Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Front Public Health. 2021 Nov 16;9:685678. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.685678. eCollection 2021.
Coronavirus Diesease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has led to the suspension of the activities of dental schools. Therefore, reorganizing clinical settings and supporting services as quickly as possible has received much attention to reopen dental schools. The present study aimed to evaluate the applicability of the Intervention Mapping (IM) approach for designing, implementing, and evaluating an intervention program to prevent and control COVID-19 in dental schools. Following the IM protocol, six steps were completed in the planning and development of an intervention, targeting, and management of Dental School during the COVID-19 pandemic. The information obtained from the needs assessment revealed that the COVID-19 outbreak prevention was associated with the use of personal protective equipment by all target groups, infection control measures taken in the environment, preparation of the environment and equipment, changes in the treatment plan according to the COVID-19 pandemic, changing the admission process of patients, and reduction of attendance of target groups in the school are linked with. In this study, determinant factors affecting the COVID-19 prevention at the individual level were identified based on the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT). In this program, various methods, such as presentation of information, modeling role, and persuasion measures, were utilized and the practical programs included educational films and group discussions implemented. Our findings indicated that intervention in dental environments on the basis of the IM process can develop a comprehensive and structured program in the dental school and hence can reduce the risk of the COVID-19 infection.
冠状病毒病-2019（COVID-19）爆发导致牙科学院的活动暂停。因此，尽快重新组织临床环境和支持服务以重新开放牙科学院受到了广泛关注。本研究旨在评估干预映射（IM）方法在设计，实施和评估预防和控制牙科学校 COVID-19 的干预计划中的适用性。 根据 IM 协议，在 COVID-19 大流行期间针对牙科学校的目标和管理，完成了干预措施规划和开发的六个步骤。从需求评估中获得的信息表明，COVID-19 爆发的预防与所有目标群体使用个人防护设备，环境中采取的感染控制措施，环境和设备的准备，根据 COVID-19 大流行改变治疗计划，改变患者的入院流程以及减少目标群体在学校的出勤率有关。在这项研究中，根据保护动机理论（PMT）确定了个体层面预防 COVID-19 的决定因素。在该计划中，利用了各种方法，例如信息呈现，角色建模和说服措施，并实施了教育电影和小组讨论等实用计划。我们的研究结果表明，基于 IM 过程的牙科环境干预可以在牙科学校中制定全面而有结构的计划，从而降低 COVID-19 感染的风险。
