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Resources by Topic: Health workforce

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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Health Professional Shortage Areas: Louisiana
Provides information and definitions on Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs), and Medically Underserved Populations (MUPs), as well as related HPSA opportunities and healthcare facilities. Includes county-level maps of primary care, dental, and mental HPSAs in Louisiana.
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Department of Health
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Kansas HPSA Map
A county-level interactive map that shows primary care, mental, and dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in Kansas. Includes information on mental health catchment areas and HPSA designation status. Allows user to search HPSAs by inputting a specific address.
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Roadmap to Strong Rural Health Care
Provides information on sustaining rural hospitals and clinics, growing the rural healthcare workforce in Nebraska, improving access to post-acute hospital care, improving rural well-being, and preserving emergency medical services, among other topics related to rural healthcare in Nebraska.
Sponsoring organizations: Nebraska Hospital Association, Nebraska Rural Health Association
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Bureau of Health Workforce Field Strength and Students and Trainees Dashboards
Data tools and information related to the National Health Service Corps, Nurse Corps, and Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program participants. Allows users to access subsets of data by filtering on various program, location, shortage designation, and site attributes, including rural location. Offers insight into disciplines and school locations of future clinicians preparing to serve in shortage areas across the country.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Health Workforce Footprint Map
Interactive mapping application providing a comprehensive view of Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) assets, including BHW program sites, in-service BHW program participants, submitted eligible BHW applications, Health Professional Shortage Areas, and other health workforce datasets. Key data sets are updated daily.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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SparkMap's Community Assessment Tool
Allows user to select data indicators such as demographics, economics, housing, education, health behaviors and indicators, healthcare workforce, and more by state and county to create a community assessment report. Utilizes data from multiple geographical levels and housed with the US Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Transportation, and Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Sponsoring organization: Center for Applied Research and Engagement Systems
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Specialty Physician Supply and Demand Tool
Offers a method for generating reports and maps demonstrating state and county physician supply and demand by specialty including family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, cardiology, neurology, and psychiatry.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Rural Health Works
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NARHC/3RNET Critical Access Hospital and Rural Health Clinic Job Board
Job board listing openings at Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Includes RHC and CAH jobs added to 3RNET's website. Searchable by profession/specialty and state.
Sponsoring organizations: 3RNET, National Association of Rural Health Clinics
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Nursing Workforce Dashboard
Allows users to access detailed information on demographics, education, employment, work environment, hours, and earnings of the nursing workforce at national and state levels. Uses data from the 2018 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses and includes a Critical Access Hospital category in the Work Environment section.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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