Respondents’ Assessment of OHKN Sessions and Integration of Oral Health and Primary Care (N = 41)
| Measure | Respondents, No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Helpfulness of OHKN in working toward integrating oral health and primary care | |
| Extremely/very helpful | 30 (81) |
| Moderately/somewhat/not helpful | 7 (19) |
| Helpfulness of OHKN sessions in working toward integrating oral health and primary care, leading to clinical change | |
| Increased fluoride varnish | 8 (73) |
| Increased referrals to clinicians | 7 (70) |
| Hired oral health coordinator or dental team member | 2 (22) |
| Developed dedicated patient education on oral health | 9 (69) |
| Incorporated oral health examination | 6 (67) |
| Incorporated oral health training for medical team | 9 (82) |
| Most important factors in participating in OHKN networking | |
| Networking | 30 (77) |
| Learning new information | 33 (85) |
| Learning new skills | 11 (28) |
| Interest in practice change around medical-dental integration | 29 (74) |
| Interest in practice transformation | 12 (31) |
| Asked to participate by employer/organization | 2 (5) |
| Number of barriers to attending OHKN sessions | |
| 0 barriers | 5 (12) |
| 1 barrier | 19 (48) |
| 2 barriers | 15 (37) |
| 3 barriers | 1 (3) |
| Types of barriers to attending OHKN sessions | |
| Too much of a time commitment | 3 (7) |
| Program’s format provided insufficient learning opportunities | 0 (0) |
| Program’s content did not build on what I already knew | 2 (5) |
| No longer in the field/career change | 0 (0) |
| Competing priorities | 19 (48) |
| Scheduling conflicts | 27 (67) |
| Number of barriers to implementing practice changes following OHKN sessions | |
| 0 barriers | 10 (26) |
| 1 barrier | 16 (42) |
| 2 barriers | 12 (32) |
| Types of implementation barriers | |
| Workflow 7 (18) | |
| Lack of institutional support | 7 (18) |
| Lack of support from colleagues | 5 (13) |
| Lack of financial support | 6 (16) |
| Need more training | 3 (8) |
| Time | 4 (11) |
| Recommendations for improving OHKNa | |
| More frequent sessions | 3 (8) |
| Less frequent sessions | 0 (0) |
| More networking events | 13 (33) |
| More resource sharing | 14 (36) |
| Introduce different topics | 7 (18) |
| Ability for small group discussions | 12 (31) |
| Intend to participate in future OHKN sessions | 39 (100) |
| Likelihood of participating in future OHKN sessions if the following were offered | |
| Continuing education credits | |
| More likely | 10 (26) |
| No preference | 27 (69) |
| Less likely | 2 (5) |
| Transformed to a Project ECHO format | |
| More likely | 5 (13) |
| No preference | 29 (74) |
| Less likely | 5 (13) |
ECHO = Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes; OHKN = Oral Health Knowledge Network.
Note: Numbers may not add to the total number of participants because of sporadic missing data.
↵a Participants could select more than 1 option, so percentages total to more than 100%.