Resources: Alaska (98)
Economic Viability of Dental Therapists
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Analyzes the work of dental therapists in Alaska and Minnesota. Details the percent of time spent on different types of procedures, populations served, and the cost of employing dental therapists.
Author: Kim FM, Community Catalyst
Date: 5/2013
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Dental Occupations, Health Care Access, Minnesota, Trends and Emerging Issues
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Jobs to Careers: Transforming the Front Lines of Health Care
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Additional Link: Executive Summary
Discusses the Jobs to Careers program outcomes with training and development of the front line health care workforce. Covers wage increases, additional education, and more. Highlights main themes of the program's work-based learning system. Includes contact information for each project site.
Date: 12/2012
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Arizona, California, Compensation, Connecticut, Education and Training, Hawaii, Health Aides, Assistants and Guides, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, National, New York, Nursing Aides, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington
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Workforce Development in a 'Big Small Town': Q&A with Alaska Health Workforce Coalition Members
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Provides a Q&A with members of the Alaska Health Workforce Coalition (AHWC) regarding the coalition's development and workforce efforts.
Organization: Health Workforce Information Center
Location: Health Workforce News
Date: 11/2012
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Behavioral Health, Best Practices and Model Programs, Education and Training, Loan Repayment and Forgiveness, Policy, Recruitment and Retention, Rural, Workforce Pipeline
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Community Health Worker Model for Care Coordination: A Promising Practice for Frontier Communities
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Describes a model that uses community health workers to help coordinate patient care in frontier areas. Highlights how several states have applied this model. Addresses workforce development, regulation, funding, and policy issues.
Organization: National Center for Frontier Communities
Author: Wilger S
Date: 8/2012
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Best Practices and Model Programs, Care Coordination, Community Health Workers, Health Aides, Assistants and Guides, Minnesota, Montana, National, New Mexico, Oregon, Rural, Texas
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Dental Therapists: A Promising Practice for Frontier Communities
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Describes the dental therapist model being used in Alaska and Minnesota to increase access to dental care in rural and frontier areas. Highlights the supply, distribution, and ethnic background of dentists.
Organization: National Center for Frontier Communities
Author: van Hecke S
Date: 8/2012
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Best Practices and Model Programs, Dental Occupations, Dentists, Health Care Access, Minnesota, National, Rural, Supply and Demand
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Alaska Oral Health Plan: 2012-2016
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Covers oral health for various age groups, health disparities, fluoride, the dental workforce, Alaska's oral health program, infection control, and Alaska's Dental Action Coalition. Provides recommendations.
Organization: Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Date: 7/2012
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Dental Hygienists, Dentists, Health Care Access, Health Care Quality
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Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education 2013 Workplan
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Describes existing activities and new initiatives related to student access to higher education and success in the 15 WICHE state region. Highlights an allied health project and mental health workforce programs.
Organization: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Date: 5/2012
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Allied Health, Arizona, Behavioral Health Occupations, California, Colorado, Education and Training, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Rural, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
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Benefits of Implementing the Primary Care Patient- Centered Medical Home: A Review of Cost & Quality Results, 2012
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Discussing the benefits of implementing primary care patient-centered medical homes (PCMH), focusing mostly on improving costs and care quality. Highlights strengths of model programs in various states. Includes a discussion of the role of health care providers in the PCMH model.
Organization: Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
Author: Nielsen M, Langner B, Zema C,
Date: 2012
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Best Practices and Model Programs, California, Colorado, Family Medicine Physicians, Florida, Health Care Quality, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, National, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing Occupations, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Primary Care, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington
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State & Territorial Dental Public Health Activities: Access to Care, Workforce
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Summarizes state public health activities related to the dental workforce. Includes program contact information.
Organization: Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors
Date: 2012
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Best Practices and Model Programs, Dental Assistants, Dental Hygienists, Dental Occupations, Dentists, Health Care Access, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Public Health, Virginia
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Western Undergraduate Exchange: Enrollment Report Fall 2012
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Reports enrollment data for two- and four-year public institutions in the Western Undergraduate Exchange. Lists data by institution and program. Includes health care programs such as medical assistant, social work, pre-pharmacy, nursing and more.
Organization: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Date: 2012
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Education and Training, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Profession-by-Profession, South Dakota, Supply and Demand, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
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Tuition and Fees in Public Higher Education in the West, 2012-2013: Detailed Tuition and Fees Tables
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Provides an update of WICHE's annual report on tuition and mandatory fees at public institutions in WICHE's 15-state region. Includes an institution-by-institution historical review of tuition changes from year to year, as well as those from one, five, and ten years ago.
Organization: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Date: 11/2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Financial Aid, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Student Debt Load, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
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Alaska Health Care Workforce Update and Regional Analysis: Changes in Number of Licensed Active Resident Health Care Providers in Alaska (Selected Categories), 2007–2011, by Labor Market Area
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Provides an overview of the health care workforce in Alaska. Offers supply data for multiple professions statewide and by region and turnover rates for physicians and registered nurses.
