Evaluation of an Arabic-speaking oral health education video-game for children

INTERVENTION: Cluster sampling will be used. A group of public schools in Amman, Jordan, will be selected randomly and invited to take part. Children in first and second grades in those schools will be targeted. Schools that agree to take part will be randomly assigned to either the control or intervention group as follows: Intervention group: plays an oral health education video‐game at school and gets a link to download the game at home. The content of the game is based on the caries prevention recommendations of Public Health England's ‘Delivering Better Oral Health’ guidelines (Public Health England 2017). The game contains segments on non‐cariogenic food selection, tooth brushing with fluoride toothpaste, and visiting the dentist regularly for fluoride application. The game is based on a previous, English‐speaking, video‐game that the research team had developed. Control group: does not receive any intervention. Follow up for both group will be for three months after the intervention. Randomisation: Cluster randomisation will be used. A list of all primary public schools in Amman, Jordan fitting the study's criteria will be drawn. Six schools will be randomly selected using computer‐generated numbers. The selected schools will then be randomly allocated to either intervention or control group using a simple computer‐generated grid. CONDITION: Dental caries ; Oral Health PRIMARY OUTCOME: Children's dietary knowledge measured using a Pictorial Dietary Questionnaire (PDQ) at baseline and three months after the intervention SECONDARY OUTCOME: ; At baseline and three months after the intervention:; 1. Dietary and tooth brushing practices, as reported by children: recorded using tooth brushing and diet diaries; 2. Dietary, tooth brushing, and dental attendance practices, as reported by parents: recorded using the Child Dietary Questionnaire (CDQ) and the Oral Health Habits Questionnaire (OHHQ); 3. Children’s plaque scores: measured using the Oral Hygiene Index (OHI); INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1. Children in 1st and 2nd school‐grade (six‐ to eight‐year‐old) 2. Attending a public school in Amman, Jordan