Salary disparities emphasize the urgency of rectifying pay inequities in public health occupations. However, many public health positions are governed by state employee pay structures that cannot be changed for only one agency. Given the challenges of increasing governmental pay just for public health, additional approaches are needed for public health recruitment and retention that…
Local, state, tribal, and territorial government public health departments in the United States act as the front-line against disease, but are severely understaffed. Although there are other factors that can attract job candidates, salary is known to be paramount in recruitment competition, including public health. While previous studies have compared salaries between different occupations within…
Higher levels of certified nursing assistant (CNA) staffing are positively associated with improved care quality outcomes for nursing home residents, but low wages and other job-quality concerns drive high turnover and job vacancies within the CNA workforce. Evidence suggests that nursing homes have addressed workforce pressures by increasing their reliance on contract CNAs from staffing…
Increasing access to behavioral health providers in safety-net clinics is vital to ensuring behavioral health care equity. However, there is a lack of knowledge about the factors that better prepare behavioral health providers to practice in these settings. This article explores how experiences with medically-underserved populations during the education of behavioral health professionals affects their…
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed public health infrastructure gaps and the need for a strong public health workforce capable of supporting population health and promoting health equity. One of the major causes of the infrastructure gaps is ongoing public health workforce shortages. Recruiting and retaining public health employees and ensuring they have necessary skills are vital…
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created the Physician and Physician Practice Research Database (3P-RD) which captures census data of physicians and physician practices in 13 states, including characteristics that may be useful for analytic purposes. This webinar describes how these databases were built and how to gain access to them for your…
This is the first video in our HWTAC Dissemination Video Series, developed to assist researchers in sharing their study findings with the widest audience. In this video you will learn how to: • Select research findings that will be the most impactful • Communicate those key findings with concise, easy-to-understand language February 8, 2023 18:52…
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In this second video in our HWTAC Dissemination Video Series, learn why infographics are an important communication tool to help your research reach a broader audience. We’ll also take you step by step through the process of selecting content, creating data visualizations, and organizing your layout. This is follow-up to Video 1: “How to Condense…
This discussion is about the barriers and challenges to clinical placement of nursing students and help to identify potential solutions to these problems.ArrayMay 31, 20232:00 pm156 mins https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kdOupqTsrGdSHXMMqTcznLYlpEQn1vq6x#/registration This discussion is about the barriers and challenges to clinical placement of nursing students and help to identify potential solutions to these problems. 57May 31, 2023
