| Understanding the intention of dentists to provide dental care to HIV+ and AIDS patients. | |
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PMID: 10385361 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to understand the intention of dentists to provide dental care to HIV+/AIDS patients. METHODS: A representative sample of 791 dentists from the province of Quebec completed a questionnaire assessing their intention to provide dental care to individuals with HIV+/AIDS as well as their attitudes, perceived social norm, perceived behavioral control, perceived behavioral norm and personal normative belief regarding this behavior. Past experience with providing dental care (habit) to HIV+/AIDS patients, fear of AIDS and socio-demographic characteristics were also assessed. RESULTS: Overall, dentists have a strong intention to provide dental care to HIV+/AIDS patients. Nevertheless, 25% of the respondents expressed a low intention to provide dental care to these patients. The main factors explaining 71% of the variance in intention were perceived behavioral control (beta=0.52, P<0.0001), personal normative belief (beta=0.33, P<0.0001) and habit of treating HIV+/AIDS patients (beta=0.12, P<0.0001). CONCLUSION: To improve the motivation of dentists to treat HIV+/AIDS patients, emphasis should be placed on increasing self-efficacy to cope with the difficulties of providing dental care to HIV+/AIDS patients as well as on the importance of acting in agreement with the Dental Association's Code of Ethics. |
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G Godin; H Naccache; J M Brodeur; M Alary |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
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Title: Community dentistry and oral epidemiology Volume: 27 ISSN: 0301-5661 ISO Abbreviation: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol Publication Date: 1999 Jun |
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Created Date: 1999-08-06 Completed Date: 1999-08-06 Revised Date: 2009-01-29 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0410263 Medline TA: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol Country: DENMARK |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 221-7 Citation Subset: D; IM; X |
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Research Group on Psychosocial Aspects of Health Related Behaviors, Laval University, St-Foy, Québec, Canada. gaston.godin@fsi.ulaval.ca |
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Adult Analysis of Variance Attitude of Health Personnel* Dental Care for Chronically Ill / psychology* Dentists / psychology* Ethics, Dental Female HIV Infections / psychology* Humans Male Middle Aged Motivation Organizational Policy Quebec Questionnaires Regression Analysis Social Values Societies, Dental |
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