June 6 - 7, 2012

Third Leadership Colloquium
June 6 - 7, 2012
San Francisco, California

Focused on the Alliance priority area of
ORAL HEALTH LITERACY
...as a Pathway to Health Equity

Summary of the Third Leadership Colloquium

The Alliance thanks the more than 120 participants who joined us in San Francisco to discuss Oral Health Literacy as a Pathway to Health Equity. Participants engaged one another around small roundtables and discussed their personal and professional experiences answering questions including:

· What is oral health information? How is it shared? Who controls it?

· What does an ideal literacy community look like – one that removes barriers to understanding and facilitates learning on all sides, throughout the life continuum?

· How do we foster a culture of health literacy that embraces high levels of diversity?

· How do we move from trusted one-to-one health relationships to nationwide learning communities that value transparency and vulnerability among patient, provider, and peers?

The Alliance deeply appreciates and thanks the following Colloquium Contributors listed in order of their contribution at the colloquium:

Alice Horowitz, PhD
Research Associate Professor
University of Maryland, School of Public Health

David Reznik, DDS
President, HIVdent
Director of Oral Health, Grady Health System
Atlanta, Georgia

Francisco Ramos-Gomez, DDS, MS, MPH
Professor, Pediatric Dentistry
UCLA School of Dentistry

Karina Alcala
Pediatric Dental Project Manager
Native American Health Center

Allison Cusick, MPA, CHES
Program Manager
Washington Dental Service Foundation

Man Wai Ng, DDS, MPH
Dentist-in-Chief
Children’s Hospital Boston

Carrie Gordon
Vice President, Government Affairs
California Dental Association

CAPT Arlene Lester, DDS, MPH
Regional Minority Health Consultant
Office of Minority Health – Region IV
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Gary Price
President and CEO
Dental Trade Alliance

The Summary of the Third Leadership Colloquium can be viewed by clicking on the link below. If you have a meeting at which you would like to have the Summary distributed, please feel free to contact us with the details at info@usalliancefororalhealth.org.

Through its leadership colloquia, the U.S. National Oral Health Alliance provides a platform for a diverse network of stakeholders to forge common ground in order to harness opportunities and create viable solutions for improved oral health through prevention and treatment for vulnerable populations across our country.