TY - JOUR T1 - The Effect of Educational Intervention in Changing Mothers’ Attitudes, Perceived Self-Efficacy and Perceived Barriers Regarding Oral Health of Preschool Children TT - تأثیر مداخله آموزشی بر نگرش، خودکارآمدی و موانع درک‌شده مادران در زمینه بهداشت دهان و دندان کودکان پیش‌دبستانی JF - Iran-J-Health-Educ-Health-Promot JO - Iran-J-Health-Educ-Health-Promot VL - 3 IS - 3 UR - http://journal.ihepsa.ir/article-1-357-en.html Y1 - 2015 SP - 181 EP - 187 KW - Oral health KW - Preschool children KW - Self-efficacy KW - perceived barriers KW - Girls High School KW - Attitude KW - Tehran. N2 - Background and objective: Due to the necessity of oral health in the preschool children and incorrect beliefs of mothers and more perceived barriers to perform it, this research was performed to study the effect of education intervention in changing mothers’ attitudes, perceived self-efficacy and perceived barriers regarding oral health of preschool children. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study 120 female preschool children from district 7 of Tehran city were selected by one stage cluster sampling from each school and then their mothers were included in the study. A researcher-made questionnaire was designed and validated by researchers for assessing mothers’ self-efficacy, perceived barriers and attitudes regarding oral health among preschool children. Two test (intervention) and control groups completed the questionnaire before educational intervention. Based on the pre-test results the educational intervention was designed and implemented in 4 sessions (each 45 minutes) for mothers in test group. Both groups were followed up one month after the intervention and then completed questionnaires. Data was analyzed by independent sample t-tests and student’s t test for paired sample through SPSS16. Results: Significant differences were observed in the mean score of attitude (p=0.001), perceived self-efficacy (p=0.011) and perceived barriers (p M3 ER -