Oral cancer knowledge, attitudes, and practices among senior dental students in Yemen: a multi-institution study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The "Knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP)" approach is crucial in health system. Appreciating the current KAP status will reveal the extent of the efficiency of applied health strategies, and subsequently help to determine the appropriate health policy to be employed for improving the health indicators of a given disease/condition, including Oral Cancer (OC). This large-scale cross-sectional study aimed to assess knowledge, attitude, and practice on OC among senior dental students in Yemen.

Methods

A pre-validated online questionnaire was used for data collection. It consisted of a series of close-ended questions on knowledge, attitudes and practices related to OC. Yemeni dental students in clinical levels (4th and 5th years) from nine dental schools based in f

SUBMITTER: Shamala A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10314541 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature