Dental News - Nursing association teams up with ADA on oral health awareness campaign

National Association of School Nurses

Thu. 3 February 2011

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The National Association of School Nurses (NASN) and the American Dental Association (ADA) have teamed up to support school nurses in their efforts to promote awareness of oral health in schools. The 2011 campaign, Empowering School Nurses to Change Oral Health Perceptions, is funded by a $160,000 grant to NASN from the DentaQuest Foundation.

The campaign, which will be primarily web-based and free to the public, will be launched this summer.

The goal of this initiative is to provide school nurses with oral health resources and messages that can be distributed for use in classrooms and health offices.

“School nurses work to ensure that students are healthy and ready to learn. Since 98 percent of children spend their days in school, addressing oral health through the school nurse makes sense,” said Amy Garcia, executive director of NASN.

The campaign will complement ADA’s existing efforts to raise awareness of the importance of oral health in communities across the country. Each February, ADA reaches millions through its National Children’s Dental Health Month (NCDHM). NASN will work with ADA to help distribute NCDHM materials and to develop new materials as needed. A needs assessment of school nurses will be conducted in February to help NASN and ADA determine the resources that will be most beneficial in schools.

Another goal of the program will be to connect school nurses with dentists who are doctors of oral health.

“The ADA looks forward to collaborating with school nurses to help children and their parents understand that oral health is an important part of overall health,” says Raymond F. Gist, D.D.S., president of the ADA. “Working together in communities across the nation, school nurses and dentists can help raise awareness about the need for good oral hygiene, good nutrition and regular dental visits in order to prevent dental disease.”

The National Association of School Nurses is a non-profit specialty nursing organization, organized in 1968 and incorporated in 1977, representing school nurses exclusively. NASN has over 15,000 members and 51 affiliates, including the District of Columbia and overseas. The mission of the NASN is to improve the health and educational success of children and youth by developing and providing leadership to advance the school nursing practice.

The DentaQuest Foundation is committed to optimal oral health for all Americans through its support of prevention and access to affordable care, and through its partnerships with funders, policymakers and community leaders.

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