This study aims to evaluation of collegians adherence to oral health behavers and to examine the efficacy of the Expanded Health Belief Model-based intervention in enhancing oral health behaviors among collegians.
Male and female students aged 18-25 years.
Enrolled as undergraduate students.
Willing to participate and provide informed consent.
Students with orthodontic appliances or removable prostheses.
Recent comprehensive dental treatment.
Female students which are pregnant or lactating.
Recent contribution in another oral-health behavioral trial or structured oral-health program.
Parallel
Intervention Group
BehavioralThe participants will be a male and female students enrolled in the Southern Technical University. the recommended sample size would be (72 for each group). As for sampling technique, simple random sampling will be used to select eligible participants, who will then be randomly assigned to either the intervention or control group. Then, awareness lectures will be presented to the intervention group about the oral health, based on the expanded health belief model.
Oral Health Behavior Score
The primary outcome measure is the Collegians' Adherence to Oral Health Behaviors and determining whether there is a change resulting from receiving the Expanded Health Belief Model-based intervention. Oral health behavior will be assessed using a structured, validated five Likert scale questionnaire (The Expanded Health Belief Model Scales for Oral Health-Preventive Behaviors) which consists of Perceived Benefits, Perceived Barriers, Self-Efficacy, Subjective Norms, Health Motivation, Cues-To-Action, and Behavioral Intention. The Adherence to Oral Health Behaviors Score (which is a better outcome if it be higher) will be compared between the intervention and control groups to determine the effectiveness of the intervention program in improving adherence of college students to oral health behavior.
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