Leeann R Donnelly, Ruth Elwood Martin, Mario A Brondani
{"title":"Perceived oral health and access to care among men with a history of incarceration.","authors":"Leeann R Donnelly, Ruth Elwood Martin, Mario A Brondani","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To explore the perceptions of oral health and access to care experiences of men with a history of incarceration and to identify factors contributing to current oral health inequities within their community.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A qualitative approach was used via focus group discussions among 18 men with a history of incarceration and 10 staff members of a non-profit organization working with individuals who are involved in or at risk of involvement with the criminal justice system. All discussions were audiorecorded and transcribed verbatim. A thematic analysis was undertaken using <i>N-Vivo 10</i><sup>™</sup>, a qualitative data management program.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The participants ranged in age from 29 years to 69 years, came from a variety of ethnic backgrounds, and had different prison setting experiences. Five major themes emerged: not on the radar, stigma of incarceration, being shot down, caught in the system, and institutional conditioning.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The personal backgrounds, experiences with health and dental care during prison time, and the unique challenges faced by men with a history of incarceration influenced their perceptions and their ability to access dental services. Dental professionals can help to change these perceptions and experiences by creating a safe space for these individuals to access and receive care comfortably.</p>","PeriodicalId":53470,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene","volume":"53 3","pages":"157-165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7533820/pdf/CanJDentHyg-53-3-157.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38643215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new evolution of Canada's Food Guide.","authors":"Salme E Lavigne, Christina Lengyel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53470,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene","volume":"53 3","pages":"143-145"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7533819/pdf/CanJDentHyg-53-3-143.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38643213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Knowledge of malocclusion supports comprehensive dental hygiene care.","authors":"Iris Chu, David Kennedy, Penny Hatzimanolakis","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Occlusal assessments are often missed or neglected by dentists and dental hygienists. This short communication discusses how these assessments can be implemented through 4 planes of space: anterior-posterior/anteroposterior, vertical, transverse, and perimeter. Expanded occlusal knowledge can improve the referral process for early preventive care. A chairside guide has been defined for dental hygienists to conduct a systematic occlusal exam.</p>","PeriodicalId":53470,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene","volume":"53 2","pages":"118-124"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7533816/pdf/CanJDentHyg-53-2-118.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38306522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anthony J Santella, Petal Leuwaisee, Susan H Davide, Hanna Horowitz, Bhuma Krishnamachari
{"title":"Oral rapid HIV testing in the dental setting: Experiences from three dental hygiene clinics.","authors":"Anthony J Santella, Petal Leuwaisee, Susan H Davide, Hanna Horowitz, Bhuma Krishnamachari","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Oral rapid HIV testing (ORHT) is implemented in the dental setting to make individuals aware of their possibly undiagnosed HIV infection. The testing process and characteristics of clients willing to receive ORHT has yet, however, to be systematically collected.</p><p><strong>Case description: </strong>Three dental hygiene clinics located in academic institutions implemented ORHT from March 2016 to April 2017.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>231 persons received ORHT; all had non-reactive results. Most had seen a primary care provider in the past year (n = 130), had had a previous ORHT (n = 111), and described themselves as extremely likely or likely to accept a chairside screening in the future (n = 169). The main reason cited for accepting ORHT was that it was free (n = 138).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In order to ensure everyone living with HIV is aware of their infection, HIV testing should be expanded into non-traditional settings. The dental setting may help achieve this important public health milestone.</p>","PeriodicalId":53470,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene","volume":"53 2","pages":"125-129"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7533818/pdf/CanJDentHyg-53-2-125.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38306524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In search of dental hygiene's \"big ideas\".","authors":"L L McKeown","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53470,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene","volume":"53 2","pages":"131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7533814/pdf/CanJDentHyg-53-2-131.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38306523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The oral microbiome and precision medicine: A peek into the future of periodontal diagnostics.","authors":"Salme E Lavigne","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53470,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene","volume":"53 2","pages":"83-85"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7533812/pdf/CanJDentHyg-53-2-83.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38306047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effectiveness of \"Safeguard Your Smile,\" an oral health literacy intervention, on oral hygiene self-care behaviour among Punjabi immigrants:A randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Navdeep Kaur, Daniel Kandelman, Louise Potvin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Research shows that immigrants have higher rates of oral diseases, poorer access to dental care services, and lower levels of health literacy than their Canadian-born peers. Oral health literacy has emerged as a potential pathway to reduce oral health disparities. The scarcity of studies on oral health literacy interventions, particularly among immigrants, lent urgency to this study, the purpose of which was to evaluate the effectiveness of an oral health literacy intervention promoting oral hygiene self-care behaviour among Punjabi immigrants.