Description
Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï developed the based on 3.5 years of work designing, implementing and providing strategic oversight to community water fluoridation campaigns in Brockton, MA and Hartford, VT. Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï provided training and technical assistance around community organizing and coalition building as well as policy and communications guidance (behind the scenes) to community-based campaign organizers. Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï’s approach to community water fluoridation, as evidenced in the toolkit, includes:
- Defining and leading the fluoridation discussion rather than responding to it,
- Mobilizing community support via coalition building and grassroots organizing,
- Using key social marketing strategies to understand community values in order to promote water fluoridation
The toolkit includes a questionnaire to assess community readiness, key messages and tips for talking about fluoridation, strategies to build community water fluoridation and more.