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The invisible work with tobacco cessation: strategies among dental hygienists
Kristianstad University, School of Health and Society, Avdelningen för Hälsovetenskap.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0269-730X
Kristianstad University, School of Health and Society, Avdelningen för Hälsovetenskap. Kristianstad University, Forskningsmiljön PRO-CARE.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4820-6203
Division of Periodontology and Dental Hygiene, Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge.
2012 (English)In: International Journal of Dental Hygiene, ISSN 1601-5029, E-ISSN 1601-5037, Vol. 10, no 1, p. 54-60Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Objective:  This study elucidates dental hygienists’ experiences of work with tobacco cessation among patients who smoke or use snuff.

Methods:  Data were obtained and categorized by interviewing 12 dental hygienists, who worked actively with tobacco cessation interventions. Qualitative content analysis was used for analysis.

Results:  The latent content was formulated into the core category ‘the invisible oral health promotion work’. The informants thought that they had a responsibility to work with tobacco cessation. They perceived the financial system in which they perform the activity as frustrating, because tobacco cessation has no treatment code in the dental care insurance. This was one of several reasons why they had to integrate it in other treatment procedures. The results identified three categories: ‘balance in the meeting’, ‘possibilities and hindrance’ and ‘procedures’. In the narratives, both positive and negative aspects were displayed.

Conclusions:  The financial conditions for tobacco cessation interventions need to be reformed and the activity has to be given a higher priority in the organization of dental care. Practical training in performing tobacco cessation interventions is important during the dental hygiene education; otherwise, tobacco cessation interventions will remain invisible in oral health promotion in the future.

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2012. Vol. 10, no 1, p. 54-60
Keywords [en]
dental hygienists, smokeless tobacco, smoking;strategies, tobacco cessation interventions
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-8866DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5037.2011.00530.xISI: 000299100000009PubMedID: 21974714OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hkr-8866DiVA, id: diva2:475326
Available from: 2012-01-10 Created: 2012-01-10 Last updated: 2017-12-08Bibliographically approved

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