Big “P” Policy, Little “p” policy, and Putting it into Practice

Session Description: ASTDD develops policy statements, white papers, issue briefs and other dental public health resources that may include recommendations, strategies, and information to assist State & Territorial Oral Health Programs, their partners and stakeholders to inform and support their work. S/TOHPs and other public entities must be aware of the limits placed on them as governmental units, within the continuum of education-advocacy-lobbying.
This session will use selected current policy issues, ASTDD documents and other resources to explore and demonstrate how policy statements can be developed, used, and communicated, both to inform and to advocate. The session’s goal is to demonstrate how policy statements can be used in planning, developing policy initiatives, drafting state oral health plans, and preparing testimony to and for decision-makers while staying within the limits that public entities must observe. CDC guidance and other resources will be included, and participants will practice in scenarios using policy statements.