Research Alerts

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.

You can stay up-to-date with the latest research and receive Research Alerts when they are first released by joining our mailing list.

Filter by Topic
Filter by Research Center

Teledentistry Adoption and Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Margaret Langelier | Theekshana Fernando | Simona Surdu | Alex Romero

Topics: COVID-19, Oral Health, Telehealth

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.
More Info
Oral Health Workforce Research Center logo

COVID-19 Impact on Dental Service Delivery, Financing, Regulation, and Education Systems: An Environmental Scan

Authors: Margaret Langelier | Aubri Kottek | Theekshana Fernando | Miranda Werts | Sally Zhou | Emily Shen | Elizabeth Mertz | Simona Surdu

Topics: COVID-19, Education and Training, Oral Health

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.
More Info
Oral Health Workforce Research Center logo

The Impact of Pandemic Concerns on Consumers’ Teledentistry Use During the First Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Ellen O'Malley | Simona Surdu | Margaret Langelier

Topics: COVID-19, Oral Health, Telehealth

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.
More Info
Oral Health Workforce Research Center logo

Implications of COVID-19 on Safety-Net Oral Health Services

Authors: Margaret Langelier | Simona Surdu | Theekshana Fernando | Sai Sindhura Gundavarapu | Alex Romero

Topics: COVID-19, Oral Health

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.
More Info
Oral Health Workforce Research Center logo

Parental Perspectives on Barriers to Pediatric Oral Health Care: Associations with Children’s And Families’ Characteristics

Authors: Yunhan Zhao | Simona Surdu | Margaret Langelier

Topics: Oral Health

March 21, 2023
This article identifies barriers to needed dental care for children and examines factors contributing to differential experiences with those barriers.
More Info
Oral Health Workforce Research Center logo