Dentists' and dental hygienists' role in smoking cessation: An examination and comparison of current practice and barriers to service provision

Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-151

  Edwards, David ^a,b,d   Freeman, Toby ^c   Roche, Ann M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CANCER COUNCIL SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Quit SA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brief intervention; Dental hygienists; Dentists; Practice change; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTIST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROLE PLAYING; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COUNSELING; DATA COLLECTION; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; DENTISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROLE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33845689917     PISSN: 10361073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/he06145     Document Type: Article

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