Dentists’ Willingness to Provide Expanded HIV Screening in Oral Health Care Settings

Results From a Nationally Representative Survey

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ID11035470
AuthorsHarold Pollack (0000-0003-1629-1175, Harold A. Pollack is with the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. At the time of the study, Margaret Pereyra, Richard Singer, and Lisa R. Metsch were with the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, and Shari Messinger was with the Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL. Carrigan L. Parish is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York,...), Harold A Pollack, Margaret Pereyra (0000-0001-7200-8771, Harold A. Pollack is with the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. At the time of the study, Margaret Pereyra, Richard Singer, and Lisa R. Metsch were with the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, and Shari Messinger was with the Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL. Carrigan L. Parish is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York,...), Carrigan Parish (0000-0003-2597-1850, Harold A. Pollack is with the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. At the time of the study, Margaret Pereyra, Richard Singer, and Lisa R. Metsch were with the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, and Shari Messinger was with the Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL. Carrigan L. Parish is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York,...), Carrigan L Parish, Stephen Abel (0000-0003-4956-8900, Harold A. Pollack is with the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. At the time of the study, Margaret Pereyra, Richard Singer, and Lisa R. Metsch were with the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, and Shari Messinger was with the Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL. Carrigan L. Parish is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York,...), Shari Messinger (Harold A. Pollack is with the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. At the time of the study, Margaret Pereyra, Richard Singer, and Lisa R. Metsch were with the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, and Shari Messinger was with the Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL. Carrigan L. Parish is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York,...), Shari Messinger Cayetano (0000-0003-1182-2280, Chicago Department of Public Health), Richard H Singer (0000-0002-1754-7438, Harold A. Pollack is with the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. At the time of the study, Margaret Pereyra, Richard Singer, and Lisa R. Metsch were with the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, and Shari Messinger was with the Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL. Carrigan L. Parish is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York,...), Richard Singer, Carol Kunzel (Harold A. Pollack is with the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. At the time of the study, Margaret Pereyra, Richard Singer, and Lisa R. Metsch were with the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, and Shari Messinger was with the Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL. Carrigan L. Parish is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York,...), Barbara Greenberg (0000-0002-4014-3685, Harold A. Pollack is with the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. At the time of the study, Margaret Pereyra, Richard Singer, and Lisa R. Metsch were with the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, and Shari Messinger was with the Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL. Carrigan L. Parish is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York,...), Barbara Gerbert (Harold A. Pollack is with the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. At the time of the study, Margaret Pereyra, Richard Singer, and Lisa R. Metsch were with the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, and Shari Messinger was with the Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL. Carrigan L. Parish is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York,...), Michael Glick (0000-0003-4236-5385, Harold A. Pollack is with the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. At the time of the study, Margaret Pereyra, Richard Singer, and Lisa R. Metsch were with the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, and Shari Messinger was with the Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL. Carrigan L. Parish is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York,...), Lisa R Metsch (0000-0001-5966-3982, Harold A. Pollack is with the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. At the time of the study, Margaret Pereyra, Richard Singer, and Lisa R. Metsch were with the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, and Shari Messinger was with the Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL. Carrigan L. Parish is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York,...)
Year2014
Volume104
Issue5
Pages872-880
Publication date2014-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2013.301700
PMID24625163
PMCIDPMC3987585
OpenAlexW2082718108
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited24

Objectives. Using a nationally representative survey, we determined dentists’ willingness to provide oral rapid HIV screening in the oral health care setting. Methods. From November 2010 through November 2011, a nationally representative survey of general dentists (sampling frame obtained from American Dental Association Survey Center) examined barriers and facilitators to offering oral HIV rapid testing (n = 1802; 70.7% response). Multiple logistic regression analysis examined dentists’ willingness to conduct this screening and perceived compatibility with their professional role. Results. Agreement with the importance of annual testing for high-risk persons and familiarity with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations regarding routine HIV testing were positively associated with willingness to conduct such screening. Respondents’ agreement with patients’ acceptance of HIV testing and colleagues’ improved perception of them were also positively associated with willingness. Conclusions. Oral HIV rapid testing is potentially well suited to the dental setting. Although our analysis identified many predictors of dentists’ willingness to offer screening, there are many barriers, including dentists’ perceptions of patients’ acceptance, that must be addressed before such screening is likely to be widely implemented

Environmental health · Family medicine · HIV screening · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Logistic regression · Men who have sex with men · Perception · Risk perception · HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Oral microbiology and periodontitis research · Psychology

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