Correlates of Unmet Dental Care Need among HIV-Positive Persons since Being Diagnosed with HIV

This article appeared in Public Health Reports 2012 Supplement 2. It describes a study in which the characteristics of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) who reported unmet oral health needs since testing positive were analyzed and compared to characteristics of people reporting no unmet health needs. Barriers to accessing oral health care for PLWHA were also identified.

Student HIV/AIDS-related Knowledge, Attitudes, Intentions: The Community-Based Dental Partnership.

U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration HIV/AIDS Bureau’s Community-Based Dental Partnership Program (CBDPP) introduces dental students and residents at several dental schools to care for vulnerable patients through didactic and clinical work in community-based dental settings. This study of the dental students and residents in this program answered three questions:

  1. What are their HIV knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors?
  2. How has participation in the CBDPP impacted their knowledge,
    attitudes, and behaviors?
  3. Has the intervention affected their work placement decisions and attitudes after graduation, particularly with respect to treating people living with HIV and other underserved populations?

This article was published in the Journal of Dental Education.