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South Carolina Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) By Category
County-level map showing Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas in South Carolina.
Date: 09/2021
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
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Minnesota's Dental Hygienist Workforce, 2019
Provides an overview of Minnesota's dental hygienist workforce using data from the Minnesota Board of Dentistry and the 2016-2017 Dental Hygienist Survey. Presents information on demographics, education, employment, and geographical distribution.
Date: 09/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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Minnesota State Oral Health Plan 2020-2030
Outlines the state oral health plan for Minnesota, focusing on the oral health infrastructure, access to oral healthcare, health systems integration, disability, special care needs and inclusion, and data. Includes rural considerations throughout.
Date: 08/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
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Health Workforce in Nevada: A Chartbook
Highlights current state and federal data on the supply and geographic distribution of physicians, nurses, and other healthcare workers providing direct patient care services, and administrative and non-clinical healthcare workers in Nevada.
Author(s): John Packham, Tabor Griswold, Jeannine Warner, Laima Etchegoyhen
Date: 06/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Office of Statewide Initiatives
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Mississippi Primary Care Needs Assessment
Identifies Mississippi communities with the greatest unmet healthcare needs and offers recommendations for allocating resources, managing shortage designations, and coordinating the recruitment and retention of healthcare professionals. Includes sections on social determinants of health, Health Professional Shortage Areas, Graduate Medical Education, and workforce development. Features statistics on various diseases and health conditions.
Date: 03/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Mississippi Office of Rural Health, Mississippi State Department of Health
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Oral Health among Indian Health Service Oklahoma City Area Population: A Review of Current Data 2020-2021
Presents data on oral health indicators for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) in the Indian Health Service (IHS) Oklahoma City Service Area (OKC Area). Compares oral health statistics for the IHS OKC area to the IHS population nationwide as well as the general population. Discusses access to dentists and other oral health providers in rural and tribal communities.
Author(s): Julie Seward, Amanda J. Llaneza, Alexandrea Holt
Date: 02/2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Native Oral Health Network, Southern Plains Tribal Health Board
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Visualizing Potential Effects of Dentist Retirements on Accessibility to Dental Care Among Children in Alabama, 2019
Examines dental access among Alabama residents aged 20 or younger. Discusses how dentist retirements may impact access to dental care, with data breakdowns by rural/urban status. Features maps with county-level information on dental access in Alabama.
Author(s): Steven Samsel, Ryan Tramp, Irem Sengul Orgut, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 18
Date: 02/2021
Type: Document
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2021 Mississippi Dental Safety-Net Providers
Provides information on Mississippi's Dental Care Safety Net and Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA). Includes a county-level map showing HPSA priority scores and Safety Net provider locations.
Date: 2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Mississippi State Department of Health
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Maine State Office of Rural Health: Strategic Plan 2021
Offers a current assessment of activities of the Maine's Rural Health and Primary Care Program, and includes recommendations to improve health outcomes for rural and medically underserved Maine residents. Features sections on Critical Access Hospitals, Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program eligible hospitals, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and Rural Health Clinics. Includes statistics on primary care providers, mental health providers, and dentists.
Author(s): Pat Hart, Carol Kelly
Date: 2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Maine Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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Strengthening the Entry-Level Health Care Workforce: Finding a Path
Examines gaps in the existing healthcare workforce, challenges facing entry-level healthcare workers (EHCW), current EHCW training programs and contexts where training programs are used effectively, and strategies and policy opportunities to strengthen the EHCW. Includes rural references throughout and case studies for programs in rural Alaska and Washington. Provides an interactive inventory of existing policies and programs that support EHCW training, recruitment, and retention.
Additional links: Entry-Level Health Care Workforce: Information and Programs Visualization Tool
Author(s): Shira H. Fischer, Ryan K. McBain, Laura J. Faherty, et al.
Date: 12/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, RAND Corporation
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