Kentucky Oral Health ProgramPresentation to AACDP
April 15, 2018
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History of Kentucky’s Oral Health Plan� 2006: Statewide Oral Health Strategic Plan
� Healthy Kentucky Smiles: A Lifetime of Oral Health
� Key Themes:� Increase the number of dental professionals to
underserved areas to assure access to care� Increase and sustain funding for oral health
programs� Recognize stakeholder involvement to expand
awareness and education� Oral health should be a full component of
coordinated, integrated and comprehensive services
SWOT: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
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Importance of Updating Kentucky’s Oral Health Plan
�Old Trends in Dental Public Health Continue� Childhood Dental Decay� Dentally Underserved Areas� Distribution of Kentucky Dentists� Insurance Coverage� Funding of State and Local Oral Health Programs
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Importance of Updating Kentucky’s Oral Health Plan
� New Trends Emerge� Extended Providers � Improved Dental Materials and Techniques
� Population Based Activities� Medicaid Coverage� Shifts in Delivery of Care� Integration of Care between the Medical
Professional and the Dental Professional� Cost of Dental Education
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Updating Kentucky’s Oral Health Plan� Kentucky Youth Advocates “Blueprint for
Kentucky’s Children”� Plan Development
� Survey: 475 Respondents� Healthcare, Public Health, Educators, Others
� Stakeholder Engagement: Two Meetings� Focus Groups: Eight Focus Groups� Release Plan: Target for Nov. 1� Begin Work toward the Goals of the Plan
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Eight Focus Groups�Workforce�Data Collection and Metrics� Inter-Professional Collaboration�Prevention�Oral Health Literacy�Policy� Emerging Issues
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Kentucky’s Strategic Plan for Oral Health: Key Themes throughout the Process� The need for data and metrics � The expansion of the public health dental hygiene
program� Geography� Scope of Practice
� Incentives for care to underserved populations� Tax Incentives� Loan Repayment Program
� Sustainable Funding
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Kentucky’s Strategic Plan for Oral Health: Next Steps� Fall 2017
� Publish the Plan� Winter 2017
� Promote the Plan, through Media Outreach, Communications with Advocates and Partners
� Engage Partners Toward Goals� Work on Action Plans
� Summer 2018� Evaluate and Update the 2017 Plan
� Fall 2018� Start Over
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