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study used a parallel group, non-blinded, randomized controlled trial design. One hundred and forty (140) Punjabi immigrants between 18 and 60 years of age were enrolled. Participants were randomly allocated to receive either the Safeguard Your Smile (SYS) intervention or a conventional pamphlet. The following outcome measures were assessed at baseline and 3 months post-intervention: self-reported oral hygiene self-care behaviour and knowledge, plaque and gingival indices, and oral health literacy. A linear mixed model for repeated measures was used to compare the intervention and control groups (between) at pre- and post-intervention (within).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants who received the SYS intervention showed improvements ( <i>p</i> <0.0001) for the following dependent variables: oral hygiene self-care knowledge and behaviour, oral health literacy, and plaque and gingival indices.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>SYS intervention enhanced positive oral hygiene self-care behaviour among Punjabi immigrants with low oral health literacy. SYS intervention can be employed among other vulnerable groups with low levels of oral health literacy to improve oral hygiene self-care behaviour.</p>","PeriodicalId":53470,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene","volume":"53 1","pages":"23-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7533823/pdf/CanJDentHyg-53-1-23.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38642779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"YouTube videos as health decision aids for the public: An integrative review.","authors":"Kimberly Haslam, Heather Doucette, Shauna Hachey, Teanne MacCallum, Denise Zwicker, Martha Smith-Brilliant, Robert Gilbert","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the potential value of YouTube videos as health decision aids for the public.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An integrative review was performed to explore 3 questions: 1) What is the validity of health-related YouTube videos created for the public? 2) Are YouTube videos an effective tool for supporting the public in decision making regarding the treatment, prevention, and diagnosis of disease? 3) How can health professionals ensure their videos will be readily accessible to those searching online for health-related information? Systematic searches of PubMed, CINAHL, and Web of Science were conducted. The returns were screened using inclusion and exclusion criteria and studies found were critically appraised.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fifty-eight studies assessed the validity of videos on given topics and 9 studies examined the effectiveness of videos in supporting decision making. These studies demonstrated that the majority of health-related YouTube videos lack validity. However, evidence-based videos do exist and have the potential to be an effective instrument in supporting the public in making health decisions. Ten studies examined ways to increase the accessibility of such videos to the public.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Creators of evidence-based videos must take into consideration content and content-agnostic factors to improve the accessibility of their videos to searchers. Recommendations to support creators in making their evidence-based health videos readily accessible to the public are provided.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>By exploiting appropriate content and content-agnostic factors, video creators can ensure that valid health information is readily accessible to information seekers.</p>","PeriodicalId":53470,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene","volume":"53 1","pages":"53-66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7533808/pdf/CanJDentHyg-53-1-53.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38306044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dental hygiene students' clinical self-confidence and management of pediatric clients: Pilot study.","authors":"Denise M Claiborne","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Dental hygiene programs must ensure students are competent and confident to meet the oral health needs of pediatric clients. The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate dental hygiene students' perceived self-confidence to perform dental hygiene services and manage client behaviour.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study was deemed exempt by the institutional review board. A mixed methods approach evaluated 36 first-year dental hygiene students' perceived self-confidence using an electronically delivered valid survey that consisted of 19 questions on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = not at all confident to 5 = totally confident) and 1 reflective question.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The response rate for the survey was 100% (N = 36). Over 60% reported \"totally confident\" when completing a medical history; formulating and communicating a treatment plan; providing oral hygiene instruction; and applying fluoride varnish. Only 11% (n = 4) reported \"totally confident\" in exposing radiographs on pediatric clients. Roughly 42% (n = 15) reported \"reasonably confident\" and 28% (n = 10) reported \"totally confident\" when managing behaviour throughout the appointment. The multiple regression model explained 64% of the variance and was a significant predictor of managing behaviour, F (6, 29) = 8.70, <i>p</i> = 0.000. Reflective responses suggest that clients' age, appointment length, and dental procedures posed behaviour management challenges.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The majority of students reported \"reasonably\" or \"totally\" confident when performing dental hygiene services. However, more clinical opportunities are warranted to increase self-confidence in managing pediatric clients' behaviour.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A review of pediatric client content and experiences within dental hygiene programs is suggested to ensure graduates are prepared to meet pediatric needs.</p>","PeriodicalId":53470,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene","volume":"53 1","pages":"43-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7533801/pdf/CanJDentHyg-53-1-43.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38306043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The multiple faces of dental hygiene.","authors":"Salme E Lavigne","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53470,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene","volume":"53 1","pages":"3-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7533805/pdf/CanJDentHyg-53-1-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38642777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}