2016 Community Health Action Plan | Page 35

Strategy 2.1 Expand the number of dental providers offering pediatric specific preventative oral health services via professional development programs. Tactic: Children’s Hospital Colorado and its partners on the Anschutz Medical Campus will offer a variety of courses for practicing dentists and dental hygienists with an emphasis on trending topics in pediatric oral health and infant oral health care. Annual seminars and updates, poster presentations, interdisciplinary oral health research presentations and research studies based on Cavity-Free at Three program activities have been published and well attended within the community. Children’s Hospital Colorado will also sponsor many opportunities for professional education courses including oral health seminars for School and Community Nurses, Public Health Professionals, Perinatal and Obstetric Nurses and Pediatric Physicians. Setting / Delivery Mechanism School – These courses can be extended to relevant school and/or school based health center personnel. Provider – These courses specifically target the provider community. Internal Resources OO Professional OO Physician Education relations team members, including practice transformation coaches External Resources Partners will be defined based on targeted communities for intervention. Partners include but are not limited to: OO Private primary care practices OO Private dental practices OO Public Health, safety net and community health clinics OO Regional Care Collaboration Organizations Community Health Action Plan 35