Action Plan Focus Area: Promising Practices
Chairperson: Patricia Brewster-Willeke
For More Information or to Join this Action Team: patricia@rcrcenter.info
The Promising Practices topic area includes outcomes directed at successful, evidence-based and research-based strategies, decision-making practices, and activities that can be replicated and applied to oral health problems in Colorado. This topic area directly relates to the National Call to Action #2 “Overcome barriers by replicating effective programs and proven efforts” and Action #3 “Build the science base and accelerate science transfer” as well as Healthy People 2010 objectives 21-8, 21-9, and 21-13 and related objective areas in Chapters 7, 11, 16, 23, and 27.
The priority outcomes for the Promising Practices focus area include the following:
- All medical screenings and medical check-ups throughout the lifespan should include oral health.
- Expand oral disease prevention and referral services into school health programs throughout the state.
- Achieve greater than 90% of population on public water systems receiving optimal fluoridation.
- Colorado children at greatest risk of dental disease receive dental sealants.
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