@article{ref1,
title="Changing dentists' knowledge, attitudes and behavior regarding domestic violence through an interactive multimedia tutorial",
journal="Journal of the American Dental Association",
year="2006",
author="Hsieh, Nancy Kwon and Herzig, K. and Gansky, Stuart A. and Danley, Dale and Gerbert, B.",
volume="137",
number="5",
pages="596-603",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Dentists have a unique opportunity to address the problem of domestic violence (DV). The authors tested the effectiveness of a tutorial designed to educate dentists in identifying and responding to DV. METHODS: The authors developed a brief interactive multimedia tutorial for dentists and recruited practicing dentists (N = 174) for a randomized, controlled trial. A 24-question instrument assessed participants' knowledge, attitudes and practice behaviors regarding DV at two time points. The control group took the tutorial before completing a posttest. The authors also administered a 20-question empathy scale. RESULTS: The experimental group demonstrated significantly greater improvement in scores on most items, including knowledge, attitudes and behaviors, relative to control subjects (P < .01). Empathy scores did not show significant correlation with change scores on the DV assessment instrument. CONCLUSIONS: The tutorial is effective in helping dentists learn how to identify and help patients who are experiencing abuse. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Broad dissemination of the tutorial about DV would introduce dentists to simple strategies for responding to patients who experience DV.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-8177",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}