Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
@gw-workforce.bsky.social
250 followers 27 following 17 posts
Health workforce policy is increasingly a #healthequity battleground. Based at the George Washington School of Public Health. @socialmission.bsky.social
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
gw-workforce.bsky.social
Our U.S. Medicaid Contraception Workforce tracker now includes new data from 2021. This tracker identifies providers of 5 types of contraception services to Medicaid recipients & monitors location, clinician specialty, and distribution of this workforce. Check it out: www.gwhwi.org/medicaid-tra...
Updated: Medicaid Contraceptive Workforce Tracker now includes 2021 data
gw-workforce.bsky.social
According to our Health Workforce Diversity Tracker, 64% of the social worker labor force and 70% of licensed practical counselors and marriage and family therapists are white www.gwhwi.org/diversitytra...
Reposted by Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
acunderserved.bsky.social
We're honored to welcome Dr. Candice Chen, Associate Administrator of HRSA's Bureau of Health Workforce, as a keynote speaker at ACU's 2025 Conference! A renowned public health leader, Dr. Chen oversees BHW's workforce-building initiatives across the U.S.

✅ Register now for #ACUConf: bit.ly/408VR1C
gw-workforce.bsky.social
New publication by Patricia Pittman and Samantha Meeker on strategies used by Community Health Centers (CHCs) to address burnout and moral injury among healthcare providers. Read the full article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#CommunityHealth #Burnout
Current Approaches to Addressing Burnout and Moral Injury: Experiences from Community Health Centers. “...employee voice is crucial in addressing burnout, contrasting with wellness approaches that focus solely on individual staff members. Involving staff in decision-making and addressing systemic issues are viewed by participants as essential strategies for mitigating burnout in CHCs.” Drivers of Burnout and Moral Injury. Societal level: Devaluation of populations served expressed as underfunding of CHCs; Underfunding means staff shortages; Moral injury when they perceive they can’t meet community needs and help make societal improvements. General Health System Level: High workload exacerbated by externally driven administrative burdens related to pre-authorization, billing, quality reporting, and EHRs. Organizational Level Relational distance between leadership and staff: Loss of trust that mission and quality matter more than money; Concern that participation has declined; Concern that survey data may not be used to make changes Strategies to Mitigate Burnout and Moral Injury. Mission Reinforcements: Mission-focused orientation and training programs; Trauma-informed workplace Collective (in addition to individual) recognition programs; Career advancement programs for low-wage staff. Operational Improvements: 4-day work week; 30-minute appointments; Flexible roles among support staff. Relational Improvements: Culture of patients and staff as “relatives”; Leadership decentralization with new regional leads; Leadership style that empowers staff; Institutional mechanisms to reinforce staff voice; Measurement accompanied by feedback on how surveys led to change
Reposted by Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
socialmission.bsky.social
Our report on the Race and Ethnicity of the Florida Health Workforce shows a major gap that needs to be closed among their health professions schools. Learn more socialmission.org/wp-content/u... @gw-workforce.bsky.social #diversity #healthcare #medEd
In Florida,

Black graduates are under-represented among graduates in 9 of 9 medical schools. 

