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Preparing and Retaining the Behavioral Health Workforce in Safety Net Clinics: How Educational Experiences Relate to Work Satisfaction and Retention

Published: 2022-09-01
Updated: 2023-09-06

Project Description

Increasing access to behavioral health providers in safety net clinics is vital to ensuring behavioral health care equity; however, the field lacks knowledge of the factors that better prepare behavioral health providers to practice in these settings. This project focused on how experiences with medically underserved populations during the education of behavioral health professionals affects their satisfaction and retention when subsequently working in safety net settings.

Project Publications

Abstract

Policy Brief

Manuscript published in The Journal of Rural Health

Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy

Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

CB# 7590

725 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7590

BHWorkforce@unc.edu

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This project is supported by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number U81HP46529‐01‐01 Cooperative Agreement for a Regional Center for Health Workforce Studies for $1,121,875. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by SAMHSA, HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.