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Realityworks. 2023. Careers in the U.S. dental industry. Eau Claire, WI: Realityworks, 1 p.

Annotation: This fact sheet provides information on careers in dentistry. It discusses the following types of oral health professionals: allied dental educator, dental assistant, dental laboratory technician, dental hygienist, and dentist. For each, a description of what the oral health professional does and their average salary is presented.

Keywords: Careers, Dental assistants, Dental hygienists, Dentistry, Dentists, Dentists, Health educators, Laboratories, Medical technicians, Oral health, Salaries

National Network for Oral Health Access. 2023. Community health center workforce survey: Analysis of 2023 results. Denver, CO: National Network for Oral Health Access, 60 pp.

Annotation: This report focuses on a 2023 survey of community health center (CHC) dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, and executive leadership, with the purpose of providing information about and analysis of oral health team member salaries, satisfaction, and recruitment. The report introduces the issues and presents an overview of respondents. Also discussed are practice autonomy and working at a CHC, hours and accountability, salary and benefits, CHC conditions and experience, and job satisfaction.

Keywords: Dental assistants, Dental hygienists, Dentists, Health centers, Job satisfaction, Leadership, Oral health, Recruitment, Salaries, Surveys

Boynes S, Megally H, Clermont D, Nieto V, Hawkey H, Cothron A. 2022. The financial and policy impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. dental care workers. San Antonio TX: American Institute of Dental Public Health, 22 pp. (Research brief)

Annotation: This brief presents trends related to the oral health care workforce and ways the workforce has changed since the onset the COVID-19 pandemic. It also describes the impact of oral health care worker shortages by state and geographic region. Topics include employment trends by professional type, wages and salaries, state and geographic implications, and strategic recommendations.

Keywords: Disease transmission, Employment, Health personnel, Health professionals, Infectious diseases, Oral health, Salaries, Trends, Virus diseases

National Network for Oral Health Access. 2014. An analysis of 2013 health center oral health provider recruitment, retention, and job satisfaction survey results. Denver, CO: National Network for Oral Health Access, 45 pp. (Published September 2014. (JMB))

Annotation: This report presents findings from a survey of executive directors, dentists, and dental hygienists working in health centers throughout the United States to assess salaries, job satisfaction, and recruitment and retention strategies. Contents include information about survey distribution and survey response, an analysis, and survey results. The narrative also provides selected tables and figures; additional analyses and the survey instruments are included in the appendices.

Keywords: Community health centers, Dental hygienists, Dentists, Employment, Job satisfaction, National surveys, Oral health, Recruitment, Retention, Salaries

Brodsky KL. 2005. Best practices in specialty provider recruitment and retention: Challenges and solutions. New York, NY: Commonwealth Fund, 34 pp.

Annotation: This paper describes a study of Association of Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP) health plans conducted in 2004 to identify barriers to recruiting and retaining providers and also to identify solutions to this problem. Four plans were selected for in-depth case studies. The paper discusses (1) identifying challenges; (2) matching best practices to challenges; (3) payment practices, payment incentives, and financial assistance; (4) utilization management practices; (5) communications and provider outreach practices; (6) practices to simplify administrative burdens; and (7) enabling service practices.

Keywords: Barriers, Case studies, Health personnel, Managed care organizations, Medicaid managed care, Recruitment, Salaries

Philipson T, Dai C, Helmchen L, Variyam J. 2004. The economics of obesity: A report on the workshop held at USDA's Economic Research Service. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 39 pp.

Annotation: This report presents a summary of the papers and discussions presented at the Economics of Obesity workshop held in April 2003. The workshop was jointly hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service and the University of Chicago's Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies and the George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State. Topics included the role of technological change in explaining both the long- and the short-term trends in obesity, the role of maternal employment in child obesity, the impact of obesity on wages and health insurance, behavioral economics as applied to obesity, and the challenges in measuring energy intakes and physical activity. Policy implications and future directions for obesity research were also discussed.

