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Educational Pathways to Professional-level Behavioral Health Degree Programs

Published: 2023-09-01
Updated: 2023-09-15

Project Description

In support of the goal to increase supply, geographic distribution, and diversity of the behavioral health workforce, there remain valuable opportunities to identify common pathways for individuals to enter full-time behavioral health professions in the United States. This study will leverage nationally representative data to (a) identify distinct educational pathways into graduate-level behavioral health professions and (b) assess associations between particular pathways and individual and employment characteristics.

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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.