Dental students treating patients living with HIV/AIDS: The influence of attitudes and HIV knowledge

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 437-444

  Seacat, Jason D ^a   Litt, Mark D ^b   Daniels, Adam S ^a  

^a WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions; Dentistry; HIV AIDS; Oral health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROL; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL STUDENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 64149110801     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Reznik DA. Oral manifestations of HIV disease. Perspective 2005; 13:143-8.
2. Reznik DA, O'Daniels C. Oral manifestations of HIV/AIDS in the HAART era. At: www.hivdent.org/-oralmanife stations-/oralmanife stations-OMHAH0502. htm. Accessed: August 18, 2008.
3. Yengopal V, Naidoo S. Do oral lesions associated with HIV affect quality of life? Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2008;106:66-73.
4. Mascarenhas AK, Smith SR. Factors associated with utilization of care for oral lesions in HIV disease. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 1999;87: 708-13.
5. Rohn EJ, Sankar A, Hoelscher DC, Luborsky M, Parise MH. How do social-psychological concerns impede the delivery of care to people with HIV? Issues for dental education. J Dent Educ 2006;70(10):1038-42.
6. King LA. The science of psychology: an appreciative view. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008.
7. Erasmus S, Luiters S, Brijal P. Oral hygiene and dental students' knowledge, attitudes, and behavior in managing HIV/AIDS patients. Int J Dent Hygiene 2005;3:213-7.
8. Seacat JP, Inglehart MR. Education about treating patients with HIV infection/AIDS: the student perspective. J Dent Educ 2003;67(6):630-40.
9. Cohen LA, Romberg E, Grace EG, Barnes DM. Attitudes of advanced dental education students toward individuals with AIDS. J Dent Educ 2005;69(8):896-900.
10. Carr RL, Gramling LF. Stigma: a health barrier for women with HIV/AIDS. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 2004;15:30-9.
11. Malone H. Settlement reached in discrimination suit against dentist. Boston Globe Online, April 23, 1999. At: www.aegis.com/news/ads/1999/ad990646. html. Accessed: December 9, 2008.
12. ACLU challenges HIV discrimination. At: www.aclu-nj.org/news/ acluchallengeshivdiscrirnin.htm. Accessed: December 9, 2008.
13. New Jersey dentist violated state law by refusing to treat HIV-positive man. At: www.lambdalegal.org/news/pr/dental-medical-discrirnination-hiv-aids. html. Accessed: December 9, 2008.
14. Sears B. Open wide? Some dentists are paying the price for refusing to treat people with HIV The Body, April 1999. At: www.thebody.com/content/ art32889.html. Accessed: December 9, 2008.
15. Kuthy RA, Heller KE, Riniker KJ, McQuistan MR, Qian F. Students' opinions about treating vulnerable populations immediately after completing community-based clinical experiences. J Dent Educ 2007;71(5):646-54.
16. Mulligan R, Seirawan H, Galligan J, Lemme S. The effect of an HIV/AIDS program on the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of dental professionals. J Dent Educ 2006;70(8):857-68.
17. Weiner B. Judgments of responsibility. New York: Guilford Press, 1995.
18. Borsum KM, Gjermo PE. Relationship between knowledge and attitudes regarding HIV/AIDS among dental school employees and students. Eur J Dent Educ 2004;8:105-10.
19. McDonell JR. Judgments of personal responsibility for HIV infection: an attributional analysis. Soc Work 1993;38:403-10.
20. Weiner B, Perry RP, Magnusson J. An attributional analysis to stigmas. J Pers Soc Psychol 1988;55:738-48.
21. Heider F. The psychology of interpersonal relations. New York: Wiley, 1958.
22. Kelley HH. Causal schemata and the attribution process. Morristown, NJ: General Learning Press, 1972.
23. Johnson LM, Mullick R, Mulford CL. General versus specific victim blaming. J Soc Psychol 2002;142:249-63.
24. Dooley PA. Perceptions of the onset-controllability of AIDS and helping judgments: an attributional analysis. J Appl Soc Psychol 1995;25:858-69.
25. Seacat JD, Hirschman RD, Mickelson KD. Attributions of HIV onset-controllability, emotional reactions, and helping intentions: the implicit effect of victim sexual orientation. J Appl Soc Psychol 2007;37:1442-61.
26. Steins G, Weiner B. The influence of perceived responsibility and personality characteristics on the emotional and behavioral reactions to people with AIDS. J Soc Psyol 1999;139:487-95.
27. Mantler J, Schellenberg EG, Page JS. Attributions for serious illness: are controllability, responsibility, and blame different constructs? Can J Behav Sci 2003;35:142-52.
28. Tabachnick BG, Fidell LS. Using multivariate statistics. 4th ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2001.
29. Charbonneau A, Maheux B, Beland F. Do people with HIV/AIDS disclose their positivity to dentists? AIDS Care 1999;11:61-70.