L Koyio1, K Ranganathan2, K K Kattappagari3, D M Williams4, P G Robinson5. 1. Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya. 2. Ragas Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, India. 3. SIBAR Institute of Dental Sciences, Guntur, India. 4. Bart's and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK. 5. School of Clinical Dentistry, Sheffield, UK.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Review the meaning of 'health need', consider oral health inequalities and oral health promotion among people with HIV and outline methods to enhance coordination, standardization and dissemination of research efforts. METHODS: This workshop involved a brief introduction of each topic by an invited speaker followed by participant discussion. Participants were dentists and dental students attending the 7th World Workshop on Oral Health & Disease in AIDS RESULTS: A health need was regarded as a population's ability to benefit from care. Oral health inequalities called for both downstream and upstream health promotion. A community health programme to reach people with HIV infection in the community was described. Despite deploying community health workers to reduce costs, the programme required additional resources for comprehensive implementation. The Indian National AIDS Control Program exemplified coordinated efforts. Knowledge transfer can be achieved via educational, linkage and exchange and organizational interventions. Stakeholder engagement in a combination of all three types of intervention is the most effective. CONCLUSIONS: The discussion centred on the difficulties of Indian dentists who felt they did not receive sufficient revenue to treat patients with HIV. An opposing view approach treated all patients using universal standards of infection control. Dental regulatory bodies, professional organizations and governments may need to demonstrate leadership and advocacy for the oral health of people with HIV infection.
OBJECTIVES: Review the meaning of 'health need', consider oral health inequalities and oral health promotion among people with HIV and outline methods to enhance coordination, standardization and dissemination of research efforts. METHODS: This workshop involved a brief introduction of each topic by an invited speaker followed by participant discussion. Participants were dentists and dental students attending the 7th World Workshop on Oral Health & Disease in AIDS RESULTS: A health need was regarded as a population's ability to benefit from care. Oral health inequalities called for both downstream and upstream health promotion. A community health programme to reach people with HIV infection in the community was described. Despite deploying community health workers to reduce costs, the programme required additional resources for comprehensive implementation. The Indian National AIDS Control Program exemplified coordinated efforts. Knowledge transfer can be achieved via educational, linkage and exchange and organizational interventions. Stakeholder engagement in a combination of all three types of intervention is the most effective. CONCLUSIONS: The discussion centred on the difficulties of Indian dentists who felt they did not receive sufficient revenue to treat patients with HIV. An opposing view approach treated all patients using universal standards of infection control. Dental regulatory bodies, professional organizations and governments may need to demonstrate leadership and advocacy for the oral health of people with HIV infection.
Authors: Edja Maria Melo de Brito Costa; Carolina Medeiros de Almeida Maia; Priscilla Guimarães Silva Vasconcelos; Maristela Barbosa Portela; Caroliny Mello Barboza; Abel Silveira Cardoso; Rosangela Maria de Araújo Soares; André Luis Souza Dos Santos Journal: Braz J Microbiol Date: 2022-10-13 Impact factor: 2.214