Dental hygienists' knowledge of HIV, attitudes towards people with HIV and willingness to conduct rapid HIV testing
| Autor: | Winnie Furnari, Bhuma Krishnamachari, Marilyn Cortell, Anthony J. Santella, B Watts, Susan H Davide, SC Haden |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Attitude of Health Personnel Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Dentistry HIV Infections Pilot Projects Hiv testing medicine.disease_cause Oral hygiene White People Medicine Humans Mass Screening Dentistry (miscellaneous) Education Graduate Health Education business.industry Medical setting Dental health Continuing education AIDS Serodiagnosis Dental hygiene Middle Aged United States Test (assessment) stomatognathic diseases Cross-Sectional Studies Family medicine Educational Status Female New York City Dental Hygienists business Attitude to Health |
| Zdroj: | International journal of dental hygiene. 11(4) |
| ISSN: | 1601-5037 |
| Popis: | Objectives: To normalize rapid human immunodeficiencyvirus (HIV) testing in the United States, expanded rapid HIV testinginitiatives are needed outside the routine medical setting. The dentalsetting is a logical choice as almost two-thirds of Americans regularlysee a dental provider each year. This study was aimed to determinethe dental hygienists’ knowledge of HIV, attitudes towards peopleliving with HIV and willingness to conduct rapid HIV testing.Methods: A national cross-sectional survey of practicing dentalhygienists and senior dental hygiene students were recruited usingstate dental hygiene associations, email LISTSERVS, dental hygieneprogrammes and continuing education conferences (n = 634).Results: The mean knowledge score was 10.5/13. High versus lowtest-scorers (75% of test questions or more answered correctly versusless than 75% answered correctly) did differ in their comfort level incounselling about sexual HIV prevention methods (P = 0.03) andcomfort level in working with medically compromised patients(P = 0.04). Conclusion: Dental hygienists, with additional training inHIV prevention counseling and diagnostic testing, may be anappropriate profession to conduct rapid HIV testing.Key words: dental health services; dental hygienist; humanimmunodeficiency virus; human immunodeficiency virus testing; oralhygiene |
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