Child abuse: curriculum evaluation of den-tal courses in Brazil

Authors

  • Stephanye Pinto Biss
  • Paulo H. Tomazinho
  • Eduardo Pizzatto
  • Estela Maris Losso

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30979/rev.abeno.v15i1.155

Keywords:

Violence. Child. Education. Dental.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the theme child abuse is addressed in the undergraduate dentistry in Brazil. This is a cross-sectional exploratory study, in which all universities in the country with the course of dentistry were questioned. Questionnaires were forwarded to all 201 coordinators of education of dentistry in Brazil, which consist in all existing courses at the time of the research. 174 questionnaires were received by the coordinators; however, only 28 were answered (response rate of 16.09%). Of these, 19 (67.8%) were private institutions, 06 (21.4%) public and 03 (10.7%) were joint management. The theme is approached by 21 institutions (75%), mainly in the disciplines of Dentistry, Forensic Dentistry and Public Health. Regarding the amount of hours designated for this theme, 16 institutions (21.19%) mentioned to reserve 08 hours or less during the course, on the other hand, 14 institutions (66.66%) stated that they were required to approach this issue within the course. Due to the importance of the theme child abuse and compared to the results of this study, it seems reasonable to conclude that this matter has been worked very incipient in Dental Courses in Brazil.

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Published

29-06-2015

How to Cite

Biss, S. P., Tomazinho, P. H., Pizzatto, E., & Losso, E. M. (2015). Child abuse: curriculum evaluation of den-tal courses in Brazil. Revista Da ABENO, 15(1), 55–62. https://doi.org/10.30979/rev.abeno.v15i1.155

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