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Evaluating & Framing Our Work. February 26-27, 2004 Candace Jones, RDH, MPH. Workshop Goal. Establish a forum for discussion that promotes: Creative approaches to addressing dental public health workforce and infrastructure issues Collaborative, coordinated planning. Workshop Objectives.
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Evaluating & Framing Our Work February 26-27, 2004 Candace Jones, RDH, MPH
Workshop Goal • Establish a forum for discussion that promotes: • Creative approaches to addressing dental public health workforce and infrastructure issues • Collaborative, coordinated planning.
Workshop Objectives • Assemble representatives from a variety of key stakeholders from national organizations and federal agencies • Increase awareness and knowledge of dental public health workforce issues
Workshop Objectives • Brainstorm potential collaborative approaches to address the DPH workforce shortage • Develop a draft national action plan • Establish a core group to facilitate follow up on the action plan
Great Expectations • Did we meet your expectations?
Short Term Anticipated Outcome • Gain commitment from a variety of national organizations and agencies to implement an action plan to enhance the dental public health workforce and infrastructure.
Long Term Anticipated Outcome • Increase capacity to recruit and retain a diverse and competent dental public health workforce that can help to reduce oral health disparities in underserved populations in the U.S.
Next steps • Identify core group to help define next steps • Meet at NOHC in May
Acknowledgements • Sponsors • Planning Committee • Steering Committee • Participants • Other contributors