Horizontal Development of the Hepatitis Awareness Project Led by Prefectural Dental Associations to Train Dentists to Become Hepatitis Medical Care Coordinators
The prefectural dental associations (PDAs) in Hiroshima, Chiba, and Shiga initiated a hepatitis awareness project similar to the one led by the Aichi Dental Association (ADA). These seminars, sponsored by PDAs, provide dentists with information about hepatitis and encourage certification as hepatitis medical care coordinators (hepatitis coordinators). In fiscal year (FY) 2023, 21.4% (301/1405) of hepatitis coordinators in Aichi were dentists. The ratios of dentists among hepatitis coordinators certified in FY2023 were 25.2% (70/278), 7.7% (19/248), 10.4% (22/211), and 40.2% (37/92) in Aichi, Hiroshima, Chiba, and Shiga, respectively. Training of dentists progressed across 5 prefectures in FY2020, 8 in FY2021, and 13 in FY2022. To determine the project's effectiveness, the ADA plans to conduct survey among its members.
Authors
- Tomotoku Motoyama
- Mikihito Kajiya
- Yasuhito Tanaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2473-6966)
- Yasuhito Arai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6306-9409)
- Yuichiro Shizuma
- Kenji Yamazaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5469-0463)
- Noriyasu Uchibori
- Akihiko Nakamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0409-5759)
- Takako Inoue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8801-5888)
- Masato Sakurai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2013-9965)
- Nobuhiro Ohkawara
- Masaaki Korenaga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6360-8297)
- Masami Kato
- Taiko Arai
- Hiroyuki Ohnishi
Institutions
- National Center for Global Health and Medicine (JP)
- Nagoya City University Hospital (JP)
- Hiroshima University Hospital (JP)
- Kumamoto University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Kanzo
- Published
- 2024-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2957/kanzo.65.407
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.37