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What is Advocacy?
Advocacy is a broad term for strategies to advance a point of view or on speaking up on behalf of a group.
| Advocacy comes in different forms and levels and is not necessarily synonymous with lobbying. Advocacy may include educating public officials about the need for dental care for children or educating constituents about the issues so they can seek change. |
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CDHP advances policies to improve children's access to oral health by developing educational materials for the dental community, elected officials, and state/local program staff; working within coalitions to educate policy makers; and advising regulatory agency officials.
The Children's Dental Health Project Advocates through:
Networking with communities of interest
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. CDHP provides monitoring and assessment of numerous environments including
o pediatric dental environment
o state policy environment
o child advocacy environment
o press/news environment
Strategic Communications. By identifying opportunities to advocate for kids oral health CDHP is able to cast our issue based on current interests.
CDHP Publications:
Working with Policymakers to Improve Oral Health (pdf) (CDHP, October 2005)
Prepared for the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) Purchasing Institute on Best Practice for Oral Health
Working with Policymakers to Advance Oral Health (pdf) (CDHP, September 2005)
CHCS Purchasing Institute: Best Practices for Oral Health Access
Other Resources:
Forward to the Surgeon Generals Conference on Children and Oral Health (pdf) (Ambulatory Pediatrics, Volume 2, No. 2, Supplement, March-April 2002)
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