A single message repeated might be better?

I am working on a programme to help young dental professionals hit the ground running in their first job and how to stand out from the crowd in order to get that job.

This will be a series of templates you can download and use for job applications and to help you organise your day to make it stress free as well as helping you work well with your DA.

If you are interested, get on the waitlist here.It was dental health week this month.

It was dental health week this month.

The topic was gum health and it’s importance.

Fair play, that's within the remit of dentists.

Dental Health week is a chance for the profession to claim the spotlight.

Every year there’s a new message and the nation's OHTs and hygienists are marshalled to coordinate activities within their practice (a general assumption I know).

Because they’re in charge of prevention and the dentist needs to continue with production (exageration I know).

And then it’s over. The colouring competition judged and the bunting stored for another year.

Did we achieve our goals as a profession that week? Have we inproved the nation’s oral health awareness?

Is that how we achieve anything meaningful in fitness, better sleep, weight loss, or building a business?

Do we achieve long term improvements with a burst of activity once a year and then nothing, or not so much?

What you read if you’re into improving health, losing weight, improving your metabolic health, or planning a marathon, is it's a long process.

Nothing will change in a day. Or a week.

You need to repeat the same action repeatedly over a long period of time and not be discouraged or impatient.

Small commitments in the long term, a repeated message or action.

If we truly want to bring about change in the population at large, maybe we need to reduce opportunities for confusion in the population and reduce the number of messages people receive. From us and other health professionals.

Maybe the dental organizations should be coordinating their activities with the other health professions.

A concerted push.

Clear, simple messages.

For the long term.

At the grassroots.

Food for thought.

Meanwhile, I was listening to a podcast where there was some talk about the long-term risk to businesses like Coke and Starbucks as the demand for high-sugar drinks may stall in the future due to GLP-1 medications, for example, raising awareness.

Note this article from 2016

https://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/17/health/starbucks-sugary-drinks-health/index.html

And a screenshot I took just now

I wonder what we can achieve with our patients if we stick to one message and ahcieve that change before we move onto the next one?

Have a great week

Rosie