Organizations: Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Alaska Health Planning and Systems Development
Author: Rarig AJ
Date: 10/2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Behavioral Health Occupations, Dental Hygienists, Dental Occupations, Dentists, Health Aides, Assistants and Guides, Mental Health Counselors, Nursing Aides, Nursing Occupations, Occupational Therapy Occupations, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Occupations, Pharmacy Technicians and Aides, Physical Therapy Occupations, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Psychologists, Recruitment and Retention, Registered Nurses, Supply and Demand
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Cultural Context in the Effort to Improve Oral Health Among Alaska Native People: The Dental Health Aide Therapist Model
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Link: Abstract
Examines residents' satisfaction with the dental health aide therapist (DHAT) model and the role of DHATs in the cultural context in which they operate.
Author: Wetterhall S, Burrus B, Shugars D, Bader J
Location: American Journal of Public Health, 101(10), 1836-40
Date: 10/2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Cultural and Linguistic Competence, Dental Occupations, Trends and Emerging Issues
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Action Agenda 2012-2015
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Discusses a five year health workforce plan. Focuses on six occupations and six systemic change initiatives determined by the Coalition to be in highest need of attention.
Organizations: Alaska Health Workforce Coalition, UAA Office of Health Programs Development
Date: 9/2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Behavioral Health, Behavioral Health Occupations, Education and Training, Health Aides, Assistants and Guides, Nursing Occupations, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Occupations, Physical Therapy Occupations, Primary Care, Recruitment and Retention, Workforce Pipeline
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Alaska State Health Workforce Planning Report: State Health Care Workforce Development Planning Grant, Planning Alaska’s Health Workforce, Final Report
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Presents benchmarks for health care workforce planning in Alaska. Includes analyzing labor market data, creating demand projections, identifying recruitment and retention strategies, developing education standards and policies, and addressing state and federal policy barriers. Funded by HRSA State Planning Grant.
Organization: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Date: 9/2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Education and Training, Policy, Recruitment and Retention, Supply and Demand, Workforce Pipeline
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Coalition Issue Paper # 4: Professional Licensing
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Discusses the licensure process in Alaska for health care professionals. Addresses challenges and offers recommendations for improvement.
Organization: Alaska Health Workforce Coalition
Date: 9/2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Behavioral Health Occupations, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Dental Occupations, Dentists, Health Aides, Assistants and Guides, Licensed Practical Nurses and Licensed Vocational Nurses, Licensure and Certification, Marriage and Family Therapists, Mental Health Counselors, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing Aides, Nursing Occupations, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Occupations, Physical Therapy Occupations, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Psychiatrists, Registered Nurses, Social Workers
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Policy Options for Expanding the Oral Health Workforce
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Offers an audio file and PowerPoint slides from a session on the oral health workforce. Addresses dental workforce issues and highlights initiatives in Alaska and Minnesota that are increasing the number of dentists and creating new mid-level dental providers.
Organization: National Conference of State Legislatures
Author: Crall J, Stitzel J
Date: 8/2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Dental Hygienists, Dental Occupations, Dentists, Health Care Access, Health Reform, Minnesota, National, Policy, Supply and Demand, Trends and Emerging Issues
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Southcentral Foundation - Nuka Model of Care Provides Career Growth for Frontline Staff
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Examines the community-centered, team-based Nuka Model of Care in Alaska that incorporates the people receiving health care as customer-owners of their own care. Highlights a human resources policy for frontline staff, including medical assistants, to work their way up to the highest ranks in an organization and reduce staff turnover.
Organization: Center for the Health Professions
Author: Blash L, Dower C, Chapman S, Center for the Health Professions at UCSF
Date: 8/2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Best Practices and Model Programs, Education and Training, Licensed Practical Nurses and Licensed Vocational Nurses, Medical Assistants, Recruitment and Retention
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Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2011: Alaska State Medical Board
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Presents annual activities of the Alaska State Medical Board. Offers licensure statistics on pages 9 to 10. Includes number of new and total licenses issued for physicians, osteopaths, podiatrists, paramedic, physician assistants, residents, and more.
Organization: Alaska State Medical Board
Date: 7/2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics, Licensure and Certification, Osteopathic Physicians, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Podiatrists, Supply and Demand
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Coalition Issue Paper #3: Health Workforce Data
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Discusses health care workforce supply and demand data collection in Alaska. Covers federal and state-level datasets and data analysis methods.
Organization: Alaska Health Workforce Coalition
Date: 7/2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Research and Data Collection Methods, Supply and Demand
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Growing Your Own: Community Health Workers and Jobs to Careers
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Link: Abstract
Examines the implementation and impact of 5 workforce development programs aimed at achieving skills upgrades, educational advancement, and career development for community health workers (CHWs).
Author: Farrar B, Morgan JC, Chuang E, Konrad TR
Location: The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 34(3), 234-246
Date: 7/2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Arizona, Community Health Workers, Education and Training, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, Recruitment and Retention, Supply and Demand
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Merging Tradition and Innovation in Workforce Development: Health Care, Work-Based Learning, and Indigenous Americans in Jobs to Careers
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Describes how three projects in Alaska, Arizona, and Hawaii have helped advance frontline health care workers from indigenous American cultures and improved health care services to their Native communities.
