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While Executive Summaries have a multitude of purposes and formats across the professional world, the summary for your ILE is essentially a mini version of your deliverable, highlighting the most important points and take-home messages, including: What is the problem you are looking at?

Why is it important?

What did you learn?

Why should anyone care?

What actions do you recommend readers take to address the problem?

The Executive Summary should generally follow the same order as the body of your ILE. You want to work your way to drawing a conclusion that justifies your work and provides clear recommendations for action. While you do not want to give a substantial amount of detail, you want to give enough so that the reader will know the three or four most important aspects of your ILE.

A generic template for an ILE Executive Summary could possibly include: Background/Problem/Importance to Public Health Practice Keep this to a few sentences, at most. Just summarize the key points. Be clear about what you want to learn or what your research question is. o “The purpose of this [Research Brief or Evaluation Report] is _______.” What You Did/Methods Tell us the big picture, not the detailed methods. o “To answer this question, we reviewed survey data collected as part of a program evaluation and conducted a focus group with ten former participants.” What You Learned This is the important part! In plain language, tell us the three (or so) most important, interesting, or critical findings that came out of your work. These should be applicable to public health practice, fill gaps in knowledge, and answer your primary questions. o “Our policy review showed that in the one-to-three years following the implementation of gay/straight alliances, students in schools where there were such groups felt ___.” Recommendations for Public Health Practice These can be the most IMPORTANT recommendations to practice, or a high-level overview of the types of recommendations that come directly from your work.

References

Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC). (2017). Oral and Dental Health [Website]. Retrieved from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/dental.htm

Feinberg, M. (2015). Minority oral health in America: despite progress, disparities persist. Kelly RL. Kelly report.https://www.ada.org/~/media/ADA/Advocacy/Files/160523_Kelly_Report_Dental_Chapter.pdf?la=en

Heartland Alliance.(2011). The Burden of Oral Disease in Chicago ChicagoCommunity Oral Health Forum (CCOHF). Retrieved from [website]: https://www.heartlandalliance.org/oralhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2016/0/the-burden-of,-oral-disease-in-chicago.pdf

Journal of American Academic of the Pediatrician. (2008). Preventive Oral Health Intervention for Pediatricians. Retrieved from [website]: https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/122/6/1387

Office of the Surgeon General. (2019). Surgeon General Priority: Oral Health [Website]. U.S. Department of Health &Human Services. Retrieved from:

https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/oral-health/index.html

University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry.(n.d). Prevention and Public Health

[Website].Retrieved from https://dentistry.uic.edu/community-health/prevention-public health

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.(2017).Oral Health [Website]. Retrieved from:

https://www.womenshealth.gov/a-z-topics/oral-health