Journal article
Fourth-year dental students' perceived barriers to providing tobacco intervention services
Journal of dental education, Vol.74(10), pp.1074-1085
10/2010
DOI: 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2010.74.10.tb04962.x
PMID: 20930238
Abstract
In order to facilitate effective tobacco cessation services within dental school clinics, it is necessary to understand the perceived barriers encountered by dental students while providing these services. The aim of this study was to identify which factors fourth-year dental students perceive to be associated with barriers to providing tobacco intervention services. A written survey was developed and completed by incoming fourth-year dental students (a convenience sample of seventy students) at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry in 2008. The survey assessed the perceived barriers to providing tobacco intervention services and related factors. Descriptive, bivariate, and linear regression analyses were conducted. The response rate was 97 percent. The most frequently reported barriers were patients' resistance to tobacco intervention services (96 percent), inadequate time available for tobacco intervention services (96 percent), and forgetting to give tobacco intervention advice (91 percent). The following variables were significantly (p<0.05) related to greater perceived barriers in providing tobacco intervention services: lower "adequacy of tobacco intervention curriculum coverage of specific topics covered over the previous three years" and greater "perceived importance of incorporating objective structured clinical examination teaching method for learning tobacco intervention." Students probably could benefit from additional didactic training, but most important may be enhanced clinical experiences and faculty reinforcement to facilitate effective practical student learning and adaptation for future delivery of intervention services in private practice settings.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Fourth-year dental students' perceived barriers to providing tobacco intervention services
- Creators
- Bhagyashree Pendharkar - College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, N332, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. bhagyashree-pendharkar@uiowa.eduSteven M LevyMichelle R McQuistanFang QianChristopher A SquierNancy A SlachMary L Aquilino
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of dental education, Vol.74(10), pp.1074-1085
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2010.74.10.tb04962.x
- PMID
- 20930238
- ISSN
- 0022-0337
- eISSN
- 1930-7837
- Grant note
- name: Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation Graduate Student Thesis Award; name: Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2010
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine; International Programs; Epidemiology; Dental Research; Community and Behavioral Health; Periodontics
- Record Identifier
- 9983917659302771
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