ArticleArchives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique2021
Effectiveness of message-framing to improve oral health behaviors and dental plaque among pregnant women.
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- Effect of framed mHealth messages on oral hygiene and quality of life among Sudanese refugees in Egypt: a randomized controlled trial.BMC oral health · 2026Trial
- Effect of gain- versus loss-framed messages on improving newborn care practices among mothers: a three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Trial
- Message Framing Analysis: Recommendations for Dental Health PSAs.Oral health & preventive dentistry · 2025Article
- Acceptability, Feasibility, and Appropriateness of Mobile Phone Messaging-Based Message-Framing Intervention for Promoting Maternal and Newborn Care Practices.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- When HIPAA hurts: legal barriers to texting may reinforce healthcare disparities and disenfranchise vulnerable patients.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Review
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- Effectiveness of a Mobile Phone Messaging-Based Message Framing Intervention for Improving Maternal Health Service Uptake and Newborn Care Practice in Rural Jimma Zone, Ethiopia: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Interprofessional survey on knowledge and attitudes of midwives regarding oral health, in France.European journal of midwifery · 2023Article
- Factors influencing adoption of oral health promotion by antenatal care providers in Moyo district, North-Western Uganda.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundOral health is considered a prominent factor that contributes to quality of life. Hormonal changes during pregnancy can influence oral health. Message framing can play an important role in oral health. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of message framing on oral health and dental plaque among pregnant women.
methodsThe study was conducted in 2017 on 108 pregnant women in Izeh county, Iran. Participants were randomly assigned to gain-framed, loss-framed, and control groups. The research instrument included a two part questionnaire containing demographic information and oral health knowledge, attitude, behavioral intention, self-efficacy, practice, and dental plaque index. Gain-and loss-framed messages were sent to the intervention groups via cell phone texts, but the control group did not receive any messages. Participant dental plaque was clinically assessed. Analysis of covariance with follow-up tests were performed using SPSS version, 23.0 with p-value set at 0.01 for significance.
resultsIntervention groups had better oral health (knowledge, atttitude, intention, efficacy, practices and plaque) scores compared to the control group (p < 0.001), but intervention (gain- vs loss-framed) groups did not differ on outcomes.
conclusionText message intervention improved knowledge, attitude, behavioral intention, self-efficacy, practice, and dental plaque among pregnant women. While differences between control and both intervention groups indicated text messaging had an impact on oral health outcomes, message framing (i.e., gain vs loss) had no discernable impact on oral health outcomes.
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