Little research has compared the demographic and practice characteristics of registered nurses (RNs) who work in public health (PH RNs) with other RNs and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) who work in public health (PH APRNs) with other APRNs. This article examines differences in characteristics between PH RNs and other RNs and between PH APRNs…
In this webinar, experts from the UNC Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center will provide an overview of research efforts designed to inform policies which support the behavioral health workforce and increase access to quality behavioral health services.
Despite repeated calls for systemic solutions to physician stress, few studies have actually examined how “the system works”—ie, how structural factors intersect in real-time to create unhealthy work environments. This webinar explored how organizational-, professional-, and societal-level factors intersect to shape wellbeing and job satisfaction, based on an 8-month ethnography at an urban pediatrics clinic….
This research brief examines the impact of COVID-19 on undergraduate medical education and on registered nurse (RN) education from the start of the pandemic up to the present.
There has been growing interest in recent years about doula care and its role in addressing racial disparities in maternal health. Over half of the states in the US are currently exploring or in the process of implementing Medicaid coverage for doula care. During this virtual meeting our panel of experts answered audience questions about…
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
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…
An article by DesRoches et al (2015) compared the National Provider and Plan Enumeration System (NPPES), the American Medical Association Masterfile, and the SK&A physician file to evaluate data accuracy. The authors performed this analysis in the context of using the selected datasets for sampling frameworks and counting physicians in a given area. The authors…
Evidence of birth doulas’ positive impacts on pregnancy and birth outcomes continues to grow, particularly among underserved populations. Policymakers have significant interest in expanding birth doula services, however little is known about the role of this workforce and how to expand their services. This webinar discusses 2 studies focused on addressing this gap, including organizational…
This chartbook uses data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) to describe education program outcomes for 32 health professions between the years 2011 and 2020. It contains information on the number of awards conferred and the gender and race/ethnicity of individuals completing the programs.
