Factors associated with the resistance of Brazilian dentistry professors and students toward the LGBTQIAPN+ theme
a cross-sectional study
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.30979/BrazJDentEduc.v26.2439Keywords:
Education Dental, Sexual and Gender Minorities, Cross-Sectional StudiesAbstract
Using a sample of 156 pedagogical coordinators, this study evaluated the possible associations between faculty and student resistance toward the LGBTQIAPN+ theme and the development of curricular activities directed at the oral health care of this population, and with certain institutional characteristics. Among the main information found, two stood out: in academic settings resistant to the LGBTQIAPN+ theme predominated dentistry courses without curricular activities directed at the oral health care of this population; private dentistry courses predominated among those resistant or not toward the LGBTQIAPN+ theme. The information gathered may support future public policies aimed at dental care, including educational ones, directed at reducing the oral inequities experienced by this vulnerable population.
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