Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Dental workforce
Health Center Expansion and Recruitment Survey 2004: Results by Health and Human Services Regions and Health Center Geography
Reports findings from the national study of health center staffing, recruitment, and retention. Provides information by HHS region, urban and rural geography, and national overall estimates. Includes 118 graphs of selected survey results.
Author(s): C. Holly A. Andrilla, L. Gary Hart
Date: 03/2007
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Reports findings from the national study of health center staffing, recruitment, and retention. Provides information by HHS region, urban and rural geography, and national overall estimates. Includes 118 graphs of selected survey results.
Author(s): C. Holly A. Andrilla, L. Gary Hart
Date: 03/2007
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Rural Dental Practice: A Tale of Four States
Reports the findings of a study investigating rural dentist issues, such as: demography, training, practice characteristics, staff, and job satisfaction in Alabama, California, Maine, and Missouri.
Additional links: Project Summary
Author(s): C. Holly A. Andrilla, Denise M. Lishner, L. Gary Hart
Date: 03/2006
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Reports the findings of a study investigating rural dentist issues, such as: demography, training, practice characteristics, staff, and job satisfaction in Alabama, California, Maine, and Missouri.
Additional links: Project Summary
Author(s): C. Holly A. Andrilla, Denise M. Lishner, L. Gary Hart
Date: 03/2006
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Dentist Vacancies in Federally Funded Health Centers
Provides information on dentist vacancy rates by rural and urban location at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).
Date: 12/2005
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Provides information on dentist vacancy rates by rural and urban location at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).
Date: 12/2005
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Monitoring Oral Health in Nevada
Interactive dashboard providing data on oral health in Nevada, covering provider availability and trends, demographics, and distribution in the use of dental benefits among Medicaid recipients. Data may be filtered by rural area or county.
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Interactive dashboard providing data on oral health in Nevada, covering provider availability and trends, demographics, and distribution in the use of dental benefits among Medicaid recipients. Data may be filtered by rural area or county.
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Missouri Oral Health Plan 2020-2025
Provides goals to improve oral health in Missouri, with a focus on access to prevention and emergency care, evidence-based care, developing the oral health workforce, identifying and addressing disparities, influencing policy, and increasing awareness and programming for oral health. Includes strategies specific to rural areas of Missouri.
Sponsoring organizations: Missouri Coalition for Oral Health, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Oral Health State Plan Workgroup
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Provides goals to improve oral health in Missouri, with a focus on access to prevention and emergency care, evidence-based care, developing the oral health workforce, identifying and addressing disparities, influencing policy, and increasing awareness and programming for oral health. Includes strategies specific to rural areas of Missouri.
Sponsoring organizations: Missouri Coalition for Oral Health, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Oral Health State Plan Workgroup
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Native Community Data Profiles
Provides interactive data profiles and maps of Native communities, including American Indian reservations, Alaska Native village statistical areas, Hawaiian home lands, and other Native geographies. Covers geographic characteristics, population, demographics, housing, transportation, internet, healthy food, and healthcare, including data on life expectancy, primary care physicians, dentists, hospitals, births, and deaths. Displays key infrastructure locations, including Indian Health Service facilities.
Sponsoring organization: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
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Provides interactive data profiles and maps of Native communities, including American Indian reservations, Alaska Native village statistical areas, Hawaiian home lands, and other Native geographies. Covers geographic characteristics, population, demographics, housing, transportation, internet, healthy food, and healthcare, including data on life expectancy, primary care physicians, dentists, hospitals, births, and deaths. Displays key infrastructure locations, including Indian Health Service facilities.
Sponsoring organization: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
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State of Georgia Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (DHPSA)
County-level map showing Georgia Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas by geographic area, low-income population group, and partial county.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia State Office of Rural Health
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County-level map showing Georgia Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas by geographic area, low-income population group, and partial county.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia State Office of Rural Health
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Tennessee Health Resource Shortage Areas (HRSA)
Provides county-level maps showing locations of Tennessee state-designated Obstetric, Pediatric, Mental Health, Dental, and Primary Care Health Resource Shortage Areas (HRSAs). Also includes a map of counties with the highest TENNCare enrollee to provider ratios.
Sponsoring organization: Tennessee Department of Health
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Provides county-level maps showing locations of Tennessee state-designated Obstetric, Pediatric, Mental Health, Dental, and Primary Care Health Resource Shortage Areas (HRSAs). Also includes a map of counties with the highest TENNCare enrollee to provider ratios.
Sponsoring organization: Tennessee Department of Health
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State of Georgia Health Care Workforce Dashboard
Provides maps of the county-by-county distribution of physicians, physician assistants, nurses, dentists, and dental hygienists in Georgia. Displays county and state workforce totals and availability as well as demographic information such as age and gender distribution of healthcare workers, and allows sorting of data by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan statistical area. Utilizes data from the Georgia Board of Healthcare Workforce and U.S. census.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Data Analytics Center (GDAC)
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Provides maps of the county-by-county distribution of physicians, physician assistants, nurses, dentists, and dental hygienists in Georgia. Displays county and state workforce totals and availability as well as demographic information such as age and gender distribution of healthcare workers, and allows sorting of data by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan statistical area. Utilizes data from the Georgia Board of Healthcare Workforce and U.S. census.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Data Analytics Center (GDAC)
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Dental Therapy Resources
Presents a series of reports, toolkits, articles, and other resources on dental therapy from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation.
Sponsoring organization: W. K. Kellogg Foundation
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Presents a series of reports, toolkits, articles, and other resources on dental therapy from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation.
Sponsoring organization: W. K. Kellogg Foundation
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