90 Minute Seminar

Getting Ready for the Big 50: Healthy People, Past, Present, and Future Directions

Friday, June 26, 2020

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern

CE: 1.5

Speaker(s)

Myron Allukian, Jr., DDS, MPH

President
Massachusetts Coalition For Oral Health

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Stuart Lockwood, DMD, MPH

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Gina Thornton-Evans, DDS, MPH

Dental Officer
CDC

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Mary Foley, MPH

Executive Director
MSDA

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Session Description: Healthy People 2030 marks the fifth iteration of this national initiative to monitor the health of the nation. Objectives related to oral health were first introduced in 1979 focusing on fluoridation and dental caries. The Healthy People initiative has evolved over time starting with approximately 200 objectives and currently containing over 1400 objectives for Healthy People 2020. This session will focus on the historical aspects of this initiative, how oral health was first included, the evolution of the oral health objectives, the process that was used to develop Healthy People 2030 and strategies to support progress toward the new 2030 oral health and related objectives. Finally, this session will include strategies for how public health and healthcare delivery system administrators and providers may use the HP objectives to improve policies, programs, services and ultimately oral health outcomes of the population.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the history of Healthy People initiative and the role of oral health objectives.
Understand the Framework of Healthy People 2030 and the activities of Federal leading agencies for oral health objectives.
Promote widespread use of the measures for: population needs assessment, program planning, evaluation and improvement in both the dental public health and oral healthcare delivery systems.
Strategize a consortium approach to accelerate progress toward the Healthy People 2030 objectives with professional and community organizations.