Estimates of the Effects of a Statewide Sealant Initiative on Dentists' Knowledge and Attitudes

Bader, James D.; Sams, Darlene H.; O’Neil, Edward

doi:10.1111/j.1752-7325.1987.tb02003.x

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“…The differing rates of study completion for those dentists achieving lower scores as compared to higher scores is of concern in the present study. Such response patterns could provide support for mandatory continuing professional education and has been noted by other authors (23). However, the selective withdrawal of some dentists from the study may indicate that they were working in non‐ideal circumstances that did not allow their ongoing involvement.…”

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Effectiveness of interventions to promote continuing professional development for dentists

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Messer

2003

Eur J Dental Education

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2003

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“…The two general dentist regressions explained between 42 and 48 percent of the variance involved in the estimated level of sealant use. More variance was explained in this research than was evidenced in the 38 percent found in the Iowa study (7), the 21 percent in the Badner and Rosenberg study (S), and the 29 percent in the North Carolina study (9). No multiple regression research had been done previously with pediatric dentists; therefore, comparison with this study's pediatric dentist level of variance explained (between 42% and 46%) was not possible.…”

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“…The North Carolina study revealed the importance of Knowledge and Attitude to the model. The overall intent of the North Carolina research was to evaluate its sealant education program's effectiveness (9). The number of variables studied was limited, therefore, and the resultant R was low.…”

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Importance of Variables Associated with Practitioners' Estimates of Pit and Fissure Sealant Use

Romberg

Cohen

Labelle

1988

J Public Health Dent

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Practitioner acceptance of pit and fissure sealants has been slow. To assess the factors that relate to the dentist's decision to use or not to use sealants, a comprehensive survey of 3,504 general dentists and 591 pediatric dentists was undertaken. Response rate to the mailed questionnaire was 37.6 percent (n = 1,193) for general dentists and 61.2 percent (n = 329) for pediatric dentists. Items were grouped into ten scales believed to portray major variables associated with level of sealant use. Level of use, measured as an estimated percent of child patients receiving sealants, served as the dependent variable. A stepwise multiple regression was used to study the relationship between the scales and estimated level of use. Overall, the preventive orientation, opinion, and patient influence scales contributed the most to the explanation of the estimated level of use. These scales, for both general dentists and pediatric dentists, had the strongest simple correlations with sealant use and they also were the three scales that showed up most consistently as the prime scales in the multiple regression analyses. These results suggested that efforts aimed at encouraging a preventive philosophy and improving patient and practitioner opinion and knowledge about sealants should be undertaken.

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“…The followup questionnaire contained the same attitude, knowledge, and use questions. Four additional items from a previous initiative were used to assess practice changes in patient acceptance of sealants, respondents' perceptions of success or failure at increasing sealant use, and knowledge gained during the program year (15). Questionnairesand complete item results are available from the authors.…”

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Educating Dentists about Fissure Sealants: Effects on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Use

Lang

Farghaly

Woolfolk

et al. 1991

J Public Health Dent

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This study evaluated the effects of three modes of education on dentists' knowledge, attitudes, and use of pit and fissure sealants. A randomly selected group of dentists was invited to participate in a sealant education initiative. During a 12-month period, a total of 662 dentists either (1) attended continuing education courses, (2) received written materials and videotapes by mail, or (3) received only written materials by mail. A comparison group (n = 337) received no materials until after the education phase and evaluation had been completed. Pre- and postintervention surveys were used to measure changes in knowledge, attitudes, and sealant use. Response rates to the two surveys were 62 percent and 76 percent, respectively. Preintervention values for knowledge scores, an attitude scale, and sealant use were similar among the four groups. At followup, the three education groups had significantly higher knowledge scores than the comparison group. Attitude values for all but one group were not significantly different, and sealant use by all groups was identical. The numbers of respondents not using sealants declined slightly between surveys in the three education groups while rising slightly in the No-Education Group. Because program outcomes were similar to those of another sealant initiative, it can probably be concluded that continuing education will increase dentists' knowledge about sealants, but have little effect upon their attitudes or their use of the technique. The changes observed in this investigation may be due to the particular capacity for cognitive and affective changes of participants, characteristics of the technology being promoted, and external forces in the professional environment.

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Estimates of the Effects of a Statewide Sealant Initiative on Dentists' Knowledge and Attitudes

Cited by 12 publications

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Effectiveness of interventions to promote continuing professional development for dentists

Effectiveness of interventions to promote continuing professional development for dentists

Importance of Variables Associated with Practitioners' Estimates of Pit and Fissure Sealant Use

Educating Dentists about Fissure Sealants: Effects on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Use

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