Organizations: Jobs for the Future, Jobs to Careers
Date: 7/2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Arizona, Best Practices and Model Programs, Cultural and Linguistic Competence, Diversity, Hawaii, Registered Nurses, Workforce Pipeline
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Coalition Issue Paper #1: Background Check Program
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Addresses why Alaska's why the Background Check Program is important for health workforce development. Provides information on the Program’s processes and suggests how they could be more efficient and cost effective.
Organization: Alaska Health Workforce Coalition
Date: 6/2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Policy, Recruitment and Retention
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Alaska Health Workforce Coalition Issue Paper #2: Health Workforce and Registered Apprenticeships, Draft
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Discusses the use of apprenticeships for high priority occupations from the Alaska Health Workforce Plan, specifically with direct care workers. Addresses challenges and provides recommendations for improving these programs.
Organization: Alaska Health Workforce Coalition
Date: 5/2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Education and Training, Health Aides, Assistants and Guides, Home Health Aides and Home Care Aides, Nursing Aides
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Best Practice Approaches, Access to Oral Health Care Services: Workforce Development
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Identifies strategies to develop the dental workforce to increase access to care. Covers dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, and mid-level oral health providers. Lists best practice criteria and offers state practice examples with detailed reports.
Organization: Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors
Date: 5/2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Best Practices and Model Programs, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Dental Assistants, Dental Hygienists, Dental Occupations, Dentists, Health Care Access, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, National, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Public Health, Vermont, Virginia
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Hawaii’s Physician Workforce: Update
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Offers presentation slides that include primary care provider supply data. Includes maps of primary care physician shortages for 2010 projected through 2020.
Organization: Healthcare Association of Hawaii
Date: 5/2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing Occupations, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Primary Care, Registered Nurses, Supply and Demand
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May 2011 Wages in Alaska: Alaska Statewide
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Reports wages for occupations in Alaska. Includes low, average, and high wage statistics. Covers most health care occupations under SOC codes 29 and 31.
Organization: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Date: 5/2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Compensation, Profession-by-Profession
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Clinical Technical Performance of Dental Therapists in Alaska
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Link: Abstract
Evaluates the performance of five dental health aide therapists who graduated from the Alaska Dental Health Aide Therapist program.
Author: Bader JD, Lee JY, Shugars DA, Burrus BB, Wetterhall S
Location: Journal of the American Dental Association, 142(3), 322-326
Date: 3/2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Best Practices and Model Programs, Dental Occupations, Trends and Emerging Issues
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Dentists Provide Effective Supervision of Alaska's Dental Health Aide Therapists in a Variety of Settings
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Examines relationships between dental health aide therapists (DHATs) and their supervising dentists in Alaska.
Author: Williard ME, Fauteux N
Location: Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 71(Supplement s2), S27-S33
Date: 3/2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Dental Occupations, Health Care Access, National
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Improving Access and Quality: The Role of Frontline Staff at Behavioral and Mental Health Centers
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Supports using career ladder programs to fill vacancies in licensed positions and address turnover in behavioral and mental health institutions. Highlights work-based training programs in various states for frontline behavioral and mental health workers.
Organizations: Jobs for the Future, Jobs to Careers
Author: Altstadt D
Date: 3/2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Behavioral Health, Best Practices and Model Programs, Pennsylvania, Psychiatric Aides, Recruitment and Retention, Rhode Island, Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors
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Journal of Public Health Dentistry: Workforce Development in Dentistry: Addressing Access to Care
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Thematic issue examining development of the dentistry workforce. Includes articles on the emerging profession of dental therapists.
Location: Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 71(Supplement s2), S1-S41
Date: 3/2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Dental Hygienists, Dental Occupations, Dentists, Education and Training, Health Care Access, National, Supply and Demand, Trends and Emerging Issues
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Needs Assessment and Analysis of Potential Strategies for a Physical Therapy Program for Alaska
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Examines the need for a physical therapy education program in Alaska. Includes data on the physician therapy workforce including vacancy and turnover rates and supply. Covers steps involved in developing a program and applying for accreditation. Offers recommendations.
Organization: UAA Office of Health Programs Development
Author: Rogers A
Date: 2/2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Education and Training, Physical Therapy Occupations, Recruitment and Retention, Supply and Demand
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2011 Annual Report: Alaska AHEC Program, Strengthening Alaska's Health Workforce
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Reports annual activities of the Alaska AHEC program. Covers data on program outcomes on pages 5-9 including continuing education, workforce pipeline, clinical rotations and more.
Organization: Alaska Center for Rural Health - AHEC
Date: 2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Area Health Education Centers, Continuing Education, Education and Training, Workforce Pipeline
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Alaska Health Care Occupations
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Reports the average monthly wage and employment outlook for various health care occupations in Alaska.
Organization: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Date: 2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Compensation, Profession-by-Profession, Supply and Demand
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All Smiles: Dental Therapists Take Care Home
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Discusses how dental health aide therapists (DHAT) have helped fill the gap in dental care to rural communities in Alaska and in more than 54 countries worldwide.
