Infrastructure Development Tools

Activity 3: State oral health plan

Overview of Development of a State Oral Health Plan

This flow chart describes the process of developing a state oral health plan, which is guided by the vision and direction of the state oral health program.

1. The state oral health program directs a planning team and coordinates efforts to develop the plan with the state oral health coalition. A facilitator also may be useful for engaging the planning team and coalition in this process.
2. Stakeholders discuss the development of the state oral health plan at regional or community meetings, and are involved in each succeeding step.
3. The information gathered is brought to a statewide oral health summit, where committees meet to consider plan components. These committees then may be directed to write plan components.
4. The state oral health program, planning team, and coalition finalize the plan. They develop a launch plan and disseminate it to key stakeholder groups, including health professionals, consumers, and policy makers. Dissemination strategies also should include working with the news media.
5. The plan is evaluated for effectiveness.

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Page last reviewed: September 1, 2009
Page last modified: September 1, 2009
Content source: Division of Oral Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion