JCDA - Canadian Dental Association

The Canadian Dental Association (CDA) is seeking nominations for the 2004 Oral Health Promotion Award.
This award recognizes individuals or organizations who have improved the oral health of Canadians
through oral health promotion.
Oral health promotion aims to increase the control of individuals and communities over their oral health. It
involves members of those communities and adopts a number of complimentary approaches. These
include building healthy public policy, creating supportive environments, strengthening community action,
developing personal skills, and increasing the prevention of oral diseases and disorders.
Programs, projects, and policies recognized by the Oral Health Promotion Award would include, but not
be limited to, those that:
• meet the oral health needs of the growing number of older Canadians;
• increase the prevention of oral diseases and disorders in special populations and high-risk groups;
and
• reduce inequalities by improving the oral health status of disadvantaged groups and communities.
Entry Criteria
1. Any individual or organization responsible for creating and implementing a project, program, or policy
concerned with oral health promotion may submit an entry.
2. Programs or projects that are developed to promote a commercial product or service are not eligible.
Evaluation Criteria
Programs (or projects or policies) will be evaluated using the following criteria:
1. Goals and objectives of the program;
2. Oral health care need addressed by the program;
3. Number of people served by the program, as compared to the size of the target populations;
4. Level of community and/or volunteer involvement;
5. Documented accomplishment of the program goals;
6. History of, or potential for, continuous program operation; and
7. Ease of duplication by other individuals/organizations.
The CDA Nominating Committee will review all nominations and supporting documents and CDA’s
Committee on Community and Institutional Dentistry will be consulted, prior to the Nominating
Committee’s recommendation of the award recipient to the Board of Directors.
Nominations
For an application form, contact the CDA Nominating Committee at 1-800-267-6354, ext. 2273, or e-mail
kacs@cda-adc.ca.
Please note that nominations for the Oral Health Promotion Award should be submitted no later then
February 10, 2004 to:
Nominating Committee
Canadian Dental Association
1815 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa, ON K1G 3Y6
All nominations should be kept in confidence until a final decision regarding the award has been made.
Journal of the Canadian Dental Association
CALL FOR ENTRIES!
2004 ORAL HEALTH PROMOTION AWARD
November 2003, Vol. 69, No. 10 689