Information About the Breakout Sessions

The purpose of the breakout sessions is to provide an opportunity for participants to build upon the session presentations and contribute strategies to promote the conference goal of engaging the oral health community in childhood-obesity prevention.

Facilitators will lead discussions to develop recommendations for action steps for engaging the oral health community in childhood-obesity prevention. The discussions will be recorded by a dental public health resident/student. In addition, there will be a staff assistant in each breakout session group to serve as a backup recorder and who can answer general questions or address logistical issues.

Each breakout session will include a broad cross-section of oral health professionals and other health professionals, representatives from health-related organizations, and experts in childhood obesity. Participants will be assigned to a breakout session group and will remain in the same group with the same facilitator and recorder for breakout sessions I–III. Each group will have about 15 participants.

Group Facilitator Recorder Staff Assistant Room Location A Patty Braun Monisha Billings Katrina Holt Salon G1 B Ann Battrell Huda Alkuhl Becca Scholtes Salon B C Paul Casamassimo Astha Singhal Olivia Pickett Salon C (Thursday)/Keisha Watson (Friday) D Brad Whistler Herta Granado Beth Lowe Conference 5 E Sharee Clough Alex Kailembo Sarah Kolo Conference 6 F Mark Deutchman Catherine Corinne Zollars Salon F Maybury G Jane Grover Anubhuti Shukla Ruth Barzel Salon G2 H Nick Mosca Ashlee Thomas Jolene Bertness Salon H Thursday, November 3, 2016

Breakout Session I: Overview of the Science 12:00–1:00 p.m.

Breakout session charge: In the next hour, consider what you have heard from session I presenters about risk factors for childhood obesity, health-equity issues, and the relationship between sugar-sweetened beverages and weight gain in children, as well as comments from the reactors, to address the following questions:

• Given the focus of this conference, which one topic/issue resonated most with you in this session? • Identify what areas you believe warrant additional research and clarity. • Which aspects/topics presented in this session are most likely to support engagement of the oral health community? • Which aspects/topics presented in this session have potential to bridge to non-oral-health communities involved in efforts to prevent childhood obesity?

Breakout Session II: What We Can Do 4:45–5:45 p.m.

Breakout session charge: In the next hour, consider what you have heard from session II presenters on efforts by oral health professionals to address childhood obesity and other systemic health issues, efforts by oral health professionals and organizations to influence health policy and advocacy efforts, and efforts by dental schools and dental hygiene schools to address childhood obesity, as well as comments from the reactors, to discuss the following questions:

Given the roles oral health professionals have played to address systemic health issues as well as the current state of their involvement with obesity-related issues, what activities are most needed in:

• Oral health professional education • Interdisciplinary practice • Program development and support • Policy development • Advocacy • Consumer outreach and education

If you know of an action that your organization has taken, or an action that an entity you are familiar with has taken, please share it. Friday, November 4, 2016

Breakout Session III: Supporting and Promoting Involvement 10:45–11:45 a.m.

Breakout session charge: In the next hour, consider what you have heard from session III presenters on efforts by non-oral- health professionals to prevent childhood obesity, skills and tools that oral health professionals need to engage parents, and the role of insurers, as well as comments from the reactors, to discuss the following questions:

• Identify the top actions needed to increase involvement of oral health professionals. • At the organization level • At the community level • At the individual level • Identify how individuals from the oral health community might leverage their contributions to support non-oral-health professionals. • Identify how individuals from non-oral-health communities might leverage their contributions to support oral health professionals. • What is one implementation strategy or message from this conference that you would like to see oral health professionals/organizations act upon?