259180 Cavity Free at Three: A Cross Discipline Program to Improve Oral Health in Colorado Children and Pregnant Women

Monday, October 29, 2012

Karen Savoie, RDH, BS , Colorado Area Health Education Center Program, University of Colorado Anschutz, School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
Background: Since inception in 2008, CF3 has trained 1,471 multi-disciplined providers in Colorado. The statewide preventive program aims to cross-train primary care providers to address the severity and consequences of early childhood caries in young children and pregnant women.

Methods: An overview of the Cavity Free at Three Model will be demonstrated. Training sessions will be highlighted to insure participants understand protocols for program implementation. Training materials will be shared. Evaluation data will be highlighted with results shared from 463 participant surveys, regarding attendees evaluation of the effectiveness of program information as well as the knowledge and presentation skills of the CF3 facilitator.

Results: 1451 multi-disciplined providers have been trained in the model. Program success has included 37 statewide training opportunities outreaching 13,942 children and pregnant women in 2011. Evaluation surveys from 463 supporting long-term program success and effectiveness indicated by participants' ability to deliver Oral Health Services in a variety of healthcare settings.

Conclusion: Providers must join together to recognize the importance of incorporating preventive oral health programs into a wide variety of settings to successfully address this most common chronic childhood disease. Integrated medical and oral health care delivery models such as Cavity Free at Three provide the tools and support processes to successfully educate and train primary care providers to include oral health education and preventive efforts into routine well child care.

Learning Areas:
Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Advocacy for health and health education
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs

Learning Objectives:
1) Describe strategies for implementing a caries prevention protocol into healthcare settings. 2) Demonstrate the processes for oral evaluation, risk assessment, caregiver educational methods, self management goal setting and fluoride varnish application as described in the Cavity Free at Three Model. 3) Explain the Cavity Free at Three Evaluation Project providing results and analysis of program effectiveness as well as presentation satisfaction.

Keywords: Oral Health, Education

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: The authors do not have any significant financial interest or relationship with either the manufacturer of any commercial products or services or any commercial supporters of any activity. Fluoride varnish use in this project is off label

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Director of Education for the Cavity Free at Three Project within the Colorado Area Health Education Center Program office at the University of Colorado Anschutz campus and Associate Professor within the School of Dental Medicine as well as Department of Family Medicine.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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