Dental programme for smoke-free promotion: attitudes and activities of dentists, hygienists, and therapists at training and 1 year later.
Dentists, hygienists, and therapists in Auckland, who had attended a training programme designed to discourage smoking in their patients, were surveyed to determine their current anti-smoking activities. After the training course, those surveyed were more aware of the importance of smoking-cessation counselling, and were taking a much more active role in such activities. The activities of dental therapists with child patients indicate that this is a potentially important addition to their health education role.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003376:Counseling / Q000193:education; D003756:Dental Hygienists / Q000523:psychology*; D003815:Dentists / Q000523:psychology*; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012571:School Dentistry; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology