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	Respiratory care practitioners are critical in the health care system. These workers are key staff in both emergency rooms and critical care units. A new workforce issue brief, Respiratory Care Practitioners in California, provides an introduction to the respiratory care profession, including a discussion of the current challenges within the profession, and some potential solutions to address them.

Respiratory Care Practitioners in California (2003)
This new publication provides an introduction to the respiratory care profession, including a discussion of current critical challenges within the profession, and some potential solutions to address them.

: entire report

The Clinical Laboratory Workforce in California (2003)
This new publication provides an introduction to the clinical laboratory science professions, including a discussion of current critical workforce shortages in these professions, and some initiatives in the state to address them.
: entire report

Chiropractic Care in California (2003)
This new publication presents a snapshot of one of the state's largest health professions and issues concerning its current and future role in care delivery.
: entire report

Health Care Interpreters in California (2003)
One out of every five Californians - over six million people - do not speak English well and would benefit from the services of health care interpreters. "Health Care Interpreters in California" offers a look at a small but growing professional workforce that is trying to meet California's multi-lingual needs.
: entire report

Acupuncture in California (2003)
Licensed Acupuncturists in California make up a large and growing health care workforce. About 6000 in number, they provide primary and complementary care to many Californians. Acupuncture in California offers a snapshot of the profession: how acupuncturists are educated, trained and regulated, where they practice, and what the future might hold.
: entire report
: errata

Admission Policies and Attrition Rates in California Community College Nursing Programs (2003)
This study, conducted for the California Postsecondary Education Commission, examines community college nursing programs in California. It examines the admission policies of these programs, and the factors that affect success of community college nursing students. The report includes an introduction to the issue written by the California Postsecondary Education Commission.
: entire report

Pharmacy Technicians in California: Snapshot for an Emerging Profession (2003)
This issue brief looked at the pharmacy technician profession in California as it has emerged over a ten year period to relieve some of the task demands created by changing roles of pharmacists in patient care. As the technician profession has grown, it has also addressed workforce development factors including education and licensure in instructive and replicable ways.
: entire report
: erratum

Pharmacy Staffing: A Silent but Critical Concern (2002)
The first in a series of issue briefs about under-studied California allied and complementary health care providers looked at the critical workforce dynamics facing pharmacists in California. Information about national trends, special problems of rural areas, and gender differences in pharmacist work patterns were also included.
: entire report

Nursing for the Public's Health: A Profile of Public Health Nurses in Five California Counties
: entire report

The Mental Health Workforce: Who’s Meeting California’s Needs? (2003)
This report is a comprehensive examination of California’s mental and behavioral health workforce. This publication presents information about the current and projected supply and demand for mental health professionals, detailed profiles of key mental professions, a mental health workforce ecology, and recommendations regarding workforce planning, care delivery, regulation, education, and future study.

: entire report
: executive summary
: chartbook
: errata

California Physicians 2002: Practice and Perceptions (2002)
This is the second comprehensive report by the CWI profiling the state of medical practice in California. Original survey and focus group data are presented regarding trends in practice setting, physician organization, managed care involvement, Medi-Cal participation, practice protocols, earnings, and physicians' overall experience of the practice climate in California.

: entire report
: executive summary

Dental Health Professional Shortage Area Methodology: A Critical Review (2002)
This report explores the history of Dental Health Professional Shortage Area designations and critiques the current designation criteria.

: entire report
: executive summary
: annotated bibliography

California’s Open Door Providers: Ten Case Studies of the Health Care Workforce (2002)
This report examines workforce issues in California’s “safety net” and “open door provider” institutions.

: entire report
: executive summary

Toward Culturally Competent Care: A Toolbox for Teaching Communication Strategies (2002)
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Improving the Recruitment and Retention of Primary Care Practitioners in Rural California (2002)
: entire report

"Trends, Issues, and Projections of Supply and Demand
for Nursing Aides and Home Health Care Aides: California Fieldwork" (2002)

: entire report

Profiling the Profession: A Model for Evaluating Emerging Health Professions (2001)
The publication has several purposes. It aims first to set standard questions and areas to cover in an assessment of a profession and second, to identify themes and issues which themselves provide benchmarks for a profession. The model's template of questions does not suggest quantitative measures for assigning scores or values upon which a ranking among professions could be made because of the significant differences in criteria that different audiences use to evaluate professions. The study recognizes that various values and concerns must be addressed in a process through which recognition of a profession or discipline is gained.

