4161.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Oral Session

Oral Public Health Infrastructure

This session will describe the current status of public health infrastructure devoted to oral health issues. Resources to achieve Health People 2010 objectives will be explored.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: To describe the current capacity and infrastructure of state dental public health programs. To list ways the Healthy People 2010 Oral Health Toolkit can be utilized as a resource for enhancing public health infrastructure.
Moderator(s):Dolores Malvitz, DrPH
12:30 PMDental Public Health Infrastructure and Capacity in the United States
Scott L. Tomar, DMD, DrPH
12:50 PMBuilding capacity in state oral health programs
Diane K. Brunson, RDH, MPH
1:10 PMStatus of progress in achieving the Healthy People 2010 objective for fluoridation
Scott M. Presson, DDS, MPH
1:30 PMHealthy People 2010 Oral Health Toolkit
Beverly Isman, RDH, MPH, ELS
Sponsor:Oral Health
CE Credits:Dental, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA