODS This study is a cluster controlled intervention study using a superiority design. A combined health promotion program will be offered, containing: information to students and parents, training of general practitioners and free school-based vaccination (in a "health bus"). Children who will benefit from this program will constitute the intervention group, and will be compared to children from another middle school who will not benefit from any program, constituting the control group. RESULTS Our hypotheses were as follow : Clear and appropriate information for the target population as well as for their parents, will improve their knowledge about HPV vaccination, and thus increase their adherence to this vaccination ; combining information with vaccination in the school setting will reduce any material obstacles that may prevent the vaccination process; raising awareness among general practitioners will enable them to better understand the benefits and risks of HPV vaccination, and thus encourage families, who naturally trust them, to adhere to the program. CONCLUSIONS Final implication would be an extension of this program in all middle schools of the Island and thus increase HPV vaccination coverage. CLINICALTRIAL ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04459221

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A Single-Session Universal Mental Health Promotion Program in Japanese Schools: A Pilot Study

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.7157 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 46 (10) ◽

pp. 1727-1743 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mayumi G. Mio ◽

Yuki Matsumuto

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Irrational Beliefs ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Health Promotion Program ◽

Control Group ◽

Single Session ◽

Promotion Program ◽

Japanese Schools

A program based on cognitive behavioral therapy was developed for Japanese junior high school students aged 12–15 years. It consists of a single 50-minute session that targets a reduction in irrational beliefs, which is related to the improvement of psychological distress, such as anxiety and depression. The students were assigned to an intervention group (n = 238) and a control group (n = 277); the latter received an assertiveness training program. Students completed questionnaires including scales addressing irrational beliefs and self-esteem at pre- and post-program. The results revealed that, despite its short length, the OKS program significantly reduced irrational beliefs in the intervention group, in comparison to the control group. Moreover, both programs increased self-esteem. These findings imply the feasibility of a single-session universal mental health promotion program in Japanese schools.

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Effectiveness of Oral Health Promotion Program for Persons with Severe Mental Illness: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Study

10.21203/rs.3.rs-41583/v2 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Mei-Wen Kuo ◽

Shu-Hui Yeh ◽

Heng-Ming Chang ◽

Po-Ren Teng

Keyword(s):

Health Promotion ◽

Oral Health ◽

Dental Plaque ◽

Health Knowledge ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Health Promotion Program ◽

Control Group ◽

Oral Health Promotion ◽

Oral Health Knowledge ◽

Promotion Program

Abstract Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a composite oral health promotion program designed to reduce dental plaque among persons with severe mental illness in a psychiatric institution. Methods: A cluster randomized controlled study was carried out in chronic psychiatric wards of a general hospital in central Taiwan. Sixty-eight eligible male individuals admitted to 2 wards were randomly assigned to an experimental and a control group. Participants in the experimental group underwent an oral health promotion program that consisted of biweekly group education sessions, and a 12-week individual behavioral modification for oral hygiene course. The participants in the control group received usual care only. Dental plaque (measured by the Plaque Control Index) was examined by a single dentist before and after the experiment. Each participant responded to a questionnaire regarding oral health knowledge, attitude and behavior before and after the experiment. Results: Fifty-eight individuals completed the study. Before the experiment, the plaque index was similar between the intervention group (68.9; N=27) and the control group (69.8; N=31). After the experiment, the plaque index was significantly better in the intervention group than in the control group (42.6 vs. 61.8; P<0.001). Participants in the intervention group also demonstrated better oral health knowledge, attitude and behavior than those in the control group after the experiment. Conclusions: A composite oral health promotion program using both group education and individual behavioral methods over a 12-week period was effective in both reducing dental plaque and improving the oral health knowledge of persons with severe mental illness in the institution.

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Effect of an Oral Health Promotion Program Including Supervised Toothbrushing on 6- to 7-Year-Old Schoolchildren: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Frontiers in Dentistry ◽

10.18502/fid.v17i19.4313 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Azadeh Babaei ◽

Afsaneh Pakdaman ◽

Hossein Hessari

Keyword(s):

Health Promotion ◽

Oral Health ◽

Oral Hygiene ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Health Promotion Program ◽