: entire report

Profile of a Profession: Naturopathic Practice (2001)
Profile of a Profession: Naturopathic Practice provides information about naturopathic physicians, naturopaths and others employing naturopathic modalities. The information about naturopathic health care providers is published with the primary intent to help consumers, educators, legislators, insurers and others evaluate this emerging field of health care. It is also offered to members of the naturopathic community as a review of the current status of the naturopathy and naturopathic medicine and the evolution of the professional groups that provide naturopathic care to patients and clients.
: entire report
: errata

The Practice of Medicine in California: A Profile of the Physician Workforce (2001)
This report provides a profile of the physician workforce in California in the year 2000. Included in this publication is information about the aggregate supply (compared to requirements estimates), specialty and geographic distribution, demographic characteristics, and medical education of physicians in the state. In addition, this report examines the state of medical practice in California, including trends in practice setting, physician organization, managed care involvement, Medi-Cal participation, financial incentives, earnings, and physicians' overall experience of the practice climate in California.

: entire report

: executive summary

Diversifying the Nursing Workforce: A California Imperative (2001)
Though an extensive literature review, numerous original interviews with health care professional and educators, and the utilization of nursing data collected by the CWI, this report presents the barriers that continue to impede diversity within California's nursing profession, and provides recommendations for immediate steps and long term solutions to this problem.

: entire report

: executive summary

Nursing in California: A Workforce Crisis (2001)
This report synthesizes information regarding California's RN workforce and the factors that affect California's ability to recruit and retain an adequate number of RNs. The report also presents recommendations for the health care industry, unions, nursing schools, nursing organizations and policymakers.

: entire report

: executive summary

Minimum Nurse Staffing Ratios in California Acute Care Hospitals (2001)
This report is intended as a resource for policymakers considering establishment of minimum nurse staffing ratios. The authors review the literature on nurse staffing and patient outcomes, present data on current nurse staffing levels in hospitals, and describe potential costs and other considerations.

: updated tables
: impact estimates of the Governor's proposed ratios

Improving Oral Health Care Systems in California: A Report of the California Dental Access Project (2000)
This report is a comprehensive analysis of the oral health care delivery system in California. The focus is on strategies to increase access to, and quality of, oral health care services for underserved populations.

Distribution of Medicaid Dental Services in California (2000)
This report provides a description of private practice dentist's participation in the Medicaid Program across California

Geographic Distribution of Dentists in California (2000)
This report by the Center for California Health Workforce Studies identifies and profiles dental shortage areas in California. It also provides an overview of current California programs, policies and legislation related to access to dental care and dental shortage areas.

Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and Certified Nurse Midwives in California (2000)
Summarizes the results of a 1998 survey of nurse practitioners, physician assistants and certified nurse midwives in California. Findings concern education, specialty, employment and patients' characteristics.

Charting A Course for the 21st Century: The Future of Midwifery (1999)
An exploration of the effect market-driven reform of health care delivery and financing systems has had on the midwifery profession. Includes findings and recommendations to improve health care through increased access to midwives and the midwifery model of care.

From Affirmative Action to Health: A Critical Appraisal of the Literature Regarding the Impact of Affirmative Action (1999)
A critical appraisal of the evidence, including data and research literature, regarding the connections between affirmative action efforts and health status of individuals and communities. Includes findings, recommendations and references.

The Hidden Health Care Workforce: Recognizing, Understanding and Improving the Allied and Auxiliary Healthcare Workforce (1999)
A comprehensive report of the supply and distribution of allied and auxiliary health care workers, the educational system that readies these workers for careers, and the pressures that California's dynamic managed care environment exert on them.
Download executive summary

A Snapshot of California's Local Public Health Departments (1999)
This report by the Center for California Health Workforce Studies describes the general characteristics of the local public health departments in California. Data are provided on the size and scope of agencies, characteristics of the population served, managed care interactions, partnerships in the communities, and pressing issues for these agencies.

Strategies for Change & Improvement: The Report of the Task Force on Accreditation of Health Professions Education (1999)
The report identifies the challenges facing the health professions accrediting community; presents a set of recommendations to make accreditation a more productive and positive force in health professions education; and recommends strategies for implementing them.

Strategies for Increasing Physician Supply in Medically Underserved Communities in California (1999)
Presents a framework for classifying policies and programs aimed at increasing the number of physicians practicing in underserved areas, summarizes the literature on these policies and programs, and presents recommendations for strengthening policies and programs administered in California

Underrepresented Minorities and Medical Education in California (1999)
This report analyzes trends in the participation of underrepresented minorities (URMs) in medical education in California between 1990 and 1998. This study analyzes trends in URM applicants, admissions and matriculants to University of California and private medical schools.