A survey of UK dental health professionals using a medicines information service: what questions do they ask and do they get useful answers?

BDJ ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 211 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. McEntee ◽  
S. L. Henderson ◽  
P. M. Rutter ◽  
J. Rutter ◽  
H. J. Davis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Medicines Information

Utility and value of a medicines information service provided by pharmacists: a survey of health professionals

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 353-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne E. McEntee ◽  
Simone L. Henderson ◽  
Paul M. Rutter ◽  
Jill Rutter ◽  
Helen J. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Medicines Information

Organizing for Knowledge Management

2011 ◽  
pp. 2261-2275
Author(s):  
J. David Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Cancer Information ◽  
Cancer Information Service ◽  
Clinical Practices ◽  
The Public ◽  
Critical Knowledge

The Cancer Information Service is a knowledge management organization, charged with delivering information to the public concerning cancer. This chapter describes how societal trends in consumer/client information behavior impact clinical knowledge management. It then details how the CIS is organized to serve clients and how it can interface with clinical practice by providing referral, by enhancing health literacy, by providing a second opinion, and by giving crucial background, assurance to clients from neutral third party. The CIS serves as a critical knowledge broker, synthesizing and translating information for clients before, during, and after their interactions with clinical practices; thus enabling health professionals to focus on their unique functions.

scholarly journals Screening for periodontal diseases by non-dental health professionals: a protocol for a systematic review and overview of reviews

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Birgit Teufer ◽  
Isolde Sommer ◽  
Barbara Nussbaumer-Streit ◽  
Viktoria Titscher ◽  
Corinna Bruckmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Periodontal Diseases ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Overview Of Reviews

scholarly journals Pregnancy and lactation advice: How does Australian Product Information compare with established information resources?

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 130-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Brown ◽  
Elizabeth Hotham ◽  
Neil Hotham
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Product Information ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Lactating Women ◽  
Women Health ◽  
Medicines Information ◽  
Therapeutic Guidelines ◽  
Pregnancy And Lactation ◽  
Inform Decision Making

Background Product information is a popular medicines information resource; however, there is some evidence that its pregnancy and lactation information is overconservative, which can lead to inadequate treatment of pregnant and lactating women. Methods A thorough analysis of pregnancy and lactation information within Australian Product Information and Consumer Medicines Information was performed. The statements within these resources were compared with established clinical resources: Australian Medicines Handbook, Therapeutic Guidelines, South Australian Perinatal Practice Guidelines, Organization of Teratology Information Specialists, LactMed, Motherisk and the Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Medicines Guide published by the Royal Women’s Hospital Melbourne. Results Product Information was found to be the most cautious resource, with 44.5% of pregnancy recommendations and 69% of lactation recommendations reviewed being more conservative than other resources. Conclusion Product Information is an imperfect and often overconservative reference for pregnant and lactating women. Health professionals are urged to review established clinical resources to inform decision making.

Recommendations for Establishing a Drug and Toxicology Information Center in a Developing Country

DICP ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 25 (12) ◽  
pp. 1379-1383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ossy J. Kasilo ◽  
Charles F.B. Nhachi
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
World Health ◽  
Teaching Institution ◽  
National Drug ◽  
Information Center ◽  
Drug Policies ◽  
Teaching Curriculum ◽  
Health Organization

The purpose of this work was to formulate guidelines to help health professionals in establishing or strengthening the capabilities of drug and toxicology information centers and related facilities in developing countries. These guidelines are based on the experience of an established drug and toxicology information service in Zimbabwe which has been operating for more than ten years and on information obtained from other centers in developed countries. The guidelines provide advice rather than a unique model and should therefore be adapted rather than adopted. We conclude that national drug policies should include provision for establishing drug information centers. The World Health Organization and similar organizations should assist in establishing these centers. We believe that a drug and toxicology information center is more beneficial to the community when it is part of the teaching curriculum and continuing education for health professionals. Therefore, the center should be located in a medical teaching institution.

Sugar in Mid-twentieth-century Australia: A Bittersweet Tale of Behaviour, Economics, Politics and Dental Health

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
H. F. Akers ◽  
M. A. Foley ◽  
P. J. Ford ◽  
L. P. Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Sugar Industry ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Daily Intake ◽  
Critical Time ◽  
Regional Identity ◽  
Health Campaigns ◽  
Major Health Problem

History is replete with debates between health professionals with concerns about practices and products and others who either challenge scientific evidence or believe that the greatest public good is achieved through maintenance of the status quo. This paper provides a 1950s socio-scientific perspective on a recurring problem for health professionals. It analyses dentists' promotion of oral health by discouraging sugar consumption and the sugar industry's defence of its staple product. Despite scientific evidence in support of its case, the dental profession lacked influence with government and large sections of the Australian community. The division of powers within the Australian Constitution, together with the cause, nature and ubiquity of caries and Australians' tolerance of the disease, were relevant to the outcome. In contrast, the sugar industry was a powerful force. Sugar was a pillar of the Australian and Queensland economies. The industry contributed to the history of Queensland and to Queenslanders' collective psyche, and enjoyed access to centralized authority in decision-making. The timing of the debate was also relevant. Under Prime Minister Robert Menzies, the Australian Government was more concerned with promoting industry and initiative than oral health. This was a one-sided contest. Patterns of food consumption evolve from interactions between availability, culture and choice. Food and associated etiquettes provide far more than health, nutrients and enjoyment. They contribute to economic and social development, national and regional identity and the incidence of disease. The growing, milling and processing of sugarcane and the incorporation of sugar into the Australian diet is a case study that illuminates the interface between health professionals, corporations, society and the state. Today, for a variety of reasons, health professionals recommend limits for daily intake of sugar. Calls for dietary reform are not new and invariably arouse opposition. The issue came to the fore between 1945 and 1960, when dentists contended that the consumption of sugar either caused or contributed to a major health problem, namely dental caries (tooth decay). Representatives of the sugar industry defended their staple product against these claims, which emerged at a critical time for the industry. With hindsight, these exchanges can be seen as a precursor to more diverse and recurring debates relating to contemporary health campaigns. This paper documents and analyses the contemporaneous scientific and socio-political backgrounds underpinning these engagements

Contemporary Challenges and Management of Dental Caries in the Older Population

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
Martina Hayes ◽  
Igor R. Blum ◽  
Cristiane da Mata
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Early Identification ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Cavity Preparation ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Concomitant Reduction ◽  
Risk Reduction Strategies ◽  
Topical Fluoride

The prevalence of caries is set to increase in the coming years as a result of a growing ageing population and a concomitant reduction in levels of edentulousness. Evidence for management of caries in older adults is scarce compared to that for the child population, however, similar principles of risk assessment, prevention and minimal intervention should be applied by dental health professionals. Early identification of high-risk older adults facilitates the implementation of risk reduction strategies, such as topical fluoride regimes. When operative intervention cannot be avoided, Atraumatic Restorative Technique (ART) may allow for conservative cavity preparation and has the advantage of being suitable for the domiciliary setting.

Dental health professionals' treatment of children with disabilities: a qualitative study

2004 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 319-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrika Hallberg ◽  
Margaretha Strandmark ◽  
Gunilla Klingberg
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Dental Health

scholarly journals Recording communication in primary dental practice: an exploratory study of interactions between dental health professionals, children and parents

BDJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 227 (10) ◽  
pp. 887-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siyang Yuan ◽  
Gerry Humphris ◽  
Alastair Ross ◽  
Lorna MacPherson ◽  
Ruth Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Dental Practice ◽  
Children And Parents
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