1603-12029

New Hampshire: Support to the New Hampshire Public Health Association/New Hampshire Oral Health Coalition (NHOHC) to expand, strengthen, and collaboratively advance the New Hampshire Oral Health Network (Network). NHOHC and the Network will do so by offering pathways and opportunities for new and ongoing member engagement; supporting co-learning, co-planning, and collective action activities through trainings; exchanging best practices; co-leading advocacy campaigns; sharing technical assistance; establishing a more distinct Network identity; and increasing public awareness and policy dialogue on oral health consistent with evidence-based message techniques. These activities will be designed to develop a larger, stronger, and more diverse and sustainable Network that would be prepared to effectively develop and utilize evidence-based, equity -grounded messaging techniques to provide services, trainings, and education; support oral health champions; and advocate for the inclusion of oral health into health policy. This strengthened Network will work collectively to improve public perception of the value of oral health within overall health and the target that oral health is increasingly included in health dialogue and public policy. $151,978 support personnel and stakeholder convening capacity needed to strengthen the Network.