HWTAC disseminates the work of all of the HRSA-sponsors health workforce research centers (HWRCs) across the country. This Research Alert archive houses technical reports, research and policy briefs, journal articles, and other resources produced by the HWRCs. You can search the Research Alerts archive by a specific topic or research center. Search results are listed chronologically, with the most recent resources appearing first.

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August 15, 2023
This report 1) reviews the enabling statutes and regulations for the provision of teledentisty services in each of the 51 regulatory jurisdictions in the US, and 2) discusses themes that emerged from dental provider interviews on the use of teledentisty prior to, during, and subsequent to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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July 17, 2023
This report summarizes the immediate and longer-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on 4 domains of the oral health care system: care delivery, regulation, education, and finance.
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June 13, 2023
This article examines consumers’ use of teledentistry from June 2019 through June 2020, assessing respondents' teledentistry use in association with their levels of anxiety about the pandemic, their demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, and geography.
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April 1, 2023
This report describes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the delivery of oral health services in the dental safety-net.
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March 21, 2023
This article identifies barriers to needed dental care for children and examines factors contributing to differential experiences with those barriers.
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