Practical Magic: Real-life Resources from State Oral Health Coalitions

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

Location: Seminole D&E

CE: 1.0

Speaker(s)

Tanya Dorf Brunner, MS

Executive Director
Oral Health Kansas, Inc.

Slides
Helen Hawkey, RDH, PHDHP

Executive Director/Chair
PA Oral Coalition for Oral Health/ANOHC

Moderator(s)

Stacey Chazin, MS, MDOL

Leadership and Capacity Building Strategist
The American Institute of Dental Public Health

Disclosure(s):

Tanya Dorf Brunner, MS: No financial relationships to disclose

Helen Hawkey, RDH, PHDHP: No financial relationships to disclose

Stacey Chazin, MS, MDOL: No financial relationships to disclose

State oral health coalitions have a treasure trove of resources to offer to the oral health community. In this session, leaders of the American Network of Oral Health Coalitions (ANOHC) will share some of the practical tools, best practices, and strategic insights that oral health advocates can use in their field, whether it be academia, dental public health, advocacy, consumer education, or state government. State coalitions work in every aspect of dental public health from Medicaid policy to community water fluoridation to workforce development and their resources include consumer and provider education materials, stakeholder engagement, and policy development. ANOHC leaders will share guidance on how participants can connect with their state and local oral health coalitions – gaining knowledge, building relationships, and unlocking the treasure chests of resources that coalitions have to share.

Learning Objectives:

Define the roles state oral health coalitions play in creating public awareness, educating the public, and leading oral health policy development.
Describe the public health challenges state oral health coalitions lead the oral health community to address.
Understand how to get involved with and benefit from the resources state oral health coalitions create for the public oral health community.