Awareness on Bioterrorism among qualified dentists in a teaching dental institution in southern India
Background: Bioterrorism covers a vast spectrum of concerns, from catastrophic terrorism with mass casualties, to micro-events using low technology but producing civil unrest, disruption, disease, disabilities, and death. In such a situation, the medical community should educate the public about the...
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| author | Vemuri Sridevi Bommireddy Vikram Simha Sai Siva Naga Gayathri Naidu Kommineni Harish Chowdary Anusha Yaragani y Sandhya Sree |
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| description | Background: Bioterrorism covers a vast spectrum of concerns, from catastrophic terrorism with mass casualties, to micro-events using low technology but producing civil unrest, disruption, disease, disabilities, and death. In such a situation, the medical community should educate the public about the threat. Education of the dental profession regarding the medical and oral manifestations of diseases that may result from a bioterrorist attack will be important. Thus, our aim of the study was to assess the knowledge, practice, and attitude toward bioterrorism among postgraduate dental students and dental staff in a private institution.
Methods: Using convenience sampling, postgraduate dental students and the teaching staff of an institute in Guntur were given a questionnaire to assess them regarding bioterrorism. The questionnaires were collected, and the Chi-square test was performed with IBM. SPSS Statistics version 20 windows program software.
Results: About 61.9% of postgraduate dental students and dental staff were aware of the term bioterrorism. More than 68.18% of postgraduate dental students and 67.7% of dental staff were not aware of the pathogenic agents of bioterrorism, and they have not attended either any lecture on it.
Conclusion: Dental staff had better knowledge about bioterrorism compared to postgraduate dental students. Hence, there is a need to include training and education in the predoctoral dental and dental hygiene curriculums and developing CE courses for practicing dental professionals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4573a2688c194953a127bc57736216122022-12-22T00:36:40ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences2277-86322020-01-0191323610.4103/JDRNTRUHS.JDRNTRUHS_112_19Awareness on Bioterrorism among qualified dentists in a teaching dental institution in southern IndiaVemuri SrideviBommireddy Vikram SimhaSai Siva Naga Gayathri NaiduKommineni Harish ChowdaryAnusha Yaraganiy Sandhya SreeBackground: Bioterrorism covers a vast spectrum of concerns, from catastrophic terrorism with mass casualties, to micro-events using low technology but producing civil unrest, disruption, disease, disabilities, and death. In such a situation, the medical community should educate the public about the threat. Education of the dental profession regarding the medical and oral manifestations of diseases that may result from a bioterrorist attack will be important. Thus, our aim of the study was to assess the knowledge, practice, and attitude toward bioterrorism among postgraduate dental students and dental staff in a private institution. Methods: Using convenience sampling, postgraduate dental students and the teaching staff of an institute in Guntur were given a questionnaire to assess them regarding bioterrorism. The questionnaires were collected, and the Chi-square test was performed with IBM. SPSS Statistics version 20 windows program software. Results: About 61.9% of postgraduate dental students and dental staff were aware of the term bioterrorism. More than 68.18% of postgraduate dental students and 67.7% of dental staff were not aware of the pathogenic agents of bioterrorism, and they have not attended either any lecture on it. Conclusion: Dental staff had better knowledge about bioterrorism compared to postgraduate dental students. Hence, there is a need to include training and education in the predoctoral dental and dental hygiene curriculums and developing CE courses for practicing dental professionals.http://www.jdrntruhs.org/article.asp?issn=2277-8632;year=2020;volume=9;issue=1;spage=32;epage=36;aulast=bioterrorismdentistsdental institutionhealthcare |
| spellingShingle | Vemuri Sridevi Bommireddy Vikram Simha Sai Siva Naga Gayathri Naidu Kommineni Harish Chowdary Anusha Yaragani y Sandhya Sree Awareness on Bioterrorism among qualified dentists in a teaching dental institution in southern India Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences bioterrorism dentists dental institution healthcare |
| title | Awareness on Bioterrorism among qualified dentists in a teaching dental institution in southern India |
| title_full | Awareness on Bioterrorism among qualified dentists in a teaching dental institution in southern India |
| title_fullStr | Awareness on Bioterrorism among qualified dentists in a teaching dental institution in southern India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Awareness on Bioterrorism among qualified dentists in a teaching dental institution in southern India |
| title_short | Awareness on Bioterrorism among qualified dentists in a teaching dental institution in southern India |
| title_sort | awareness on bioterrorism among qualified dentists in a teaching dental institution in southern india |
| topic | bioterrorism dentists dental institution healthcare |
| url | http://www.jdrntruhs.org/article.asp?issn=2277-8632;year=2020;volume=9;issue=1;spage=32;epage=36;aulast= |
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