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Supporting the Adult Protective Services Workforce

An estimated one in ten adults over the age of 60 suffers some form of elder abuse. A key component of addressing ongoing elder abuse and the likelihood that its prevalence will increase as a result...

Author(s): Timothy Bates and Susan Chapman
Date: February 2, 2020

Long-Term Services and Supports: Policy Issues (Chapter 36)

Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care, 8th Edition continues to be the leading text on nursing action and activism. Approximately 150 expert contributors present a wide range of topics in...

Author(s): Caroline Stephens, Michele Diaz, and Laura Wagner
Date: January 28, 2020

Chapter 56: Nurse Staffing Ratios: Policy Options

Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care, 8th Edition continues to be the leading text on nursing action and activism. Approximately 150 expert contributors present a wide range of topics in...

Author(s): Joanne Spetz
Date: January 28, 2020

Constructing Matched Groups in Dental Observational Health Disparity Studies for Causal Effects

Electronic health record (EHR) systems provide investigators with rich data from which to examine actual impacts of care delivery in real-world settings. However, confounding is a major concern when...

Author(s): J. Cheng, S.E. Gregorich, S.A. Gansky, S.A. Fisher-Owens, A.M. Kottek, J.M. White, and E.A. Mertz
Source: PubMed
Date: Jan 2020

Frequency of Violence Toward Health Care Workers in United States Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitals: A Systematic Review of Literature

The purpose of this systematic review is to determine the frequency of violent or aggressive behaviour towards healthcare workers in inpatient psychiatric settings in the United States. To achieve...

Author(s): Rachel Odes, Susan Chapman, Robert Harrison, Sara Ackerman, and OiSaeng Hong
Date: 2020

Left Behind in California: Comparing Community Paramedicine Policies Across States

Community paramedicine is a growing health care model in which emergency medical professionals such as paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) work beyond their traditional emergency care...

Author(s): Janet Coffman and Connie Kwong
Date: November 14, 2019

Developing and Testing Electronic Health Record-Derived Caries Indices

Caries indices, the basis of epidemiologic caries measures, are not easily obtained in clinical settings. This study’s objective was to design, test, and validate an automated program (Valid...

Author(s): J.M. White, E.A. Mertz, J.M Mullins, J.B. Even, T. Guy, E. Blaga, A.M. Kottek, S.V Kumar, S. Bangar, R. Vaderhobli, R. Brandon, W. Santo, L. Jenson, and S.A. Gansky
Source: Karger
Date: Nov 2019

California’s Midwives: How Scope of Practice Laws Impact Care

California and the United States face shortages of qualified clinicians to provide prenatal, labor, and postpartum care, as well as women’s health services.There has been no growth in the number of...

Author(s): Connie Kwong, Margot Brooks, Kim Q. Dau, and Joanne Spetz
Date: October 16, 2019

Supporting the Integration of Community Health Workers in Whole Person Care Pilots

Community health workers (CHWs) are vital contributors to high quality and equitable health services, particularly to vulnerable populations. CHWs provide a key link between community resources and...

Author(s): Susan Chapman,  Jacqueline Miller and Orlando Elizondo 
Date: October 11, 2019

Leveraging the State Budget to Implement California Future Health Workforce Commission Recommendations

This report describes provisions of California’s state budget for fiscal year 2019-2020 that either directly fund the California Future Health Workforce Commission's recommendations or fund other...

Author(s): Janet M. Coffman, Timothy Bates and Joanne Spetz
Source: Healthforce Center at UCSF
Date: October 1, 2019