Challenges and Dilemmas for Dental Undergraduate Teaching with the Advent of COVID-19

Since the 1980s, the development of neoliberalism has been observed in Brazil, which has led to the progressive weakening of public policies (including those of education) and the population's impoverishment. In the field of education, there was an increase in the privatization of higher education, inadequate to the requirements of national development, characterizing it more as a commodity than as a right. This article aims to discuss some challenges, risks, and possible strategies to face the impact of the COVID19 pandemic in undergraduate dental education. This pandemic had an immediate and dramatic impact on dental education in more than 130 countries, prompting teachers and students to adopt remote teaching activities. In Brazil, theoretical classes were offered remotely, mainly in private institutions where there was an intensification of academic work for both teachers and students. This process requires support in technological and pedagogical aspects, including tools, resources, and training courses. In the resumption of clinical education, changes in biosafety actions are being proposed to preserve the health of the actors involved. The application of these measures will imply a great mobilization of students, teachers, and technicians and extra attention so that the constitutive dimensions of the teaching-learning process in health are not minimized or forgotten

Challenges and Dilemmas for Dental Undergraduate Teaching with the Advent of COVID-19

Since the 1980s, the development of neoliberalism has been observed in Brazil, which has led to the progressive weakening of public policies (including those of education) and the population's impoverishment. In the field of education, there was an increase in the privatization of higher education, inadequate to the requirements of national development, characterizing it more as a commodity than as a right. This article aims to discuss some challenges, risks, and possible strategies to face the impact of the COVID19 pandemic in undergraduate dental education. This pandemic had an immediate and dramatic impact on dental education in more than 130 countries, prompting teachers and students to adopt remote teaching activities. In Brazil, theoretical classes were offered remotely, mainly in private institutions where there was an intensification of academic work for both teachers and students. This process requires support in technological and pedagogical aspects, including tools, resources, and training courses. In the resumption of clinical education, changes in biosafety actions are being proposed to preserve the health of the actors involved. The application of these measures will imply a great mobilization of students, teachers, and technicians and extra attention so that the constitutive dimensions of the teaching-learning process in health are not minimized or forgotten

Contextual and local determinants associated with the achievement of goals in the endodontics specialty in Brazilian dental speciality centres: A multilevel analysis

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Development, semantic and content validation of the Reception and Screening System for oral health services

Abstract: This study aimed to develop and validate the semantics and content of the Reception and Screening System for Oral Health Services (SATSB) of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). The instrument guides the reception and emergency risk classification in spontaneous oral health demand in SUS primary health care. The first step of the study was content validation, which included the delimitation of the theoretical model, the allocation of diseases and health conditions in the Manchester Triage System scores validated for use in Brazil and was carried out through focus groups with experts. The second step was to validate the semantics of the Reception and Screening System through focus groups carried out with oral health technicians and assistants, who critically evaluated and applied it to users who sought the emergency dental service. A visual analogue pain scale was administered to test the discrimination power of SATSB. SATSB and the pain scale showed similar results, discriminating the problems into urgent, little urgent and non-urgent. It could be observed that about 50% of users sought the service were not urgent cases, which did not require examination or assistance by the dentist. SATSB proved to be valid and useful for reception and risk classification in primary care emergency dental services, being able to be used to organize the demand in a humanized and effective way. Keywords: Screening. Emergency. Dental health services.

