Effects of health-promoting school strategy on dental plaque control and preventive behaviors in schoolchildren in high-caries, rural areas of Taiwan: a quasi-experimental design

• Main Authors: Chun-Ting Wei (Author), Kai-Yang Lo (Author), Yi-Ching Lin (Author), Chih-Yang Hu (Author), Fu-Li Chen (Author), Hsiao-Ling Huang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background We evaluated the effects of health-promoting school (HPS) strategy on plaque control and behavior change in high-caries schoolchildren in Taitung, Taiwan. Methods A quasi-experimental design was adopted; six intervention schools (intervention group [IG]) and six comparison school...