Impact of HIV on VA Dental Services: Report of a Survey
dc.contributor.author | Manz, Michael C. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Weyant, Robert J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Adelson, Richard | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Sverha, Susan K. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Durnan, J. Richard | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Geboy, Michael J. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-04-01T15:53:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-04-01T15:53:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1994-09 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Manz, Michael C.; Weyant, Robert J.; Adelson, Richard; Sverha, Susan K.; Durnan, J. Richard; Geboy, Michael J. (1994). "Impact of HIV on VA Dental Services: Report of a Survey." Journal of Public Health Dentistry 54(4): 197-204. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66390> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-4006 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1752-7325 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66390 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=7799293&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: This study assessed knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to the treatment of HIV-infected patients by Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) dental personnel. Methods : A questionnaire was mailed to all VA dentists, hygienists, and EFDA assistants and completed anonymously in May 1991. Descriptive results are reported along with comparisons between the findings from this study and a similar VA survey conducted in 1988, as well as several national surveys of non-VA dentists. Results : Nearly all VA respondents reported participation in some type of continuing education on HIV and infection control. They also reported high compliance with recommended infection control procedures. Furthermore, the findings suggest that VA dentists and hygienists have a high willingness to treat HIV-infected patients, far exceeding that expressed by non-VA dentists. However, a high level of anxiety related to occupational exposure to HIV seems to exist. Most respondents perceived a higher risk of HIV infection from commonly encountered occurrences in the workplace than actually exists based on current knowledge. Conclusions : While efforts to further reduce the risk of infection and improve care should continue, future efforts also should be directed toward reducing the anxiety of VA dental personnel in the treatment of infectious patients. | en_US |
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dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | en_US |
dc.rights | 1994 by the American Association of Public Health Dentistry | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Survey | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Dental | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Attitudes | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Behaviors | en_US |
dc.subject.other | HIV | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Infectious Patients | en_US |
dc.title | Impact of HIV on VA Dental Services: Report of a Survey | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Dentistry | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Public Health | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Program in Dental Public Health University of Michigan School of Public Health 109 Observatory Ann Arbor, MI 48109 | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Public Health and Community Dentistry School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, and VA Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Director Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Medical Educational Center Minneapolis, MN | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | National Coordinator HIV/AIDS Education Office of Academic Affairs Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Chair OAA HIV/AIDS Education Working Group Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Medical Education Center Northport, NY | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Assistant Director for Education Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Dental Education Center Washington, DC | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 7799293 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/66390/1/j.1752-7325.1994.tb01215.x.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1994.tb01215.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Public Health Dentistry | en_US |
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