An assessment of the provision of HIV education among dental hygienists: application of the PRECEDE model

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dc.contributor.authorJohnston, Paula W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHowze, Elizabeth H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSouthard, Douglas R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberNovascone, Mary Annen
dc.contributor.departmentHealth and Physical Educationen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:41:32Zen
dc.date.adate2009-07-29en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:41:32Zen
dc.date.issued1993-05-13en
dc.date.rdate2009-07-29en
dc.date.sdate2009-07-29en
dc.description.abstractHealth professionals have important roles to play in educating their clients about HIV prevention. However, research suggests that health professionals, including dental professionals, more often than not fail to provide any HIV education to their clients. This study employed Green and Kreuter's PRECEDE model to assess those factors that influence the provision of HIV education by dental hygienists in Virginia. A 22 item closed-ended questionnaire which addressed predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors was mailed to 649 randomly selected Virginia licensed dental hygienists. Fifty-five percent (360) of those contacted completed and returned the questionnaire. Key factors found to impact the provision of HIV education by dental hygienists were having received HIV education during formal training or continuing education courses, perceived self efficacy to deliver HIV education, and characteristics of the practice setting. Chi square analysis showed that dental hygienists with formal HIV education were more likely to educate their clients about HIV risk reduction than dental hygienists who had not received such education (p=.04). Dental hygienists who had received HIV education through continuing education were also more likely to provide HIV education to their clients than dental hygienists who had not (p=.05).en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentx, 95 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-07292009-090312en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07292009-090312/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/43979en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1993.J645.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 28767186en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1993.J645en
dc.subject.lcshDental care -- Safety measures -- Virginiaen
dc.subject.lcshDental hygienists -- Virginia -- Attitudesen
dc.subject.lcshHIV infections -- Transmissionen
dc.titleAn assessment of the provision of HIV education among dental hygienists: application of the PRECEDE modelen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineHealth and Physical Educationen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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