2023 Catalog: General Courses
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DE0291: National Children's Dental Health Month 2020: Advocating for Children's Oral health [Recorded Webinar]
National Children’s Dental Health Month [NCDHM] was created by the American Dental Association [ADA] in 1941. Each year, the ADA creates posters and articles to help promote oral health. This course will discuss strategies to relay these messages to patients and promote the IHS' involvement for the first time in Give Kids A Smile Day/Week scheduled for February 3-8, 2020.
Upon completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:
1. Describe at least two effective strategies to market the NCDHM messages in your program;
2. Describe ways you can measure the effectiveness of your NCDHM marketing;
3. Recognize community partners, local needs, and resources to implement a successful NCDHM program; and
4. Implement strategies to promote Give Kids A Smile Day February 3-8, 2020.
Nathan Mork — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at nathan.mork@ihs.gov.
Timothy Ricks — Director, Office of Public Health and Area Dental Officer For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at tim.ricks@ihs.gov.
It is the policy of the Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, that faculty/planners disclose any financial or other relationships with commercial companies whose products may be discussed in the educational activity. The Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, also requires that faculty disclose any unlabeled or investigative use of pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Images that have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes are prohibited.
None of the faculty/planners for this activity has a conflict of interest, and there is no use of unlabeled or investigative pharmaceutical products or medical devices. No images have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes.The educational objectives, content, and selection of educational methods and instructors are conducted independent of any commercial entity.
The IHS Division of Oral Health is an accredited sponsor of continuing education under the American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP). ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the IHS at IHS CDE Coordinator or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at CCEPR.ada.org
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