Critical Issues in Oral Health
We focus on the critical, actionable issues in domestic and international health policy, science, education and practice. For the Santa Fe Group, these include:
Leadership
- Developing and supporting leadership in all sectors and at every level
Public Empowerment
- Increasing health literacy of the public
- Promoting social determinants that support health and well-being
Optimum and Integrated Care for All
- Accelerating the rate of knowledge and technology transfer
- Supporting access to quality health care, especially among at-risk populations
- Eliminating health disparities and ensuring health equity
Workforce Readiness
- Enhancing access to health care professional education for all groups
- Stimulating solutions for the impending health professions workforce shortage
- Promoting an interdisciplinary health workforce
- Exploring roles and opportunities for future-oriented allied health professions
Dental Capacity
- Supporting infrastructure for strong and vibrant schools of dentistry
- Preserving and expanding the role of science in dental education
- Integrating dental medicine within the health professions (medicine, pharmacy, nursing, and the allied health professions)
Healthy Policies
- Supporting domestic and international policy development and analysis
- Exploring strategies for effective dissemination and adoption of science
