Integrating health screening for non-communicable diseases into dental services: what do we know?

This narrative review describes the impetus for health screening for non-communicable diseases in dental settings and highlights important considerations for evaluating such interventions. Real world cases are presented that showcase health screening interventions implemented in the UK. Non-communicable diseases including diabetes and cardiovascular disease are a global public health challenge.

Automated Identification of Patients' Unmet Social Needs in Clinical Text Using Natural Language Processing.

Objective: To develop natural language processing (NLP) solutions for identifying patients' unmet social needs to enable timely intervention.

Patients And Methods: Design: A retrospective cohort study with review and annotation of clinical notes to identify unmet social needs, followed by using the annotations to develop and evaluate NLP solutions.

Participants: A total of 1103 primary care patients seen at a large academic medical center from June 1, 2019, to May 31, 2021 and referred to a community health worker (CHW) program.

Healthcare professionals as domestic abuse survivors: workplace impact and support-seeking.

Background: Healthcare professionals (HCPs) are expected to identify and respond to domestic abuse (DA) among their patients. Although research suggests that a high proportion of HCPs are affected by DA, the impact of their experiences has been under-researched.

Aims: To assess UK HCPs' experiences of DA and develop a broad understanding of its impact on work and HCPs' support needs.

Point of care HIV testing in dental settings in high-income countries: A mixed-methods systematic review.

Objectives: Expanding HIV testing beyond specialized services has been a key strategic approach to eliminating the transmission of HIV. In recent years, dental settings have been identified as offering an opportunity for delivering point of care HIV testing (POCT) interventions. Intervention components and implementation strategies have varied across studies and there is uncertainty about the prevalence of undiagnosed HIV in the dental patient population.

Embedding patient and public involvement into a doctoral study: developing a point-of-care HIV testing intervention for dental settings.

Introduction: Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) can have a positive impact on research. PPI can make research more meaningful and appropriate as well as preventing research waste. For decades, patient advocates with HIV have played a key part in public health and research.