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标题：Integrating preventive dental care into general Paediatric practice for Indigenous communities: paediatric residents’ perceptions
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作者：Mohamed ElSalhy ; Mandeep Gill ; Daniela Migliarese Isaac 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Circumpolar Health
印刷版ISSN：1239-9736
电子版ISSN：2242-3982
出版年度：2019
卷号：78
期号：1
DOI：10.1080/22423982.2019.1573162
摘要：This qualitative study aimed to explore paediatric residents’ perceptions of the feasibility of incorporating preventive dental care into a general paediatric outreach clinic for a First Nations community. Four focus groups were conducted with paediatric residents and attending paediatricians. Interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using a basic interpretive qualitative approach. Three major themes emerged from the data: advantages of integration, barriers to integration and strategies for integration. Comprehensive care and service delivery were the two identified advantages of integration. Three categories of barriers emerged including patient and caregiver-related, residentrelated and setting-related barriers. Training and practice, patient education, support and policy were the suggested strategies for successful integration. Providers were found to be open to integrating preventive dental care into their practice. However, barriers impeded the success of this integration. Multiple strategies including oral health care training for medical providers, office support and policy changes would facilitate successful integration..
关键词：Oral health ; health services ; Paediatrics ; First Nations