where do we go from here?
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Where do we go from here?. RADM Dushanka V. Kleinman Assistant Surgeon General Chief Dental Officer, United States Public Health Service. Basic Assumptions. Other health professions, education and social service communities are key to oral health - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Where do we go from here?
RADM Dushanka V. KleinmanAssistant Surgeon General
Chief Dental Officer,United States Public Health Service
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Basic Assumptions
Other health professions, education and social service communities are key to oral health
The private and public sectors of dentistry comprise the nation’s dental public health response.
Dentistry is an essential component of public health and health care services.
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How do we get involved from here?
1. Join existing and emerging systems and programs
2. Partake in planning3. Identify, and prepare for, scope of roles
and responsibilities4. Remove barriers5. Accelerate knowledge transfer6. Partner7. Evaluate
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Join existing and emerging systems and programs
Are you familiar with local plans in your area?What are your state plans?
Bring together national organizations and federal agencies that are supporting your efforts:- to facilitate
leveraging - to ensure continued
support
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Align with existing movements: Public health preparedness requires us to:
Strengthen public health infrastructure for surveillance and outbreak response• epi expertise• lab capability• computer connectivity
Support public health/health care community partnerships
Renew commitment to increase global disease surveillance and public healthEnsure ability to recognize and report symptomsSupport research
• M.A.Hamburg• Nuclear Threat Initiative• Science 2002:295;1425
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Partake in Planning
Plan at the local, state, national and global levels
Bring a range of skills to planning: health care, health education, administration and community service
Stimulate new roles for dentistry
Contribute to interdisciplinary work
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Planning will require linking across disciplines and sectors Dental Medical Nursing Pharmacy Engineering Social work Dietician
Health Dietician Education Social Cultural Environmental
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Using Essential Public Health Functions to Take Next Steps
“Public Health in America,” Public Heath Functions Steering Committee, 1994.(Adapted)
RESEARCHRESEARCH
Monitor Monitor HealthHealth
Diagnose &Diagnose &InvestigateInvestigate
Inform,Inform,Educate,Educate,EmpowerEmpower
MobilizeMobilizeCommunityCommunityPartnershipsPartnerships
DevelopDevelopPoliciesPolicies
EvaluateEvaluate
Assure Assure CompetentCompetentWorkforceWorkforce
POLICY DEVELOPMENT
(Treatment Plan)
ASSESSMENT(Examination & Diagnosis)
ASSURANCE(Treatment & Follow-up)
LinkLinkto / Provide to / Provide CareCare
Enforce Enforce LawsLaws
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Identify roles and responsibilities
For the profession
For integrating within systems and programs
For other partners
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Remove Barriers
Change the perception of dentistry and its potential role (within profession and beyond)Enhance profession’s response by extending information technology capacityAddress limitations related to legislation, liability
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Accelerate knowledge transfer
Educate, educate, educate• ourselves• our patients• our communities
Build risk communication skillsLink with existing education and training effortsStreamline information sourcesContribute to overall health literacy
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Partner
Maximize networking and communication Establish a common platform across professionsTake advantage of, and learn from, different disciplines, locations and rolesMaintain flexibilityIntegrate, integrate, integrateBe“at the table”. This requires a “push-pull” approach among partners
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Evaluate
How will our efforts be directed, monitored, redesigned?
What are our outcome measures?
How will the effectiveness, accessibility and quality of our efforts be evaluated?
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Call for ProductsMaterials for presentations Courses for students and practitionersCertification of dental public health teams“Public health guide” for dental officesStart-up Kit for individuals/for organizations: who to contact, how to get startedApproaches for rural geographic sitesInformation networksResearchRecording, and record keeping
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Call for Plan of Action
Where are we now?
Where do we need to be?
How do we get there?
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As a profession, it’s all about health and our future.
(The Future of the Public’s Health in the 21st Century (IOM, 2003))
Adopt a population health approach
Strengthen public health infrastructure
Build new generation of intersectoral partnerships
Develop systems of accountability
Make evidence the foundation of decision making
Enhance and facilitate communication
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“Some say that knowledge is superior to action. Others say that action is superior to knowledge. Both are wrong. Unless knowledge is tied to action, it is not deserving the recompense.”
-al-Huhwari, 11th century Sufi saint