Oral health care in urban general practice: what are the support and training needs?
| Autor: | Amit Arora, Thomas Fung, Penelope A Abbott, Ajesh George, Jennifer Reath, Amy R. Villarosa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
General Practice Oral Health Population health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Toothache Health care medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Descriptive statistics business.industry 030503 health policy & services Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Australia Health equity stomatognathic diseases Cross-Sectional Studies Content analysis Family medicine Community health Rural area medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science business Delivery of Health Care |
| Zdroj: | Australian journal of primary health. 27(4) |
| ISSN: | 1836-7399 |
| Popis: | Patients with oral health problems often attend GPs instead of dentists, particularly in rural areas. There has been little research exploring challenges in providing oral health care in urban general practice. A cross-sectional survey of GPs in Greater Western Sydney explored their experiences, knowledge, confidence, and their oral health educational needs. Descriptive statistics and content analysis was undertaken. Forty-nine GPs reported experience of a wide range of oral health presentations. Approximately 60% were confident to undertake oral health examinations and determine the cause of acute toothache. Although 87% were confident providing preventative oral health advice, most did not include this in routine health assessments. Only 41% were confident explaining eligibility for public dental services. Barriers to providing oral health care were time constraints, lack of equipment and limited oral health training. Our research highlights oral health support and training needs in urban Australian general practice, as well as the need for systems-wide change to oral health training in outer urban settings to tackle health inequity, similar to those advocated in rural Australia. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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