Integrating tobacco cessation into routine dental practice: protocol for a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Combined efforts to encompass different aspects of tobacco control have been in place for some time. Despite the recognition of the need to offer support to tobacco users to quit tobacco use, such support remains highly inadequate in India. However, little is known about the practice of oral health professionals (OHP) and the experiences and expectations of dental patients in the context of tobacco cessation (TC) services. In this article, we describe the protocol of a doctoral research project that explores OHPs and their patients in an Indian city. The aims are (A) to understand the functioning of the oral healthcare system towards TC and what changes to it will be needed to benefit TC and (B) to capture the views of dental patients on TC services provided by OHPs.

SUBMITTER: Shah R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6686992 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature