Exploring knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward older adults with hypertension in primary care

Objective: To determine changes in knowledge, attitudes, and practices of primary care physicians (PCPs) regarding fluoride varnish (FV). Study Design: Fifty-four PCPs at an urban medical center in New York completed a pre-intervention survey. A pediatric dental resident provided an hour-long educational lecture and a hands-on demonstration regarding FV application. Six months later, PCPs were sent a post-intervention survey via electronic mail. Results: Fifty-four PCPs participated in the pre-survey and FV training and 48% completed the post-survey. Prior to the FV training, 57% of PCPs knew that FV application by medical practitioners was reimbursable for children under 6-years-old and 2% of PCPs were applying FV. Post FV training, 62% of PCPs reported applying FV. Pre and post survey, barriers to FV application was not enough hands-on training (43% to 15% respectively) and not enough time (50% to 85% respectively). Conclusions: Post FV training, PCPs’ knowledge, attitudes and practices in regard to FV changed. Interprofessional education may be one approach to increasing FV application participation.

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130. Pediatric Primary Care Provider HIV Screening Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices

Journal of Adolescent Health ◽

10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.10.196 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 52 (2) ◽

pp. S83-S84 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Monika Goyal ◽

Nadia Dowshen ◽

Katie Hayes ◽

Avani Mehta ◽

Susan Lee ◽

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Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Care Provider ◽

Primary Care Provider ◽

Pediatric Primary Care ◽

Hiv Screening ◽

Attitudes And Practices ◽

Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

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A study of knowledge, attitudes, and practices of primary care physicians toward anticoagulant therapy in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation in Shanghai, China

10.21203/rs.2.20341/v3 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Shasha Ye ◽

Tianhao Wang ◽

Arthur Liu ◽

Ying Yu ◽

Zhigang Pan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Atrial Fibrillation ◽

Primary Care ◽

Anticoagulant Therapy ◽

Work Experience ◽

Primary Care Physicians ◽

Educational Interventions ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Primary Role ◽

Attitudes And Practices ◽

Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

Abstract Background:As a large number of Community Health Service (CHS) centers in China face the majority of patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF), primary care physicians (PCPs) play a primary role in the prevention of embolization. Therefore, an awareness of anticoagulant management in patients with NVAF must be brought into focus among PCPs in China. This study investigated PCPs’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward anticoagulant therapy in patients with NVAF, to help them understand their shortcomings regarding oral anticoagulant (OAC) therapy in preventing embolization.Method:This was a cross-sectional observational study of 462 PCPs in CHS centers across Shanghai. We used a self-administered questionnaire to collect data from September to December 2017. A stratified random cluster sampling was adopted in the 90 CHS centers with the family medicine residency program.Result:Among 462 participants, 69.3% (320/462) of females received a medical bachelor’s degree and over 50% of participants had more than 10 years of work experience. Each section for knowledge, attitude, and practice were categorized as poor (≤39.0%), fair (40.0%–69.0%), and good (≥70.0%). The level of knowledge of OAC therapy for patients with NVAF among PCPs was insufficient in over half (75.8%) of the participants. The majority (89.8%) of PCPs had a positive attitude and 68.0% had modest performance in the anticoagulant management of patients with NVAF.Conclusions: The knowledge and behaviors of PCPs were insufficient for OAC therapy to prevent embolization in patients with NVAF. The study also revealed that there is good potential for PCPs’ educational interventions to positively impact the care of patients with NVAF.

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