Table 1.

Outline of the program

Day	Activity	Objective
1	a. Dental screening	Soliciting participation into the program
		First stage of awareness - making population aware of presence of disease.
	b. Participant recruitment	Explaining the purpose of the study to prospective participants and recruiting them.
	c. Preintervention evaluation	Understanding the pre intervention characteristics (TtQ and WAS) of the recruited participants.
2	a. Motivational interview
	on health and nutrition	Improving health and nutrition related attitude.
	b. Interactive session with nutritionist	Providing knowledge on nutrition
3	a. Oral hygiene group
	Discussion	Improving oral hygiene related knowledge and attitudes
	b. Personal hygiene group
	Discussion	Improving personal hygiene related knowledge and attitudes.
4	a. Tooth brushing
	Demonstration	Providing oral hygiene related skills
	b. Hand washing
	Demonstration	Providing personal hygiene related skills
	c. Health education leaflet	Reinforcement of knowledge and skills
	d. Postintervention evaluation	Assessing change from baseline (HSSS, VAS, oral health-related questionnaire and PHD test.)

HSSS=health self-regulation self-efficacy scale, VAS=visual analogue scale, PHD=personal hygiene demonstration