Be part of change for rural communities
Join this response team/learning collaborative
The Oral Health Progress and Equity Network (OPEN) and AIDPH jointly support a Rural Network Response Team (NRT)/Learning Collaborative that is composed of oral health advocates with interest and/or experience working in rural communities. The group is responsible for focusing on policy, education, and research with a rural focus.
About the focus
Rural Americans, including veterans that live in rural communities, experience significant health disparities. This collaborative is working to:
- Identify policy advocacy opportunities to promote workforce development and sustainability
- Develop and highlight strategies and recommendations to tackle oral health issues impacting rural communities
- Promote data collection efforts that examine oral health in rural populations
2023 Meeting Schedule
Join us on these dates from Noon to 1 ET by using this link at the meeting time:
- May 18 : Share draft goals (call for consensus), share round table themes (high level discussion and timeline to circle back), brainstorm rural wins (development of specific rural oral health wins for dissemination), activities (potential alignment of goals with other OPEN NRTs), impact
- June, July: (SUMMER BREAK)- writing white paper/report and connect with NCSL
- August 17: Final feedback/approval of concepts for white paper and potentially meet with NCSL to brainstorm 1-pager priorities and dissemination plan
- October 19: TBD
2023 Goals
Meeting Materials
