title: Adherence to standard precautions from the standpoint of the Health Belief Model: the practice of recapping needles.
abstract: The aim of this study was to apply the Health Belief Model to explain the adherence to the recommendation not to recap needles by dentists and dental assistants of the public health system in a municipality in the State of São Paulo. A questionnaire validated and adapted for the oral health area was used, which included variables related to the frequency of recapping and health beliefs using Likert-type scales. The relationship between beliefs and adherence to the recommendation not to recap needles was obtained by regression analysis. Of all the professionals in this study (n=79), the majority (83.5%) reported recapping needles at least once in the last month. Through regression analysis, it was observed that the relationship between the beliefs described by the model and the attitude whether or not to follow the recommendation not to recap needles was explained by a lower perception of psychological barriers and a greater perception of stimuli not to recap needles. The conclusion reached is that the acceptance of recommendations to prevent working accidents with biological material was explained by some dimensions of the Health Belief Model, enabling discussion about reformulation of training offered to professionals of the public health system.
authors: Departamento de Odontologia Infantil e Social, Faculdade de Odontologia de Araçatuba, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba, SP, Brasil, rojema@foa.unesp.br.
authors: Ronald Jefferson
authors: RJ
authors: Martins
authors: Departamento de Odontologia Infantil e Social, Faculdade de Odontologia de Araçatuba, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba, SP, Brasil, rojema@foa.unesp.br.
authors: Suzely Adas Saliba
authors: SA
authors: Moimaz
authors: Departamento de Odontologia Infantil e Social, Faculdade de Odontologia de Araçatuba, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba, SP, Brasil, rojema@foa.unesp.br.
authors: Maria Lúcia Marçal Mazza
authors: ML
authors: Sundefeld
authors: Departamento de Odontologia Infantil e Social, Faculdade de Odontologia de Araçatuba, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba, SP, Brasil, rojema@foa.unesp.br.
authors: Artênio José Ísper
authors: AJ
authors: Garbin
authors: Departamento de Odontologia Infantil e Social, Faculdade de Odontologia de Araçatuba, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba, SP, Brasil, rojema@foa.unesp.br.
authors: Patrick Raphael Vicente
authors: PR
authors: Gonçalves
authors: Departamento de Odontologia Infantil e Social, Faculdade de Odontologia de Araçatuba, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba, SP, Brasil, rojema@foa.unesp.br.
authors: Cléa Adas Saliba
authors: CA
authors: Garbin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003726:Dental Assistants; D003815:Dentists; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009339:Needles; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055815:Young Adult