Test Evaluation ◽

Oral Health Promotion ◽

Promotion Program ◽

Post Test ◽

The Impact

Objectives: The purpose was to evaluate the impact of an oral health promotion program including supervised toothbrushing and educational packages for parents on parent’s knowledge and oral health status of 6- to 7-year-old schoolchildren. Materials and Methods: A multi-stage cluster random sampling method was applied, and schools were allocated to intervention and control groups. After ethical clearance and baseline evaluation, an intervention package consisting of supervised toothbrushing at the school setting, an educational package for parents, and a home package containing toothbrush and fluoridated toothpaste (1000 parts-per-million) were delivered. A post-intervention evaluation was performed after one month on parents’ oral health knowledge and oral hygiene of children using the Oral Hygiene Index Simplified (OHI-S). Schools were considered as a unit of randomization, and a generalized estimating equation (GEE) analysis was performed to apply the cluster effect. Descriptive and analytical analyses were performed using SPSS 22 software. Results: Overall, 701 subjects were re-examined (response rate of 95%). At the one-month follow-up, being in the intervention group (P<0.001, B=-0.028, 95% confidence interval (CI)=-0.33, -0.23) and having higher socioeconomic status [P=0.01, B=-0.12, 95% CI=-0.22, -0.03) were significantly associated with improved oral hygiene status. In the post-test evaluation, parents’ knowledge improvement score regarding oral health in the intervention group was not statistically different from that of the controls (0.51 vs. 0.23). However, the ∆OHI-S improved in the post-test evaluation (-0.27±0.02 vs. 0.02±0.02; P<0.001). Conclusion: Children showed improved oral hygiene status, as measured by the OHI-S, after the program consisting of supervised toothbrushing.

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Impact of a Health Promotion Program on Employee Health Risks and Work Productivity

American Journal of Health Promotion ◽

10.4278/0890-1171-22.1.45 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 45-53 ◽

Cited By ~ 119

Author(s):

Peter R. Mills ◽

Ronald C. Kessler ◽

John Cooper ◽

Sean Sullivan

Keyword(s):

Health Promotion ◽

Health Risk ◽

Health Risks ◽

Work Performance ◽

Workplace Health Promotion ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Work Productivity ◽

Health Promotion Program ◽

Control Group ◽

Promotion Program

Purpose. Evaluate the impact of a multicomponent workplace health promotion program on employee health risks and work productivity. Design. Quasi-experimental 12-month before-after intervention-control study. Setting. A multinational corporation headquartered in the United Kingdom. Subjects. Of 618 employees offered the program, 266 (43%) completed questionnaires before and after the program. A total of 1242 of 2500 (49.7%) of a control population also completed questionnaires 12 months apart. Intervention. A multicomponent health promotion program incorporating a health risk appraisal questionnaire, access to a tailored health improvement web portal, wellness literature, and seminars and workshops focused upon identified wellness issues. Measures. Outcomes were (1) cumulative count of health risk factors and the World Health Organization health and work performance questionnaire measures of (2) workplace absenteeism and (3) work performance. Results. After adjusting for baseline differences, improvements in all three outcomes were significantly greater in the intervention group compared with the control group. Mean excess reductions of 0.45 health risk factors and 0.36 monthly absenteeism days and a mean increase of 0.79 on the work performance scale were observed in the intervention group compared with the control group. The intervention yielded a positive return on investment, even using conservative assumptions about effect size estimation. Conclusion. The results suggest that a well-implemented multicomponent workplace health promotion program can produce sizeable changes in health risks and productivity.

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Oral Health Promotion Program for Persons With Severe Mental Illness: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Study

10.21203/rs.3.rs-41583/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Mei-Wen Kuo ◽

Shu-Hui Yeh ◽

Heng-Ming Chang ◽

Po-Ren Teng

Keyword(s):

Health Promotion ◽

Oral Health ◽

Dental Plaque ◽

Health Knowledge ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Health Promotion Program ◽

Control Group ◽

Oral Health Promotion ◽

Oral Health Knowledge ◽

Promotion Program

Abstract ObjectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of a composite oral health promotion program designed to reduce dental plaque among persons with severe mental illness in a psychiatric institution.MethodsA cluster randomized controlled study was carried out in chronic psychiatric wards of a general hospital in central Taiwan. Sixty-eight eligible male individuals admitted to 2 wards were randomly assigned to an experimental and a control group. Participants in the experimental group underwent an oral health promotion program that consisted of biweekly group education sessions, and a 12-week individual behavioral modification for oral hygiene course. The participants in the control group received usual care only. Dental plaque (measured by the Plaque Control Index) was examined by a single dentist before and after the experiment. Each participant responded to a questionnaire regarding oral health knowledge, attitude and behavior before and after the experiment.ResultsFifty-eight individuals completed the study. Before the experiment, the plaque index was similar between the intervention group (68.9; N=27) and the control group (69.8; N=31). After the experiment, the plaque index was significantly better in the intervention group than in the control group (42.6 vs. 61.8; P<0.001). Participants in the intervention group also demonstrated better oral health knowledge, attitude and behavior than those in the control group after the experiment. ConclusionsA composite oral health promotion program using both group education and individual behavioral methods over a 12-week period was effective in both reducing dental plaque and improving the oral health knowledge of persons with severe mental illness in the institution. Trial registration: This study was retrospectively registered in Clinicaltrials.gov, with number NCT04464941, dated 7/7/2020. http://register.clinicaltrials.gov/RD103035018.

