Tobacco Control Activities in U.S. Dental Practices

Dolan, Teresa A.; McGorray, Susan P.; Grinstead-Skigen, Cynthia L.; Mecklenburg, Robert S.

doi:10.14219/jada.archive.1997.0129

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“…Research point toward the facts that only a small number of dentists put into practice smoking cessation intervention as a regular part of their dental care [18]. Majority of the dentists do not follow tobacco cessation strategy yielding ineffective advices [19].…”

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Dentists' Practice and Perceived Barriers towards Smoking Cessation and Intervention in Karachi, Pakistan

Farrukh¹,

Shakeel²

2016

J Pharma Care Health Sys

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The prevention and control of tobacco use is becoming of global significance. Health care workers need to implement tobacco cessation as part of their daily practice. The aim of this study was to identify dentists' current practice regarding smoking cessation and prevention as well as to identify the barriers that hinder them to deliver smoking cessation advice.A survey based study was conducted in October 2015 to determine the practices, willingness, and perceived barriers of dentists in relation to smoking cessation in dental care setting. A pretested, close-ended, selfadministered, questionnaire was distributed among the dental health practitioners working in public sector and private dental clinics. The collected data was analyzed for frequency distributions and χ 2 . Most of the participants (78.61%) agreed that dentist has an important role in smoking cessation, 11% differ and 10.2% were not well versed with their role. Majority (76.54%) explained smokers the impact of smoking on their general and dental health. Around 72% advised and (50.61%) assisted patients who smoke and are willing to give up. Overall, the dentists had a positive approach in tobacco cessation counseling for the patients; though lack of resources and time, inappropriate clinical knowledge and skills needed for the prevention and cessation of tobacco use were the major recognized barriers.

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Dentists' Practice and Perceived Barriers towards Smoking Cessation and Intervention in Karachi, Pakistan

Farrukh¹,

Shakeel²

2016

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“…22 These include concerns about patient resistance, 23 lack of time 24 and lack of methods for fi nancial reimbursement. 25 While issues regarding fi nancial remuneration are not applicable to students many of the barriers are the same.…”

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Smoking cessation advice: knowledge, attitude and practice among clinical dental students

2010

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“…Email: hance@clinicaltools.com patients. [15][16][17][18] Training on nicotine dependence and tobacco cessation is discernibly absent from most health professions training programs. Surveys of U.S. medical schools by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and independent researchers have consistently documented that the majority of schools in the U.S. provide little, if any, instruction on tobacco intervention.…”

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Enhancing readiness of health profession students to address tobacco cessation with patients through online training

2012

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Objectives: To evaluate effectiveness of an online training program in preparing health care students to address tobacco use with patients. Methods: The program was evaluated on knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, intended behavior, and user satisfaction. Participants consisted of 4,180 medical, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, and other allied health professions students. Multiple choice questions assessed knowledge before and after the educational experience. Likert scales were used for self-reporting of attitude, self-efficacy, and intended behaviors towards tobacco cessation treatments in both a pre-module and post-module survey condition. Likert scores for satisfaction were recorded in a postmodule survey. Two sample paired t-tests were used to measure statistical significance. Results:The knowledge increased significantly for all modules across users. Attitude, self-efficacy, and intended behavior scores increased. The Overview course's knowledge score increased from 59% to 89% (t (649) = 61.9; p < 0.0001). Mean knowledge scores for all modules combined increased from 51.5% to 74.0% posttest. Satisfaction with the curriculum was high, with a mean score of 4.6 out of 5. Conclusions: The success of this program is evident by overall satisfaction, and increases in knowledge, selfefficacy, attitudes, and behaviors, as well as the ease with which it was deployed to thousands of students. Results of this study demonstrate that online training in tobacco cessation is an efficient and effective method of teaching students skills in tobacco cessation counseling, and can fill a vital gap in existing curricula.

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Tobacco Control Activities in U.S. Dental Practices

Cited by 103 publications

References 4 publications

Dentists' Practice and Perceived Barriers towards Smoking Cessation and Intervention in Karachi, Pakistan

Dentists' Practice and Perceived Barriers towards Smoking Cessation and Intervention in Karachi, Pakistan

Smoking cessation advice: knowledge, attitude and practice among clinical dental students

Enhancing readiness of health profession students to address tobacco cessation with patients through online training

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