Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #122059

Marion Standish, JD, The California Endowment, 101 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, 415-343-0222, MSTANDISH@Calendow.org

Foundations should become more involved in promoting population based primary prevention measures such as community water fluoridation. The California Endowment has been actively involved in supporting the fluoridation movement in California and educating decision makers, community leaders and the public about the benefits of fluoridation, and helping to eliminate barriers to its implementation. Even though the cost of fluoridation averages less than a dollar a year per capita, financing for the implementation of fluoridation may be a significant barrier. As a result of the California Endowment support for fluoridation, millions of Californians have the health and economic benefits of fluoridation.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how a foundation can play a vital role in supporting community water fluoridation for communities which do not have fluoridation.
• Describe the role of a foundation in community water fluoridation initiatives.
• Learn about the strategies implemented by the organizations working with a foundation to gain support for fluoridation among local and state decision makers.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

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