Improving Access to Care in Underserved Rural Communities: Eighteenth Annual Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Congress

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Offers policy and program development recommendations to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Congress regarding primary care training and education. Recommendations aim to advance health equity through enhanced support of primary care workforce training to address health barriers in rural and other underserved communities. Covers longitudinal clinical training in rural primary care, integrating oral and behavioral health in primary care, enhancing telehealth capacity, and supporting interprofessional team-based education and practice in maternal-infant care.

11/2021

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Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry

Access · Behavioral health · Health workforce · Health workforce education and training · Integrated service delivery · Interprofessional training of the health workforce · Maternal health and prenatal care · Oral health · Policy · Primary care · Telehealth