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Physician and Nurse Practitioner Teamwork and Job Satisfaction: Gender and Profession

Designing interprofessional primary care teams composed of physicians and nurse practitioners (NPs) is a national priority. We assessed how profession and gender affect teamwork and job satisfaction...

Author(s): Lusine Poghosyan, Jessica M. Brooks, Jianfang Liu, Yuna Lee, Ani Bilazarian, Ulrike Muench
Date: September 8, 2022

Workforce Trends of Underrepresented Minority Nurses in the United States over the Last Decade: Progress Towards Equal Representation?

A healthcare workforce representative of the race/ethnicity composition of the population it serves is central to addressing systemic health inequities. The aim of this study was to assess workforce...

Author(s): Edward Hynson, Jason Bloomer, Zoe Samson, Kiersten Price, Daniel Tran, and Ulrike Muench
Date: September 6, 2022

Buprenorphine Treatment: Advanced Practice Nurses Add Capacity

During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was slower growth in the number of new waivers authorizing clinicians to provide buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder. However, treatment capacity grew...

Author(s): Joanne Spetz, Laurie Hailer, Caryl Gay, Matthew Tierney, Laura A. Schmidt, Bethany Phoenix, and Susan A. Chapman
Date: Sep 2022

The Future of Behavioral Health - Harnessing the Potential of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners

The toll of mental illness in the US is substantial: 1 in 5 adults live with a mental illness. As the population ages, greater numbers of individuals will need care for the comorbidities associated...

Author(s): Ulrike Muench, Taressa K. Fraze
Source: JAMA Network
Date: July 29, 2022

Perceptions of Workplace Climate and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Within Health Services and Policy Research

To describe the perception of professional climate in health services and policy research (HSPR) and efforts to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the HSPR workforce and workplaces,...

Author(s): Tongtan Chantarat, Taylor B. Rogers, Carmen R. Mitchell, and Michelle J. Ko
Date: July 9, 2022

Policy Considerations for Routine Screening for Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs)

In October of 2021, California mandated commercial insurance coverage of screening for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in addition to ACEs screening already covered for the Medi-Cal enrollees....

Author(s): Riti Shimkhada, Jacqueline Miller, Elizabeth Magnan, Marykate Miller, Janet Coffman, and Garen Corbett
Date: Jul 2022

Beyond State Scope of Practice Laws for Advanced Practitioners: Additional Supervision Requirements for Buprenorphine Prescribing

Buprenorphine is a life-saving medication for people with opioid use disorder (OUD). U.S. federal law allows advanced practice clinicians (APCs), such as nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician...

Author(s): Barbara Andraka-Christou, Adam Gordon, Joanne Spetz, Rachel Totaram, Matthew Golan, Olivia Randall-Kosich, Jordan Harrison, Spencer Calder, Stefan Kertesz, and Bradley Stein
Date: Jul 2022

Slipping through the cracks: Just how underrepresented are minorities within the dental specialties?

There is a lack of diversity in the dental workforce. Efforts to enhance underrepresented minority (URM) recruitment and retention within dental school exist, but little effort has been made to track...

Author(s): Tera Poole, Matthew Jura, George Taylor, Paul Gates, and Elizabeth Mertz
Date: June 21, 2022

Climate Change, Public Health, Health Policy, and Nurses' Training

There are few educational programs in the United States that have a primary focus on preparing nurses to engage in all levels of public health, health policy, and climate change. The United Nations...

Author(s): Orlando Harris , Stella Bialous, Ulrike Muench, Susan Chapman, and Carol Dawson-Rose
Date: June 1, 2022

Dominant Power and the Concept of Caste: Implications for Dentistry and Oral Health Inequality

In her 2020 book Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson argues that a caste system not only exists in the US, but also operates as a hidden force affecting social inequality. In this...

Author(s): Cristin Kearns, George Taylor, Snehlata Oberoi, and Elizabeth Mertz
Date: May 2022