Organization: National Rural Health Association
Author: Lutz A
Location: Rural Roads, Winter 2011
Date: 2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Best Practices and Model Programs, Dental Occupations, Rural, Scope of Practice, Supply and Demand, Trends and Emerging Issues
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Development of a Hybrid Distance Occupational Therapy Program in Alaska
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Link: Abstract
Describes how two schools partnered to create a distance occupational therapy program to address a shortage of providers. Identifies benchmarks for distance based education and how the program met them.
Author: Bracciano A, Lohman H, Coppard BM, Bradberry JC, Easley C
Location: Journal of Allied Health, 40(2), 90-5
Date: 2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Education and Training, Occupational Therapy Occupations, Rural, Supply and Demand, Technology in Education and Training, Trends and Emerging Issues, Washington
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Health Programs: Serving Alaska’s Critical Need
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Provides information on health care education programs in Alaska in a brochure format.
Organization: UAA Office of Health Programs Development
Date: 2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Education and Training, Profession-by-Profession
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Alaska Physician Workforce Profile
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One-page profile of the state's physician supply, medical school enrollment, and graduate medical education. Based on data included in the AAMC's 2011 State Physician Data Book.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges Center for Workforce Studies
Date: 2011
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Education and Training, Physicians, Recruitment and Retention, Residency Programs, Supply and Demand
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Perspectives of Board Certified Pediatric Dentists on Adding a Pediatric Oral Health Therapist to the Dental Team
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Link: Abstract
Studies perspectives of pediatric dentists toward adding an oral health therapist or dental therapist to their team. Shows pediatric dentists are not knowledgeable about the role of therapists and most oppose adding one to their team.
Author: To'olo G, Nash DA, Mathu-Muju KR, Haney CA, Mullins MR, Bush HH
Location: Pediatric Dentistry, 32(7), 505-12
Date: 11/2010
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Dental Occupations, Dentists, National
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Evaluation of the Dental Health Aide Therapist Workforce Model in Alaska: Final Report
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Additional Links: Appendices, Summary
Evaluates the initial implementation of the Dental Health Aide Therapist (DHAT) program in Alaska. Covers patient satisfaction, oral health status, clinical performance measures, and more.
Organization: W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Author: Wetterhall S, Bader JD, Burrus BB, Lee JY, Shugars DA
Date: 10/2010
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Best Practices and Model Programs, Dental Occupations
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Interagency Access to Health Care in Alaska Task Force: Report to Congress
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Reviews how Federal agencies are meeting the health care services needs of Alaskans. Addresses health workforce issues. Offers recommendations.
Author: Interagency Access to Health Care in Alaska Task Force
Date: 9/2010
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Policy
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Preliminary Summary Report: The Hawaii Island Clinician Recruitment & Retention Survey
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Reports results from a survey of health care provider recruitment and retention on Hawaii Island. Provides data on respondent characteristics and experience, reason for moving to the area, training, and plans to retire. Covers priorities driving recruitment and retention decisions including compensation, community resources, and more.
Organization: Hawaii Island Healthcare Alliance
Author: Hanagami B, Teshima K, Pellegrin K,
Date: 8/2010
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Compensation, Nursing Occupations, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Occupations, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Recruitment and Retention, Social Workers
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Alaska Health Workforce Plan
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Provides a consensus of strategies to meet Alaska's health workforce needs. Includes occupation-specific strategies.
Organizations: Alaska Health Workforce Coalition, UAA Office of Health Programs Development
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Community Health Workers, Dental Hygienists, Dental Occupations, Health Information and Informatics Occupations, Home Health Aides and Home Care Aides, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing Aides, Occupational Therapy Occupations, Pharmacists, Physical Therapy Occupations, Physicians, Policy, Profession-by-Profession, Psychiatrists, Registered Nurses, Social Workers, Speech-Language Pathologists, Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors
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Oral Health Checkup: Progress in Tough Fiscal Times?
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Reviews dental coverage options for low-income children and adults and the challenges they face in accessing oral health care. Identifies state initiatives for increasing access to oral health care using various workforce models on pages 7-11.
Organization: National Health Policy Forum
Author: Shirk C
Date: 3/2010
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Tagged keywords: Alabama, Alaska, Best Practices and Model Programs, Dental Occupations, Health Care Access, Medicare and Medicaid, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Policy, South Carolina, Washington
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Needs Assessment and Analysis of Potential Strategies for a Pharmacy Educational Program for Alaska
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Examines the need for a pharmacy education program in Alaska. Addresses current supply and student demand. Includes data on national and state-level workforce capacity, pharmacy school enrollments and graduates. Covers steps involved in developing, staffing, and implementing a program. Offers recommendations throughout.
Organization: UAA Office of Health Programs Development
Author: Nelson AA
Date: 2/2010
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Education and Training, Faculty, New Mexico, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Occupations, Recruitment and Retention, Supply and Demand
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Alaskan Core Competencies for Direct Care Workers in Health and Human Services
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Details the new core competencies for Alaska's direct care workforce. Discusses their development and use.