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Effectiveness of oral health promotion program for persons with severe mental illness: a cluster randomized controlled study

BMC Oral Health ◽

10.1186/s12903-020-01280-7 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Mei-Wen Kuo ◽

Shu-Hui Yeh ◽

Heng-Ming Chang ◽

Po-Ren Teng

Keyword(s):

Health Promotion ◽

Oral Health ◽

Dental Plaque ◽

Health Knowledge ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Health Promotion Program ◽

Control Group ◽

Oral Health Promotion ◽

Oral Health Knowledge ◽

Promotion Program

Abstract Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of a composite oral health promotion program designed to reduce dental plaque among persons with severe mental illness in a psychiatric institution. Methods A cluster randomized controlled study was carried out in chronic psychiatric wards of a general hospital in central Taiwan. Sixty-eight eligible male individuals admitted to 2 wards were randomly assigned to an experimental and a control group. Participants in the experimental group underwent an oral health promotion program that consisted of biweekly group education sessions, and a 12-week individual behavioral modification for oral hygiene course. The participants in the control group received usual care only. Dental plaque (measured by the Plaque Control Index) was examined by a single dentist before and after the experiment. Each participant responded to a questionnaire regarding oral health knowledge, attitude and behavior before and after the experiment. Results Fifty-eight individuals completed the study. Before the experiment, the plaque index was similar between the intervention group (68.9; N = 27) and the control group (69.8; N = 31). After the experiment, the plaque index was significantly better in the intervention group than in the control group (42.6 vs. 61.8; P < 0.001). Participants in the intervention group also demonstrated better oral health knowledge, attitude and behavior than those in the control group after the experiment. Conclusions A composite oral health promotion program using both group education and individual behavioral methods over a 12-week period was effective in both reducing dental plaque and improving the oral health knowledge of persons with severe mental illness in the institution. Trial registration: This study was retrospectively registered in Clinicaltrials.gov, with number NCT04464941, dated 7/7/2020. https://register.clinicaltrials.gov/RD103035018.

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16. A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF THE IMPACT OF EMAIL AND TEXT (SMS) MESSAGES ON THE SEXUAL HEALTH OF YOUNG PEOPLE

Sexual Health ◽

10.1071/shv4n4ab16 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 290 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

M. S. C. Lim ◽

J. S. Hocking ◽

C. K. Aitken ◽

L. Jordan ◽

C. K. Fairley ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Promotion ◽

Young People ◽

Sexual Health ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Text Messages ◽

Control Group ◽

Sexual Risk Behaviour ◽

Health Seeking ◽

The Impact

Objective: To trial a novel method of sexual health promotion - sending email and mobile phone text messages (SMS) about safe sex and STI to promote reductions in STI behaviours and increases in STI knowledge and testing. Methods: Young people (aged 16-29) were recruited at a music festival in Melbourne. They completed a questionnaire about sexual risk behaviour and were randomised to either the intervention arm of the study (to receive messages) or a control group. Text messages were sent every 3-4 weeks for a twelve month period and included catchy STI prevention slogans. Emails were sent monthly and contained detailed information about STI topics and links to related websites. Participants completed follow-up questionnaires online after 3, 6 and 12 months. Clustered weighted estimating equations were used to compare outcomes of the two groups. Results: 994 people completed at least one questionnaire (507 in the intervention group and 487 in the control group); at baseline 58% were female, the median age was 19 years and 82% had ever had sex. At 12 months, STI knowledge was higher among the intervention group for both males (OR 3.19, 95% CI 1.52, 6.69) and females (OR 2.36, 95% CI 1.27, 4.37). Females in the intervention group were also more likely to have discussed sexual health with a clinician (OR 2.92, 95% CI 1.66, 5.15) and to have had an STI test in the past 6 months (OR 2.51, 95% CI 1.11, 5.69). There were no significant differences in condom use between the groups. Respondents' opinions of the SMS and emails were positive. Conclusions: Receiving regular sexual health-related SMS and email messages can improve knowledge in young people and health seeking behaviour in young women. SMS and email are low cost, widely available and convenient, which - when combined with their popularity among youth - means that these media have considerable potential for sexual health promotion.

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