Keywords: Calories, Children, Economics, Employment, Health insurance, Obesity, Physical activity, Public policy, Research, Salaries, Technology, Trends, Working mothers

Haskins R, Greenberg M, Fremstad S. 2004. Federal policy for immigrant children: Room for common ground?. Princeton, NJ: Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs; Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 6 pp. (Policy brief)

Annotation: This policy brief focuses on the 20 percent of America's children who live in immigrant households. The brief discusses different approaches to policy change that could promote the development of immigrant children. The brief introduces the issue and discusses the following topics: (1) children in immigrant families, (2) what accounts for higher poverty in immigrant families, (3) public benefit policy, (4) education policy, and (5) improving the earnings potential of immigrant parents. Also included are a conclusion and a list of additional readings.

Keywords: Child development, Children, Education, Families, Immigrants, Parents, Poverty, Public policy, Salaries

Institute for Women's Policy Research. 1996. The status of women in the states: Politics, economics, health, demographics. Washington, DC: Institute for Women's Policy Research, 64 pp.

Annotation: This statistical compilation assesses the status of women at the state level with regard to these topics: political involvement, employment and earnings, economic autonomy, reproductive rights, health and vital statistics, and demographics. It gives baseline data women's advocates can use to improve the condition of women at the state level. The data are presented in various forms: textual summaries, maps, graphs, and tables. Appendices include information on the methodology used, terms and sources, and national resources, among other information.

Keywords: Demographics, Employment, Health, Participation, Political systems, Reproductive rights, Salaries, Socioeconomic status, State data, Statistical reference sources, Vital statistics, Women

Silverman C, Anzick M, Boyce S, Campbell S, McDonnell K, Reilly A, Snider S. 1995. EBRI databook on employee benefits. (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: Employee Benefit Research Institute, 763 pp.

Annotation: This book provides extensive statistics on employee benefits. It provides an overview of the employee benefit system; and it covers retirement benefits; health benefits; and other benefits that include work and family related benefits, work schedules, vacation and leave, and disability coverage, among others. It includes data on small, medium, and large private establishments, small independent businesses, and state and local governments. It also covers aspects of federal laws that regulate the operations of various benefit programs. Appendices includes demographic and economic data and the text of various relevant laws. A glossary, reference list, source organization list, and a contact list of federal and congressional agencies are also included.

Keywords: Demographics, Employee benefits, Federal government, Health insurance, Local government, Regulations, Retirement, Salaries, State government, Statistics

Spalter-Roth RM, Hartmann HI, Andrews LM. 1989. Who needs a family wage?: The implications of low-wage work for family well-being. Washington, DC: Institute for Women's Policy Research, 79 pp.

Annotation: This paper examines the implication of wage levels and health benefits for family well-being, especially the well-being of children, the distribution of workers with substantial participation in the workforce by their wage levels, gender and race or ethnicity, and whether low-wage workers have families to support. It also examines factors that increase or decrease opportunities for earning a wage adequate to support a family, relationships between wage levels, family status and coverage by employer-provided health benefits, and the proportion of low-wage workers who receive some form of government-provided income support.

Keywords: Employee benefits, Salaries, Work family issues

Children's Defense Fund. 1988. A call for action to make our nation safe for children: A briefing book on the status of American children in 1988. Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund, 40 pp.

Annotation: This book provides facts on children, youths, and families including maternal and child health; health insurance; hunger and nutrition; homeless families with children; child care; abused and neglected children and others with special needs; Head Start; elementary and secondary education; higher education; adolescent pregnancy; employment and wages; child support; welfare; youth unemployment; and young families. The second part of the book discusses the status of children and families in the states including child population and poverty, family status, maternal and child health, family income and other supports, and education and youth employment. Part three discusses how the United States compares with other countries in protecting its children.

Keywords: Adolescent employment, Adolescent pregnancy, Child abuse, Child care, Child health, Child neglect, Child support, Education, Elementary education, Employment, Head Start, Health insurance, Homeless persons, Hunger, Maternal health, Nutrition, Salaries, United States, Welfare programs

Wood H. 1940. Young workers and their jobs in 1936: A survey in six states. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 95 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau); No.249 )

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1935. Labor conditions in the onion fields of Ohio. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 12 pp. (Serial no. R. 212)

Goodrich C. 1934. Earnings and standard of living of 1,000 railway employees during the depression. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 56 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau))
   

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