Hispanic graduates are under-represented in 8 of the 9.
Reposted by Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
gw-workforce.bsky.social
This #NationalNursesWeek we salute the power of nurses. In "Moral Injury Among Nurses: Stories of Fractured Hearts & Wounded Souls," listen or read to 23 powerful stories from nurses about their experiences with moral injury in the workplace www.gwhwi.org/moralinjury-...
Moral Injury Among Nurses
Twenty-three stories of moral injury experienced by nurses in the United States. Use the Moral Injury Among Nurses Audio Storybook to learn about their experiences.
www.gwhwi.org
gw-workforce.bsky.social
“You can’t just flip a switch and change the birth rate... The economic requirements — not just for having babies, but for raising babies — last a very long time, and $5,000 doesn’t really go a long way towards supporting that” @jstrasser.bsky.social
nbcnews.com
There were 3,622,673 births in the U.S. last year, according to a CDC report released Wednesday. Overall, the number of births declined by 2% per year, on average, from 2015 through 2020 and fluctuated in the years since, according to the report.
The fertility rate was stable in 2024, but it's still near record lows
The overall fertility rate has declined in the U.S. for 15-plus years, but sociologists said that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
nbcnews.to
Reposted by Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
Reposted by Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
Reposted by Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
gwpublichealth.bsky.social
“Our study shows that when hospitals over rely on travel nurses or overtime for regular nursing staff, patient safety care may be compromised.”
-Patricia Pittman, lead author of the study & Director of our Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity. publichealth.gwu.edu/hospitals-re...
Hospitals that Rely on Travel Nurses and Overtime Compromise Patient Safety | Milken Institute School of Public Health | The George Washington University
Hospitals that Rely on Travel Nurses and Overtime Compromise Patient Safety
publichealth.gwu.edu
gw-workforce.bsky.social
🏥 New research shows relationship between use of overtime and travel nurses on patient care.
"Our study shows that when hospitals over rely on travel nurses or overtime for the regular nursing staff, patient safety care may be compromised,”
publichealth.gwu.edu/hospitals-re...
#Hospital #Nurse
Hospitals that Rely on Travel Nurses and Overtime Compromise Patient Safety | Milken Institute School of Public Health | The George Washington University
Hospitals that Rely on Travel Nurses and Overtime Compromise Patient Safety
publichealth.gwu.edu
Reposted by Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
socialmission.bsky.social
🚨This Wednesday🚨 don't miss an important discussion on the challenges and solutions to increasing healthcare workforce diversity. Join 3/26 at 8pm ET & earn up to 1.5 AAPA CME credits. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#PA #HealthEquity @gw-workforce.bsky.social
This activity has been reviewed by the American Academy of Physician Associates Review Panel and is compliant with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid from 3/26/2025 to 3/27/2026. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. AAPA reference number: CME-2013364.
gw-workforce.bsky.social
Despite the challenges, higher education still has a responsibility to broaden access to public health education. Knowing these challenges will help us address them doi.org/10.2105/AJPH... #HigherEd #PublicHealth
AJPH
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
doi.org
gw-workforce.bsky.social
Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are typically studied & reported as one group.
New research on representation in healthcare shows significant variance between sub-populations, emphasizing the need for disaggregating AANHPI population groups #AANHPI doi.org/10.1377/hlth...
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, And Pacific Islander Population Group Representation In The US Health Workforce | Health Affairs Journal
Although the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) population encompasses more than 50 ethnicities and 100 languages, it is often treated as a monolith in research and policy. Despite substantial heterogeneity, policy makers and researchers do not usually focus on AANHPI subgroups when discussing underrepresentation and health disparities. We provide insights on the representation of AANHPI populations by disaggregating the AANHPI racial category among the health workforce and examining the representation of AANHPI subgroups in health occupations. These data indicate that although the AANHPI population is well represented as a collective population, there are population groups that are underrepresented, including the other Southeast Asian and NHPI populations in general. There is also considerable underrepresentation of AANHPI populations in the behavioral health workforce. Policy and research addressing underrepresentation and gaps in health care, which usually do not focus on the “Asian” racial population groups, should disaggregate AANHPI population groups.
doi.org
gw-workforce.bsky.social
New update! Our Prescription Contraceptive Tracker now includes 2023 data. Did you know the total number of prescribers for pill, patch, and/or ring increased from between 2019 and 2023? Learn this and much more at www.gwhwi.org/tracker-cont... #MedSky
Map of the United States showing density of contraception prescription providers in each county, excluding California, Oregon, and Washington.
Reposted by Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
socialmission.bsky.social
📢 NEW Internship opportunity! We're looking for a medical trainee with a passion for improving health care and health systems to work part-time supporting our Social Mission Metrics team. The internship is virtual, paid, and lasts 10 weeks. Applications due Feb 20! bit.ly/3Eicu2L #medsky
Join our team for this internship opportunity. We are looking for a pre-med or current med student for a 10 week part time (10 hours per week) internship to advance social mission with our social mission metrics initiative team. Due february 20. Learn more using link in the post
gw-workforce.bsky.social
Our new #HRSA funded study found that community health workers directly billing Medicaid increased 638% from 2016-2020. By 2020, there were still only 731 CHWs billing Medicaid in the 9 states examined with Ohio accounting for 77.7% of all Medicaid beneficiaries
academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
Medicaid billing for community health worker services growing, but remains low, 2016-2020
Abstract. Despite the recognized value of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in improving health outcomes, the integration of CHWs into Medicaid continues to
academic.oup.com