Organizations: Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, The Annapolis Coalition on the Behavioral Health Workforce, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Date: 1/2010
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Health Aides, Assistants and Guides, Home Health Aides and Home Care Aides, Nursing Aides
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University of Alaska Expanding Access to Health Programs (EAHP)
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Presents University of Alaska's plan to increase health care graduates that will serve in rural Alaska. Covers student data collection, distance education, student recruitment, simulation training, and more. Includes data summarizing current health care education programs in the state.
Organization: UAA Office of Health Programs Development
Date: 1/2010
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Education and Training, Recruitment and Retention, Research and Data Collection Methods, Technology in Education and Training, Workforce Pipeline
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Alaska Occupational Forecast 2010 to 2020
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Presents labor market data for Alaska. Provides 2010 employment and 2020 projections for occupations. Includes most health care professions under SOC codes 29 and 31.
Organization: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Date: 2010
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Profession-by-Profession, Supply and Demand
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Alaskan Core Competencies Comparison Tool: A Checklist for Comparing Existing Curricula or Competencies with the New Alaskan Core Competencies
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Additional Link: Alaskan Core Competencies for Direct Care Workers in Health & Human Services
Provides a checklist for comparing any curriculum, competency set, or other training or educational program to the Alaskan Core Competencies. Reviews the curricula or other competency sets to determine the extent to which they cover the Alaskan Core Competencies for Direct Care Workers in Health & Human Services.
Organization: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Author: Hoge M, McFaul M
Date: 2010
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Education and Training, Health Aides, Assistants and Guides, Home Health Aides and Home Care Aides, Nursing Aides
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2009 Alaska Health Workforce Vacancy Study
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Additional Links: Appendix A - List of Health Occupations, Appendix B - Health Workforce Survey 2009, Appendix C - Cover Letter Accompanying Survey Forms, Appendix D - Confidence Intervals for Positions, Vacancies, Number of Vacancies Filled with New Graduates, and Length of Longest Vacancy in Months, Appendix E - Tables of Samples and Estimates of Positions, Vacancies, Vacancy Rates, Number of Vacancies that Can Be Filled with New Graduates, and Mean and Maximum Length of Longest Vacancy in Months, Appendix F - Occupations Sorted by Estimated Positions, Vacancies, Vacancy Rates, Number of Vacancies that Can Be Filled with New Graduates, and Mean and Maximum Length of Longest Vacancy in Months
Provides a detailed analysis of health care vacancies in Alaska to determine workforce shortages. Assesses health manpower shortage based on budgeted staff positions and their vacancies in organizations throughout the state. Targets 93 health occupations. Includes Appendices A-F.
Organization: Alaska Center for Rural Health - AHEC
Author: Landon B, Doucette S, Frazier R
Date: 12/2009
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Allied Health, Nursing Occupations, Physicians, Supply and Demand
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Development of a Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Training Program for Rural Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening among Alaska Native People
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Link: Abstract
Describes a program that trained nurse practitioners and physician assistants to go into rural areas and screen native Alaskans for colorectal cancer instead of training rural practitioners to screen them.
Author: Redwood D, Joseph DA, Christensen C, Provost E, Peterson VL, Espey D, Sacco F
Location: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 20(4), 1041-1048
Date: 11/2009
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Education and Training, Health Care Access, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Rural
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A Data Brief on the Alaska Health Care Workforce 2009
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Examines the changes in 12 licensed health care provider types in Alaska from 2007-2009.
Organization: Alaska Health Planning and Systems Development
Author: Rarig A
Date: 10/2009
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Dental Hygienists, Dentists, Mental Health Counselors, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing Aides, Occupational Therapy Occupations, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Aides, Physical Therapy Occupations, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Profession-by-Profession, Psychologists, Registered Nurses
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Direct Service Workforce Core Competencies: Annotated Bibliography
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Provides a summary of research on the development of core competencies for training of the direct service workforce. Includes national research, reports from 7 states and legislation.
Organizations: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, The Lewin Group
Author: O'Reilly L
Date: 9/2009
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Education and Training, Health Aides, Assistants and Guides, Home Health Aides and Home Care Aides, Iowa, Michigan, National, North Carolina, Nursing Aides, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah
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The Medical School Applicant Pool from Alaska: Implications for the Development of Medical Education in the State
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Link: Abstract
Examines applicant and matriculate trends for allopathic medical schools for Alaskans. Identifies how state with medical schools generate more applicants. Highlights the need for changes to increase Alaska's applicant pool.
Author: Valenzeno DP, Sicilia J
Location: Alaska Medicine, 51, 7-9, 44-6
Date: 9/2009
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Education and Training, Physicians, Trends and Emerging Issues
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Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities Serving American Indians and Alaska Natives
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Examines substance use facilities that serve Native Americans and Alaska Natives. Identifies types of care offered, facility size, urban or rural location, and language services provided.
Organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Date: 7/2009
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Behavioral Health, National
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Assessment of University of Alaska Health Distance Delivered Programs, Submitted to: Expanding Access to Health Programs Project
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Examines progress of a program aimed at expanding health care workforce capacity in Alaska. Offers program impact data including enrollments, completions, and use of technology. Includes recommendations for improvement and contact information for participating campuses.
Organization: UAA Office of Health Programs Development
Author: Madden ML
Date: 6/2009
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Allied Health, Behavioral Health, Education and Training, Nursing Occupations, Technology in Education and Training
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Alaska Direct Care Fact Sheet
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Includes key facts for direct care worker advocates and their allies, legislators, policymakers, members of the media, and others interested in direct care issues in Alaska.
Organization: Direct Care Alliance
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Health Aides, Assistants and Guides
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Compendium of Best Practices/Models that Work in Rural Workforce Development
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Includes examples of best practices for developing the health workforce from various states.
Organization: National Rural Health Association
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Arizona, Best Practices and Model Programs, Dental Occupations, Interprofessional Training and Education, Montana, New Mexico, Osteopathic Physicians, Physicians, Primary Care, Rural, South Carolina, West Virginia
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Recruitment and Retention of Alaska Natives into Nursing (RRANN)
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Link: Abstract
Describes Project RRANN (Recruitment and Retention of Alaska Natives into Nursing) and highlights its effectiveness in increasing the diversity of Alaska's registered nurse workforce.
Author: DeLapp T, Hautman MA, Anderson MS
Location: Journal of Nursing Education, 47(7), 293-7
Date: 7/2008
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Diversity, Nursing Occupations, Recruitment and Retention
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Dental Health Aide Program Improves Access to Oral Health Care for Rural Alaska Native People
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Describes the Dental Health Aide Program in Alaska and the quality services it provides to high-risk residents of rural villages.
Organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 6/2008
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Dental Occupations, Dentists, Health Care Access, Rural
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Clinical Simulation in Alaska: More than Mannequins, More than Centers: Developing a Collaborative Model
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Examines the uses of clinical simulation technology for postsecondary and continuing education of health care professionals, increasing confidence of trainees, improving patient safety, and improving credentialing of students.
Organization: Alaska Center for Rural Health - AHEC
Author: Perdue K, Harris J, Oxley M, Pflaum J, Tryck S, Troyer J, Landon B
Date: 3/2008
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Education and Training, Health Care Quality, Licensure and Certification, Technology in Education and Training
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Alaska Economic Trends: Alaska's Health Care Industry
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Provides an overview of Alaska's health care industry. Highlights growth, identifies the number of health care jobs in each area of the state, and lists the state's top employers. Includes an occupational forecast for 2004-2014 and average wages for 2006.
Organization: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Date: 2/2008
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Compensation, Profession-by-Profession, Supply and Demand
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Survey of LPNs Renewing Their Nursing License 2008
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Reports results from a survey of licensed practical nurses in Alaska. Covers respondent's demographics, distribution, work setting, education, and more.
Organization: Alaska Board of Nursing
Date: 2008
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Diversity, Education and Training, Licensed Practical Nurses and Licensed Vocational Nurses, Nursing Occupations, Recruitment and Retention
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Survey of RNs Renewing Their Nursing License 2008
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Reports results from a survey of registered nurses in Alaska. Covers respondent's demographics, distribution, work setting, education, and more.
Organization: Alaska Board of Nursing
Date: 2008
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Diversity, Education and Training, Nursing Occupations, Recruitment and Retention, Registered Nurses
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Alaska Health Care Data Book: Selected Measures (2007)
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Section 3 of the Data Book focuses on Alaska's health care workforce. Includes the number of health care workers in each city and area in Alaska, by profession. Physician data offers supply data for a ten year period, and the number of physicians per 1,000 residents compared to other states, practice type, specialty, an number licensed per year since 1949. Identifies the state's medically underserved and shortage areas. Lists Alaska's largest healthcare and social services employers.
Date: 11/2007
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Profession-by-Profession
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The Human Mosaic: Cultural Beliefs and Health Professions Training
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Link: Abstract
Discusses how to teach health care professionals to work with older indigenous adults. Analyzes historical experiences of Alaska's natives to inform cultural competency education.
Author: Rosich RM
Location: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1114, 310-6
Date: 10/2007
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Cultural and Linguistic Competence
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Health Care Professions Loan Repayment Program: Concept Proposal
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Advocates for a loan repayment program in Alaska. Overviews workforce trends, shortages in Alaska's health workforce, the impact of the shortages on community health centers, summarizes studies on medical debt and loan repayment programs, loan repayment programs in other states, and recommendations.
Author: Carr P
Date: 9/2007
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Loan Repayment and Forgiveness, Nursing Occupations, Physicians, Supply and Demand
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Recruiting Local People to Fill Health Care Needs
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Discusses how frontier and rural health care providers looking for innovative ways to solve increasing workforce shortages, are recruiting and training local people to be health care professionals in their communities. Highlights programs in Nevada, Maryland, and Alaska focusing on dental hygienists, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians.
