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A Qualitative Study of Patients’ Attitudes toward HIV Testing in the Dental Setting

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  • Nancy VanDevanter
  • Joan Combellick
  • M. Katherine Hutchinson
  • Joan Phelan
  • Daniel Malamud
  • Donna Shelley

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An estimated 1.1 million people in the USA are living with HIV/AIDS. Nearly 200,000 of these individuals do not know that they are infected. In 2006, the CDC recommended that all healthcare providers routinely offer HIV screening to adolescent and adult patients. Nurse-dentist collaborations present unique opportunities to provide rapid oral HIV screening to patients in dental clinic settings and reach the many adults who lack primary medical providers. However, little is known about the feasibility and acceptability of this type of innovative practice. Thus, elicitation research was undertaken with dental providers, students, and patients. This paper reports the results of qualitative interviews with 19 adults attending a university-based dental clinic in New York City. Overall, patients held very positive attitudes and beliefs toward HIV screening in dental sites and identified important factors that should be incorporated into the design of nurse-dentist collaborative HIV screening programs.

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  • Nancy VanDevanter & Joan Combellick & M. Katherine Hutchinson & Joan Phelan & Daniel Malamud & Donna Shelley, 2012. "A Qualitative Study of Patients’ Attitudes toward HIV Testing in the Dental Setting," Nursing Research and Practice, Hindawi, vol. 2012, pages 1-6, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:hin:jnlnrp:803169
    DOI: 10.1155/2012/803169
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    1. Rakkoo Chung & Shu-Yin John Leung & Stephen N Abel & Michael N Hatton & Yanfang Ren & Jeffrey Seiver & Carol Sloane & Howard Lavigne & Travis O’Donnell & Laura O’Shea, 2020. "HIV screening in the dental setting in New York State," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(4), pages 1-16, April.
    2. Khadija Leena & Mafiun Nafisa Huq & Rabeya Ahmed & Abdullah Enam & Probal Kumar Mondal & Afsana Anwar & Abu Ansar Md. Rizwan (Corresponding author), 2022. "Management of HIV positive patients by direct approach from dental service providers of Bangladesh," International Journal of Science and Business, IJSAB International, vol. 10(1), pages 123-129.

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