Volunteerism among Dental Hygienists: The Relationship between a Practice Act Incentive, Behaviors, Perceptions and Motivational Orientations.
Purpose: Thirteen states in the nation authorize dental hygienists to satisfy re-licensure requirements in part, by performing pro bono oral health services in lieu of participating in continuing education courses This study compared registered dental hygienists' donations of time and professional e...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Dental Hygiene Vol. 89; no. 5; pp. 338 - 349 |
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American Dental Hygienists Association
Oct2015
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=111092051&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 111092051 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 1043254X 0CM jtl: Journal of Dental Hygiene issn: 1043254X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2015 vid: 89 iid: 5 pid: 1936 pub: American Dental Hygienists Association place: Chicago, Illinois artinfo: ui: 111092051 111092051 111092051 NLM26519498 111092051 ppf: 338 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Volunteerism among Dental Hygienists: The Relationship between a Practice Act Incentive, Behaviors, Perceptions and Motivational Orientations. aug: au: Wilkie, Sandra D. Gurenlian, JoAnn R. Freudenthal, Jacqueline J. affil: Dental Hygienist, Roseman University of Health Sciences, College of Dental Medicine sug: subj: Volunteer Workers Dental Hygienists Motivation Evaluation Dental Hygienist Attitudes Evaluation Licensure Education, Continuing Human Idaho Utah Nonprobability Sample Chi Square Test Mann-Whitney U Test T-Tests Scales Dental Hygienists Legislation and Jurisprudence United States Legislation Psychological Theory Quasi-Experimental Studies Descriptive Statistics Autonomy Test-Retest Reliability Male Female Adult Adult: 19-44 years Male Female ab: Purpose: Thirteen states in the nation authorize dental hygienists to satisfy re-licensure requirements in part, by performing pro bono oral health services in lieu of participating in continuing education courses This study compared registered dental hygienists' donations of time and professional expertise, perceptions of volunteerism and motivational orientations as they practice in both the presence and absence of a practice act statute intended to incentivize volunteerism. Methods: Volunteer behaviors, perceptions and motivational orientations of a non probability sample of 316 dental hygienists actively licensed by the states of Idaho or Utah, were assessed using an online survey which included the Self Determination Theory General Causality Orientations Scale (GCOS). Survey Monkey results were analyzed using Mann Whitney U tests, Chi-Square analysis and an Independent Samples t-test at the 0.05 level of significance. Results: No statistically significant differences were found between dental hygienists' volunteer behaviors, perceptions of volunteerism or scores on the GCOS Autonomy and Impersonal subscales in the 2 states studied. Statistical analysis of dental hygienists' mean scores on the GCOS measure of Controlled motivational orientation yielded a significant difference (p=0.001) among Utah and Idaho dental hygienists. Conclusion: Dental hygienists require evidence based practice statutes and regulations that keep pace with the need to provide universal access to comprehensive oral care. Additional research is required to determine the effectiveness of legislation intended to encourage registered dental hygienists' altruistic expressions. Dental hygienists are frequently unaware of opportunities to volunteer their services and how state practice act regulations impact those opportunities. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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