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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
An exploratory study of the acceptability of delivering oral health information in community pharmacies
Amanda J Buxcey1, Kate C Morgaine, Alison M Meldrum
1Department of Oral Sciences, University of Otago School of Dentistry, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Objective:
The community pharmacy is an accessible service which, with further training and support, could be used to deliver oral health messages. This is important especially for those with systemic diseases such as diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease, where the oral environment may have a negative impact. This qualitative study assessed the feasibility of pharmacists delivering oral health messages in community pharmacies.
Design And Methods:
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 49 pharmacists in Dunedin and Auckland, New Zealand, with a focus on the pharmacists' current knowledge, attitudes and possibilities for providing oral health information to patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Findings:
There is potential for community pharmacists to provide oral health information to patients, dependent on the approach of the pharmacist and the patient response. The majority of pharmacists agreed that providing oral health advice was within their role; however, few did so proactively. They highlighted a lack of available resources relating to oral health and systemic disease. Further training relating to oral health and systemic disease would be necessary to provide the knowledge to support any resources. The preferred option by pharmacists for such training was an evening course or workshop.
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