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Resources by Topic: Health workforce shortage designations

Alabama Health Professional Shortage Areas - Primary Care
County-level map with shadings showing geographic and low-income Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in Alabama.
Date: 05/2024
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Department of Public Health
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Alabama Health Professional Shortage Areas - Mental Health
County-level map with shadings showing geographic and low-income Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in Alabama.
Date: 05/2024
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Department of Public Health
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Rural Mental Health: Challenges & Opportunities
Webinar recording discusses barriers to rural mental health access and offers strategies for overcoming those barriers. Presents Kansas and Missouri as examples. Details unintentional injury fatalities in metro versus nonmetro areas.
Author(s): Angie Schindler-Berg
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network
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Alabama Health Professional Shortage Areas - Dental
County-level map with shadings showing geographic and low-income Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in Alabama.
Date: 03/2024
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Department of Public Health
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Ten-Year Outcomes: Community Health Center/Academic Medicine Partnership for Rural Family Medicine Training
Examines practice characteristics for 25 North Carolina rural pathway graduates from 2012-2022, using data from internal registries and public sources. Identifies rates of postgraduation placement in rural and federally-designated Health Professional Shortage Areas, and assesses current placements for graduates one year and three years from program completion. Features demographics with breakdowns including rural or nonrural background.
Author(s): Maria Gabriela Castro, Caroline Roberts, Emily M. Hawes, Evan Ashkin, Cristen P. Page
Citation: Family Medicine, 56(3), 185-189
Date: 03/2024
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California Health Professional Shortage Areas: Dental Health
County-level map showing California dental health high needs geographic Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), geographic HPSAs, and HPSA populations.
Date: 03/2024
Sponsoring organization: California Health and Human Services Agency
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California Health Professional Shortage Areas: Mental Health
County-level map showing California mental health high needs geographic Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), geographic HPSAs, and HPSA populations.
Date: 03/2024
Sponsoring organizations: California Department of Health Care Access and Information, California Health and Human Services Agency
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California Health Professional Shortage Areas: Primary Care
County-level map showing California primary care high needs geographic Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), geographic HPSAs, and HPSA populations.
Date: 03/2024
Sponsoring organizations: California Department of Health Care Access and Information, California Health and Human Services Agency
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Medically Underserved Areas and Medically Underserved Populations in Washington
Shows full or partial areas of counties designated as a Medically Underserved Area (MUA) or Medically Underserved Population (MUP) in Washington
Date: 03/2024
Sponsoring organization: Washington State Department of Health
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Federally Designated Health Professional Shortage Areas for Mental Care in Washington
Shows full or partial areas of counties designated as Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in Washington.
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organization: Washington State Department of Health
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