Organization: Rural Assistance Center
Author: Helseth C
Location: The Rural Monitor
Date: 8/2007
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Best Practices and Model Programs, Maryland, Nevada, Physicians, Recruitment and Retention, Registered Nurses, Rural
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University of Alaska Behavioral Health Programs
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Describes the University of Alaska's behavioral health programs. Identifies program trends and projected behavioral health workforce demand.
Organization: UAA Office of Health Programs Development
Date: 8/2007
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Behavioral Health Occupations, Education and Training, Supply and Demand
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Alaska State Plan for Senior Services FY2008-FY2011
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Addresses the needs of Alaska's seniors. Includes information on the long-term care workforce, workforce development, and workforce development initiatives. Considers the mental health needs of seniors.
Date: 5/2007
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Geriatrics, Nursing Aides
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Community Health Aide Program: Overview 2007
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Provides a detailed overview of the Community Health Aide Program including the history, current practice, training, field supervision, and quality assurance of this unique program that facilitates health care services in Alaska's remote villages. Includes dental and behavioral health services.
Date: 3/2007
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Best Practices and Model Programs, Community Health Workers, Health Care Access, Rural
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Health Care Challenges Abundant in the Alaskan Frontier
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Discusses health care workforce shortages in Alaska's Wrangell and Petersburg frontier communities. Highlights Alaska's Community Health Aide Program (CHAP), which serves the state's Native population, using more than 550 Community Health Aides/Practitioners.
Organization: Rural Assistance Center
Author: Helseth C
Location: The Rural Monitor
Date: 1/2007
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Community Health Workers, Diversity, Health Care Access, Recruitment and Retention, Rural
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A Closer Look at Healthcare Workforce Needs in the West: Pharmacy
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Highlights growing demand, increase in female pharmacists, regional occupation outlook, and expansion of pharmacy education in the western United States.
Organization: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Date: 2007
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Occupations, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
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Results of the 2004 Health Center Expansion and Recruitment Survey for Health Centers: Analyses for Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho (WWAMI States)
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Presents a subset of the findings from the larger national study of Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) staffing needs of FQHCs located in Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho (WWAMI) overall and by urban and rural geography.
Organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Author: Andrilla CH, Hart LG
Date: 11/2006
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Clinics, Dentists, Family Medicine Physicians, Federally Qualified Health Centers, General Internal Medicine Physicians, Idaho, Mental Health Counselors, Midwives, Montana, Nurse Practitioners, Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Profession-by-Profession, Psychiatrists, Recruitment and Retention, Registered Nurses, Rural, Supply and Demand, Washington, Wyoming
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Regional Solutions to the Physician Workforce Shortage: The WWAMI Experience
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Link: Abstract
Analyzes how the University of Washington School of Medicine expanded its medical school program without building a new medical school. Discusses the challenges and benefits of this regional expansion model. Presents the program as an example for how to decrease the physician shortage.
Author: Norris TE, Coombs JB, House P, Moore S, Wenrich MD, Ramsey PG
Location: Academic Medicine, 81(10):857-62 Review
Date: 10/2006
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Best Practices and Model Programs, Education and Training, Idaho, Montana, Physicians, Supply and Demand, Washington, Wyoming
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SORRAS II: Status of Recruitment Resources and Strategies 2005–2006
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Reports on recruitment strategies and costs for community health centers, hospitals, and rural mental health centers in Alaska. Offers recommendations.
Organization: Alaska Center for Rural Health - AHEC
Date: 6/2006
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Profession-by-Profession, Recruitment and Retention
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A Workforce Analysis Informing Medical School Expansion, Admissions, Support for Primary Care, Curriculum, and Research
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Examines physician distribution, supply, demographics, and medical school data for Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho.
Author: Berg AO, Norris TE
Location: Annals of Family Medicine, 4(Suppl 1), S40-S44
Date: 2006
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Education and Training, Idaho, Montana, Physicians, Primary Care, Supply and Demand, Washington, Wyoming
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WWAMI Physician Workforce 2005
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Reports on the distribution and supply of allopathic physicians, especially in the five state area supplying University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM) with students. Provides state by state data related to allopathic physicians.
Organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Author: Chen FM, Fordyce MA, Hart LG
Date: 5/2005
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Allopathic Physicians, Idaho, Montana, National, Supply and Demand, Washington, Wyoming
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Rural Mental Health in the WICHE West: Meeting Workforce Demands through Regional Partnership
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Discusses the mental health workforce needs facing the states that are part of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and what can be done to effectively meet the mental health care needs of the region. Print copy available free.
Organization: HRSA Office of Rural Health Policy
Date: 3/2005
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Arizona, Behavioral Health, Best Practices and Model Programs, California, Colorado, Education and Training, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Rural, South Dakota, Supply and Demand, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
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The Behavioral Health Workforce in Alaska: A Status Report
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Additional Link: Executive Summary
Reports on Alaska's behavioral health workforce. Includes enrollment trends, challenges, employment projections, maps, and more.
Organization: UAA Office of Health Programs Development
Date: 3/2004
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Behavioral Health Occupations, Education and Training, Marriage and Family Therapists, Mental Health Counselors, Psychiatric Aides, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors, Supply and Demand
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HRSA State Health Workforce Profile: Alaska
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Provides data on the state's health workforce, including the number of physicians, nurses, dentists, and professionals from 26 other health care disciplines. Offers information for identifying and addressing health workforce gaps.
