Recommendations by the Spanish Society of Epidemiology and Oral Public Health (SESPO) for the healthcare adaptation of public health dental clinics in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic
| Autor: | Antonio J. Expósito-Delgado, Eulalia Llamas-Ortuño, Yolanda Martínez-Beneyto, María Del Carmen Trullols-Casas, Verónica Ausina-Márquez, Elena Martínez-Sanz, Victoria Mateos-Moreno, Teresa Almerich-Torres, José-Maria Blanco-González |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study Government Teamwork business.industry Public health media_common.quotation_subject Population Review Community and Preventive Dentistry Nursing Political science Health care Epidemiology Workforce medicine business education General Dentistry Dental public health UNESCO:CIENCIAS MÉDICAS media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry Trullols-Casas, M. D. C., Ausina-Márquez, V., Martínez-Beneyto, Y., Martínez-Sanz, E., Llamas-Ortuño, E., Expósito-Delgado, A., Almerich-Torres, T., Mateos-Moreno, V., & Blanco-González, J. M. (2020). Recommendations by the Spanish Society of Epidemiology and Oral Public Health (SESPO) for the healthcare adaptation of public health dental clinics in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry, 12(12), e1183–e1188. |
| ISSN: | 1989-5488 |
| Popis: | Background In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 pandemic and, a few days later, the Spanish Government declared a State of Emergency and the population lockdown. This crisis situation crisis forced deep changes in health care. At dental care level, it became necessary for both public health services and private consultations to plan changes to enable them to face this healthcare challenge. Material and methods SESPO and the General Council of Dentists of Spain (CGDE) appointed a Working Group to prepare a protocol for dental clinics after the lockdown stage. Continuing with this teamwork task, a series of recommendations addressed to public health managers and the dental workforce were agreed, according to the COVID-19 protection protocols, with the evidence available at the time of their preparation. Results The SESPO Working Group prepared a schedule with recommendations to be taken. The CGDE presented this document to the Ministry of Health, Consumption and Social Welfare, and SESPO emailed it to all the Health Councils of the autonomous regions. The document was also uploaded to the CGDE and SESPO websites and was emailed to all SESPO associated members. Conclusions Keeping in mind the existing territorial variation, both at the organization level of dental public health services, and at the care level (especially in child preventive programs and care for pregnant women), this health crisis has highlighted the importance of teamwork. It is necessary to unify the standards for all dental health care units in the national territory in challenging times. Key words:COVID-19, Dental public health, dental care, dentistry, primary care, infection, SARS-CoV-2. |
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