American Academy of Pedicatrics - New Jersey Chapter

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NJ PCORE
3836 Quakerbridge Road
Suite 106
Hamilton, NJ 08619

Phone: 609-588-9988
Fax: 609-588-9901

Fran Gallagher, MEd
Executive Director
fgallagher@aapnj.org

Harriet Lazarus
Associate Director of Programs
hlazarus@aapnj.org

Steven Kairys, MD, MPH, FAAP
Chair / Medical Director

Jeanne Craft, MD, FAAP
Vice Chair

Michael Segarra, MD, FAAP
Treasurer

Dahlia Hall, MD, MPH, FAAP
Secretary

Program Contacts

Harriet Lazarus, MBA
Associate Director of Programs
hlazarus@aapnj.org

Juliana David, MEd Psych
Program Director
jdavid@aapnj.org

Cortney Mott, MEd
Program Manager
cmott@aapnj.org

Phone - 609-588-9988
Fax - 609-588-9901

Funding Source
Funded by DentaQuest Oral Health 2014 Grant

Oral Health

NJ Oral Health 2014
Linking Preventative Oral Health and Primary Care

AAP/NJ, PCORE and Oral Health Key Stakeholders are partnering with DentaQuest Foundation’s Oral Health 2014 Initiative on a grant to improve access to pediatric oral health care, especially for underserved children. The initiative will create and strengthen existing linkages between pediatricians, primary care providers, parents, dentists, payers and other community and state partners to improve the quality and access of preventive oral health care for children in New Jersey.

The initiative’s newly created Oral Health Key Stakeholder Group is comprised of pediatric providers and cross-disciplinary constituents, including the NJ Dental Association, family support organizations, state agencies, HMOs, UMDNJ, and other stakeholders, working to align preventative oral health with primary health care for young children 1-3 years of age. The Stakeholder Group is actively recruiting additional partners to collaboratively develop statewide quality improvement plans to address the following 3 National Preventative Oral Health Alliance focus areas:

• Changing Attitudes & Behaviors of Pediatricians and Dentists
• Changing Attitudes & Behaviors in Communities
• Financing Pediatric Oral Health Models

During the Year 1 planning phase, the three workgroups will identify priorities and short and long term goals. These proposed program plans will be submitted to DentaQuest in a request for continuation funding for Years 2 and 3. Successful implementation of these plans will:

• Improve NJ State policies on pediatric oral health
• Create an integrated system of educational outreach among diverse stakeholders
• Increase preventative oral health awareness
• Develop resources (financial and other) dedicated to improving the quality and access to oral health care for young children