Singh Abhinav, Purohit Bharathi
Department of Public Health Dentistry, ESIC Dental College & Hospital, Rohini - New Delhi, Under Ministry of Labour & Employment - Government of INDIA.
Eur J Dent. 2012 Jul;6(3):295-301.
A questionnaire study was conducted among dental students in Central India. The study population included 264 dental students, who voluntarily completed a questionnaire, comprising of 16 close ended questions. There were 9 questions to judge knowledge and 5 questions for attitude assessment towards global oral health course. Two additional questions were included to assess the willingness to volunteer in international setting; and also, to assess dental student's perspection on global oral health course. Chi Square test was used to compare between categorical variables. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to compare mean of knowledge and attitude scores. P value of ⩽.05 was considered significant for all statistical analysis. Eighty seven percent of the surveyed students (222) stated that they would consider volunteering their dental skills as a future dentist in international setting. Majority of the students in the present study were not aware about the global oral health status (99.2%) and theoral health care systems of industrialized and emerging economies (99.2%), had not been trained to serve underserved population (68%), had not been trained in global health ethics (70.1%) and none of the students had been trained for cultural competence in addressing international oral health issues (100%). Most of the dental students were not aware, that, WHO created basic package of oral care (63%) about the primary health care strategy (59.5%) and about the role and functions of FDI (66.7%). The majority of students expressed a desire to volunteer their professional services in international settings. However few students knew about WHO's BPOC or FDI'S role in global oral health. The findings indicate a need for global oral health course among dental students in Central India.
在印度中部的牙科学生中开展了一项问卷调查研究。研究对象包括264名牙科学生，他们自愿填写了一份包含16个封闭式问题的问卷。其中有9个问题用于评判知识水平，5个问题用于评估对全球口腔健康课程的态度。另外还包括两个问题，用于评估在国际环境中志愿服务的意愿，以及评估牙科学生对全球口腔健康课程的看法。采用卡方检验比较分类变量。使用方差分析（ANOVA）比较知识和态度得分的均值。所有统计分析中，P值≤0.05被认为具有统计学意义。87%的受访学生（222名）表示，他们会考虑作为未来的牙医在国际环境中贡献自己的牙科技能。本研究中的大多数学生不了解全球口腔健康状况（99.2%）以及工业化和新兴经济体的口腔卫生保健系统（99.2%），没有接受过为服务不足人群提供服务的培训（68%），没有接受过全球健康伦理方面的培训（70.1%），而且没有学生接受过应对国际口腔健康问题的文化能力培训（100%）。大多数牙科学生不知道世界卫生组织制定了口腔保健基本包（63%）、初级卫生保健战略（59.5%）以及国际牙科联合会的作用和职能（66.7%）。大多数学生表示希望在国际环境中贡献自己的专业服务。然而，很少有学生了解世界卫生组织的口腔保健基本包或国际牙科联合会在全球口腔健康中的作用。研究结果表明，印度中部的牙科学生需要开设全球口腔健康课程。