Organizations: Center for Health Workforce Studies - SUNY Albany, Health Resources and Services Administration, HRSA Bureau of Health Professions
Date: 2000
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Profession-by-Profession, Supply and Demand
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AKCACHE
Tutorial or training
Provides a clearinghouse for continuing education (CE) opportunities in Alaska. To view the list of CE, select "Search for trainings". Offers CE opportunities by profession category.
Organization: Alaska Center for Rural Health - AHEC
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Allied Health, Behavioral Health Occupations, Continuing Education, Dental Occupations, Dentists, Health Administrators, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing Occupations, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Public Health, Social Workers
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Alaska Community Health Aide Program
Web site
Known as CHAP, this program consists of 550 workers in over 170 rural Alaska villages. Community health aide workers are selected by their communities to receive training in the areas of dental care, behavioral health, and elder care.
Organization: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Community Health Workers, Health Aides, Assistants and Guides
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Alaska Dental Health Aide Program
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Discusses the Alaska Dental Health Aide Program, a first in the nation, which allows dental health aides to fill cavities and extract teeth.
Organization: Rural Assistance Center
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Best Practices and Model Programs, Dental Occupations, Health Care Access
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Alaska Health Care Workforce Planning & Development Activities
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Manages workforce programs, provides technical assistance to sites, and supports statewide workforce development training in Alaska.
Organization: Alaska Health Planning and Systems Development
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Education and Training, Recruitment and Retention
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Alaska Job Center Network: Health Care
Web site
Provides information on health care training and employment opportunities for Alaska. Includes a chart with average monthly wages and 2006 employment for health care occupations in the state.
Organization: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development
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Tagged keywords: Alaska
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ASHNHA Professional Job Listings
Job board
Provides links to job listings for various health care occupations in Alaska.
Organization: Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Behavioral Health Occupations, Family Medicine Physicians, Nursing Occupations, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Primary Care, Recruitment and Retention
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DENTEX Dental Health Aide Therapist Program
Web site
Educates dental health aide therapists to provide dental care to Alaska Native communities.
Organization: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Dental Occupations, Education and Training, Washington
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Directory of Alaska Health Care Sites
Directory
Lists health care sites alphabetically by region and community. Updated weekly.
Organization: Alaska Primary Care Office
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Tagged keywords: Alaska
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The Evaluation of the Alaska Dental Therapist Program: Fact versus Fiction
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Addresses concerns about the evaluation of Alaska's dental therapist program.
Organization: W.K. Kellogg Foundation
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Dental Occupations, Health Care Access, Trends and Emerging Issues
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Health Careers in Alaska
Web site
Provides information about health careers in Alaska. Includes a career interest inventory, career profiles, financial aid information, health or science related camps and internships, and health care job websites.
Organization: Alaska Center for Rural Health - AHEC
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Area Health Education Centers, Profession-by-Profession, Workforce Pipeline
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Health IT Workforce Development in the Northwestern States
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Addresses the demand for skilled health information technology specialists in the northwestern states. Lists programs and member colleges and includes a blog.
Organization: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Colorado, Health Information Administrators and Technicians, Health Information Technology and Telehealth, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Supply and Demand, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
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NWRPCA Jobs Database
Job board
Additional Link: Database
Lists job openings in Community and Migrant Health Centers (CMHCs) in Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, and Washington.
Organization: Northwest Regional Primary Care Association
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Idaho, Oregon, Recruitment and Retention, Washington
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NWRPCA Learning Connections
Tutorial or training
Provides online training for board members and staff of community and migrant health centers. Offers training in a variety of categories including human resources, leadership and management, and workforce.
Organization: Northwest Regional Primary Care Association
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Continuing Education, Education and Training, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Idaho, National, Oregon, Washington
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NWRPCA Workforce Resources for Health Centers
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Provides recruitment and retention resources for community health centers. Includes a recruitment toolkit.
Organization: Northwest Regional Primary Care Association
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Idaho, National, Oregon, Recruitment and Retention, Washington
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PubMed Search: Alaska Health Workforce
Literature search
Searches PubMed's collection of journal article citations on the Alaska health workforce. Includes articles addressing supply and demand, distribution, recruitment, use of personnel, and education.
Organization: National Library of Medicine
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Tagged keywords: Alaska
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State of Alaska: Public Health Nursing
Web site
Works to improve public health preparedness and health of communities; disease prevention and public safety; support high quality nursing services; and recruit, retain, and train public health nursing workforce.
Organization: Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Nursing Occupations, Public Health
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WREB Examination
Exam
Offers an exam as part of the state licensure process for dentists and dental hygienists in fifteen states and accepted by thirty-three states in lieu of a state exam.
Organization: Western Regional Examining Board
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Tagged keywords: Alaska, Arizona, California, Dental Hygienists, Dental Occupations, Dentists, Idaho, Kansas, Licensure and Certification, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
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