Action Plan Focus Area: Workforce
Chairpersons: Jim Sutherland, John McFarland, and Jim Kuhar
For More Information or to Join this Action Team: jsutherland@hrsa.gov and jkuhar@peakvista.org
The Workforce topic area includes outcomes directed at the development of a diverse workforce to ensure both access to oral health care and a workforce that is competent and representative of the populations it serves. This topic area directly relates to the National Call to Action #4: Increase oral health workforce diversity, capacity, and flexibility; and Healthy People 2010 objectives 21-17, related objective areas in Chapters 1, 11, 20, and 23.
The priority outcomes for the Workforce focus area include the following:
- Increase the number of providers willing to serve low-income and underserved clients.
- Enhance access to care through recruitment of providers who are diverse, culturally competent and/or representative of populations they serve.
- Increase curriculum time for medical, dental, nursing students, and allied health professionals regarding oral health as a component of general health.
- Active recruitment of non-traditional, ethnically and culturally diverse candidates into dental and dental hygiene programs.
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