What we do
With a vision of Oral Health for all, we are on a mission to improve the oral health of all Australians through social and systems change.
Vision
Oral Health Equity
Mission
To promote oral health as an essential component of overall health and wellbeing and to drive collaboration on innovative practices that lead to the integration of oral health and general health.
Goals
- Provide leadership and promote collaboration of like minded people/groups across disciplines, individuals and organisations.
- Advocate for and identify support for the integration of oral health and general health.
- Develop and maintain a repository of integrated oral health activities across Australia and the region.
- Identify, develop, evaluate and translate interdisciplinary models that integrate oral and general health.
- Facilitate research translation.
HOW WE WORK
The 6 Cogs of Change
1
Leadership
A consistent and growing voice for change from Australians
2
Engagement
Connecting people for change
3
Advocacy
Making the case for change, using the evidence
4
Dissemination
Providing the evidence for change in a format ready for use to wider and more specific groups, such as health professional bodies, health services, educational institutions, consumers, target populations and health care funders
5
Education
Developing robust methods and materials for teaching and training workforce and consumers simple ways to integrate oral health into their daily business