Stony Brook University.
University of California San Diego.
Milbank Q. 2024 Sep;102(3):526-543. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12711. Epub 2024 Jul 23.
Policy Points Demand for behavioral health services outpaces the capacity of the existing workforce, and the unmet need for behavioral health services is expected to grow. This paper summarizes research and policy evidence demonstrating that the long-standing challenges that impede behavioral health workforce development and retention (i.e., low wages, high workloads, training gaps) are being replicated by growing efforts to expand the workforce through task-sharing delivery to nonspecialist behavioral health providers (e.g., peer specialists, promotores de salud). In this paper, we describe policy opportunities to sustain behavioral health workforce growth to meet demand while supporting fair wages, labor protections, and rigorous training.
政策要点 对行为健康服务的需求超过了现有劳动力的能力，预计对行为健康服务的未满足需求将会增加。本文总结了研究和政策证据，表明长期以来阻碍行为健康劳动力发展和保留的挑战（即低工资、高工作量、培训差距）正在通过扩大劳动力队伍的努力得到复制，这些努力通过将任务分担给非专业行为健康提供者（例如，同伴专家、健康促进者）来实现。在本文中，我们描述了政策机会，以维持行为健康劳动力的增长，以满足需求，同时支持公平工资、劳动保护和严格培训。
