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Infrastructure Development ToolsActivity 3: Develop or Update a State Oral Health PlanA state oral health plan is a roadmap for accomplishing the goals and objectives that have been developed by the state oral health program in collaboration with partners and stakeholders, including the state oral health coalition and members of the public health and dental communities. A comprehensive plan that has as its goal reducing the prevalence of oral diseases includes specific objectives related to oral health promotion, disease prevention and control, and specific risk factors. A well-crafted plan provides specific, measurable, and time-phased objectives and activities for accomplishing each stated goal. Having a state plan gives the state the ability to compete more effectively for funding and opportunities as they arise because it will be able to demonstrate through the plan that it has support mechanisms in place to use the funding for oral health programs. Developing a logic model for a state plan (PDF-86K) also is a good first step. It is important to distribute the plan broadly to a range of stakeholders and to share it with public policy makers. It is advisable to periodically review the progress of attaining objectives specified by the plan and to schedule a major revision at specified intervals. A 5-year timeframe is common. Listed below are some useful components that can be included in a state oral health plan
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES State Oral Health Plan Collection State Plan Review Index Tool (PDF–85K) Framework for developing a state oral health plan Overview of development of a state oral health plan One or more documents on this Web page is available in Portable Document Format (PDF). You will need Acrobat Reader to view and print these documents.
Page last reviewed: October 29, 2008 |
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