CDC's Grand Rounds Presents “Community Water Fluoridati​on: A Vital 21st Century Public Health Interventi​on,” on Tuesday, December 17, at 1 p.m. (EST).

We are pleased to present the December session of CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds, “Community Water Fluoridation: A Vital 21^st Century Public Health Intervention.” This session will be available via live webcast from CDC headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday, December 17 at 1 p.m. (EST) at http://www.cdc.gov/about/grand-rounds/.

For nearly 70 years, community water fluoridation has been used to prevent tooth decay and improve oral health. Community water fluoridation (CWF) is not only safe and effective, but also cost-saving – yielding approximately $38 savings in dental treatment costs for every $1 invested. CDC has recognized water fluoridation as one of 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century. While there has been a notable increase during the early part of this century in the number of persons with access to CWF, CDC along with state and local health departments and other public health partners face ongoing challenges in promoting and expanding CWF.

Please join us as we discuss CWF as a community-wide strategy that remains important for maintaining and promoting oral health.

Future Grand Rounds topics include measuring science impact, and youth violence.

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Presented by:

Barbara Gooch, DMD, MPH

Associate Director for Science, Division of Oral Health

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC

“Public Health Impact of Community Water Fluoridation”

Shelly Spöeth, BS

Senior Account Supervisor, Hager Sharp, Washington, D.C.

“Communications Challenges and Approaches”

Jayanth Kumar, DDS, MPH

Director, Bureau of Dental Health

New York State Department of Health

“Innovative Approaches to Advance Community Water Fluoridation in New York State”

CAPT Peter Briss, MD, MPH

Medical Director

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC

“Fluoridation: A Population Health Priority”

Facilitated By:

Tanja Popovic, MD, PhD, Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

John Iskander, MD, MPH, Deputy Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

Susan Laird, MSN, RN, Communications Manager, Public Health Grand Rounds

For non-CDC staff or those outside of the CDC firewall:

A live external webcast will be available. Presentations are archived and posted 48 hours after each session. Due to security measures at CDC’s Roybal campus, non-CDC staff who wish to attend these sessions in person must have prior clearance and a U.S. state-issued photo ID (e.g., driver’s license, U.S. passport).

Names of non-CDC staff (both domestic and international) should be submitted to the Grand Rounds Team. Please note that all information for international visitors must be submitted at least 10 days in advance.

For CDC staff requiring reasonable accommodations:

It is the policy of CDC to provide reasonable accommodations (RA) for qualified individuals with disabilities to ensure their full inclusion in CDC-sponsored training events. Employees are asked to submit RA requests at least two weeks prior to the training event. Please e-mail the request to grandrounds@cdc.gov.

Grand Rounds is available for Continuing Education.

ALL Continuing Education hours for PHGR are issued online through the CDC/ATSDR Training and Continuing Education Online system. If you have questions, e-mail or call Learner Support at 1-800-418-7246 (1-800-41TRAIN).

Those who attend PHGR either in person, Envision, IPTV, or “web on demand” and who wish to receive Continuing Education must complete the online seminar evaluation. Thirty days from the initial seminar the course number will change to WD1640 and will be available for continuing education until January 21, 2014. The course code for PHGR is PHGR10.

Target Audience: Physicians, nurses, epidemiologists, pharmacists, veterinarians, certified health education specialists, laboratorians, others

Objectives:

1. List key measures of burden of disease involving morbidity, mortality, and/or cost.
2. Describe evidence-based preventive interventions and the status of their implementations.
3. Identify one key prevention science research gap.
4. Name one key indicator by which progress and meeting prevention goals is measured.

CE certificates can be printed from your computer immediately upon completion of your online evaluation. A cumulative transcript of all CDC/ATSDR CE’s obtained through the TCE Online System will be maintained for each user. We hope that this will assist CDC staff and other public health professionals to fulfill the requirements for their professional licenses and certificates.

Learn more about continuing education on the Grand Rounds website.