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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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| Issue : 18 | Page : 614-617 |
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Role of health practitioners in anti tobacco counselling and various techniques - A brief report
Meignana Arumugham1, Joseph John2, Srisakthi3
1 Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Public Health Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha University, Chennai, India
2 Professor and Head, Dept. of Public Health Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha University, Chennai, India
3 Post-Graduate Student, Dept. of Public Health Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha University, Chennai, India
Correspondence Address:
Meignana Arumugham
Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Public Health Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha University, Chennai
India
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In spite of strong evidence that counselling increases quit rates, it is sparsely followed by the health practitioners in practice. Behavioural counselling for tobacco users is based on the theory that learning processes operate in the development, maintenance and cessation of tobacco use. Certain core conditions such as empathy, unconditional positive regard, genuineness, immediacy, confrontation, reflective listening are necessary for successful counselling. Health professionals are in an ideal setting to serve as patient educators on the adverse effects of smoking on oral and systemic health, and to implement smoking cessation. |
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