A community health needs assessment is a collaborative analysis of the population, resources, services, health care statuses, health care outcomes, and other data in a defined community or service area that helps identify potential health issues for improvement. Certain federal and state funders require periodic community health needs assessments, including federal grants for primary care…
This webinar will cover the basics of using IPUMS for studying the health workforce. It will review the guiding principles for understanding how IPUMS data can aid research. The webinar will open with options for defining the health workforce using IPUMS industry, occupation, and education codes. The webinar will also cover 5 specific topics: 1)…
A recent study of the pediatric dental workforce described the results of a survey of pediatric dentists and microsimulation modeling to build future supply and demand scenarios. This webinar focuses on the implications of this study for practicing pediatric dentists. A short question and answer session follows the presentation. For an in depth summary of…
This webinar presented the findings from a major recent study of the pediatric dentistry workforce. Speakers described the origins for the study, its methods, and the policy implications of its findings.
Many states have conducted behavioral health workforce studies. Here is a catalogue of some of the reports they have done.
The Inventory of State Health Workforce Data Collection, 2019 surveys the health workforce supply (eg, demographic, education, and practice characteristics of health professionals), demand (eg, vacancies and employer recruitment and retention difficulties), and the education pipeline (eg, graduation rates and trainee/graduate characteristics). The findings from this survey are used to populate the State Health Workforce…
This tutorial demonstrates how to create an address locator in ArcGIS that can be used to geocode addresses located in a particular state.
This tutorial demonstrates the basic concept of geocoding and demonstrates how to geocode provider practice addresses in ArcGIS.
This webinar featured two health workforce training experts who shared best practice strategies for approaching workforce training program evaluation, navigating evaluation success and challenges, and student training experiences. Their experiences along with viewer feedback will inform development of the Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center’s evaluation resources for health workforce training programs across the country.
In May, 2018, 40 leaders and scholars from universities, delivery organizations, professional associations, advocacy groups, government agencies, and private insurance companies were convened to identify and prioritize recommendations to ensure an adequate workforce to support the care of people with serious illnesses in the community. Summit attendees proposed 16 overarching recommendations, spanning the workforce from…
