@article{IR, author = {Lair, Meredith and Scharf, Margaret and Florig, Sarah}, url = {http://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/41848}, title = {Increasing psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner workforce in rural & frontier Eastern Oregon: outcomes, lessons learned, and next steps}, publisher = {Oregon Health and Science University}, abstract = {Access to behavioral health services present significant challenges for rural and frontier populations and health providers. Compared with their urban counterparts, rural communities continue to face higher healthcare disparities and unmet mental health needs.1 Factors contributing to this issue include, but are not limited to, social isolation, significant geographical distances, general scarcity of resources, severe shortages in the healthcare workforce, and the absence of provider specialization.}, number = {IR}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.6083/bpxhc41848}, recid = {41848}, address = {2023-09-07}, }