Empoderamento e qualidade de vida de adolescentes trabalhadores assistidos por uma entidade filantrópica de apoio ao adolescente

The scope of this work is to assess the empowerment of working adolescents and test its possible association with their quality of life. This was a transversal study held with 363 working adolescents that are assisted by a Charity Institution. Data was gathered by applying two questionnaires, one used to measure the quality of life (WHOQoL-Bref), the other were the questions on empowerment from the Integrated Questionnaire for the Measurement of Social Capital (SC-IQ) from the World Bank. The dependent variable (empowerment) was constructed by grouping participants, upon segmentation analysis. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to compare the scores of the WHOQoL-Bref domains (physical, psychological, social relations and environment) among the clusters, with 5% significance. With regard to the segmentation analysis, 126 (34.7%) adolescents were classified as having low empowerment, 161 (44.4%) formed the intermediary group and 70 (19.3%) had greater empowerment. The cluster with high empowerment had the highest quality of life score averages in all domains. The Kruskal-Wallis test revealed statistically significant difference between the clusters in the psychological (p=0,001), social relations (p=0,003) and global (p=0,024) domains. We conclude that the best quality of life scores were found in the group of adolescents with greater empowerment.O objetivo deste trabalho foi medir o empoderamento de adolescentes trabalhadores e testar sua possível associação com a qualidade de vida. Estudo transversal realizado com 363 adolescentes trabalhadores assistidos por uma Entidade Filantrópica de Apoio ao Adolescente. A coleta de dados ocorreu por meio da aplicação de dois questionários, sendo um utilizado para mensurar a qualidade de vida (WHOQoL-Bref) e as questões sobre empoderamento do Questionário Integrado para Medir Capital Social do Banco Mundial (QIMCS). A variável dependente (empoderamento) foi construída pelo agrupamento dos participantes, por meio da análise de segmentação. O teste Kruskal-Wallis foi utilizado para a comparação dos escores dos domínios do WHOQoL-Bref (físico, psicológico, relações sociais e meio ambiente) entre os clusters, com 5% de significância. Em relação à análise de segmentação, 126 (34,7%) adolescentes foram classificados como de baixo empoderamento, 161 (44,4%) formaram o grupo moderado e 70 (19,3%) possuíam maior empoderamento. O cluster com alto empoderamento apresentou as maiores médias dos escores de qualidade de vida em todos os domínios. O teste Kruskal-Wallis revelou diferenças estaticamente significantes entre os clusters para os domínios psicológico (p=0,001), relações sociais (p=0,003) e global (p=0,024). Concluiu-se que melhores escores de qualidade de vida foram encontrados no grupo de adolescentes com maior empoderamento

O acesso aos serviços públicos de saúde em área limítrofe entre municípios

Este artigo analisa o acesso aos serviços de saúde. O conceito de acessibilidade é descrito como uma característica dos serviços de saúde podendo ser abordado sob diferentes enfoques. Por isso o acesso aos serviços de saúde deve ser estabelecido em cada Unidade Básica de Saúde (UBS) com a participação efetiva, no processo, dos servidores de nível local e da comunidade. Foi empregada metodologia qualitativa, a pesquisa-ação e, para a coleta de dados, foram realizadas entrevistas e grupos focais. O trabalho foi desenvolvido junto às gerentes de duas UBS " Confisco, em Belo Horizonte, e Estrela Dalva, em Contagem " e moradores da área de abrangência das unidades. O acesso dos moradores aos serviços de saúde mostrou-se problemático por se tratar de uma área limítrofe entre dois municípios. Apesar de o trabalho ter sido desenvolvido durante dois anos, há dúvidas se ele contribuiu para a melhoria do acesso da população, em função das questões políticas que envolvem o tema. No entanto, toda a problemática detectada durante o desenvolvimento da pesquisa foi apresentada e debatida com os gestores de ambos os municípios.This study analyses access to health services. The concept of access is described as a characteristic of the health services and it may be approached in different ways. Therefore, access to health services must be determined by each Primary Care Unit with the participation of local staff and the community. The qualitative methodology was employed through action research, and data collection was conducted through interviews and focus groups. The study was conducted with the managers of two primary care units " Confisco, in Belo Horizonte, and Estrela Dalva, in Contagem -, and dwellers in the units' catchment area. The community's access to health services was difficult for it was a borderline area between two cities. Although the study lasted two years, doubts remain about whether it contributed to improve the access of the population, due to political matters involving the topic. However, all problems detected during the research were presented and debated with the administrators of both cities