Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research & Policy

Alarming stats: 300,000+ Hoosiers lack mental health care. 54% of Indiana youth with depression go untreated. All 92 Indiana counties face mental health care workforce shortages.

We're tackling this crisis head-on with our new Lilly Endowment-funded Playbook for Enhancing Indiana's Mental and Behavioral Health Workforce.

Key strategies:

- Secure the Pipeline: Address 'training deserts' in underserved Indiana counties
- Strengthen Clinical Training: 24% of professionals cite clinical supervision issues
- Align Education & Practice: 58% struggle with licensing process
- Assess School-Based Services: Enhance support for youth mental health through improved data collection

Read the full Playbook and join our mission to transform Indiana's mental health landscape: https://buff.ly/4bAcpTb

It’s Mental Illness Awareness Week!🧠💚

Most recent estimates suggest more than 345,000 Hoosiers suffer with untreated mental illness. Check out our Playbook website now to see what we are doing to enhance Indiana’s mental & behavioral health workforce: https://bowenportal.org/portfolio/the-playbook/

Save your seats: register for your local screening of Racing to Respond. Visit rileykids.org/racing-to-respond for more info.

Spotlight on Indiana's Oral Health Workforce! 🦷🪥✨
Check out our latest resources on Indiana's oral health workforce
to explore the workforce through several lenses:

SUPPLY 📈
Oral Health Workforce Brief: https://buff.ly/3R0lqhR
Oral Health Workforce Data Report: https://buff.ly/3QDtKDT

DEMAND 📊
Indiana Dentist Demand Brief: https://buff.ly/44f7tiI
Indiana Dental Hygienist Demand Briefs: https://buff.ly/3YCyj3k

DIVERSITY 🤝
Indiana Health Workforce Diversity, Oral Health Pros: https://buff.ly/3qAkc1P

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Have you tried our new Indiana Nursing Workforce dashboards yet?
Customizable filters like nursing type, employment speciality (and more) on every page, covering topics like demographics, geographic supply, education, and employment!
Nursing data has never been more fun.
Try it out: https://buff.ly/45egREC

The wrapped up yesterday! It was an honor to present our passion for health workforce data and its implementation. Thanks for having us , we had a great time and look forward to the next!

Our director acted as the moderator for "Strength in Numbers: Bolstering the Health Workforce." Check out the illustration done during the panel, so cool!

During this year's National Nursing Assistant Week, we want to thank all of the Certified Nursing Assistants in Indiana. You are so important to Indiana’s Health workforce! ❤️

Men's health is family health!
Children of involved fathers are found to have:
- Better cognitive, emotional and social behavioral development.
- Number one factor in developing empathy in children was an involved father
- Better physical health, fewer serious accidents, lower obesity rates, and lower infant mortality rate.
- The benefits on their physical health hold from age 6 months into adulthood.
Need support? Check out https://buff.ly/43HpVRP

A father's health and presence are crucial factors in the health of their children. The Bowen Center is proud to be partnering with Dr. Funches, Assistant Professor at IU School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics and neonatologist at Riley Hospital for Children, in the Indy Fathers’ Health Study.

The goal of this study is to understand the opinions of fathers regarding their personal health and how it contributes to the health of their families.

More information and how to participate: https://buff.ly/3JivEW2

What an enlightening presentation by at the
Did you know that you can report information about water, land, & air issues in your backyard?
The Community Healthbook is a platform that highlights missing data points coming from the people that are often unknown or ignored. Together we can strive for a healthier environment for all 🤝

Community Healthbook by Erin Brockovich Erin Brockovich’s Community Healthbook enables you and your community to post and share information about environmental, medical, and pharmaceutical drug issues in your own backyard.

In 2012, about half of Indiana's counties were
designated as Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas. As of 2023, all 92
of Indiana's counties were designated as Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas. Over 1.1 million Hoosier adults have a diagnosed mental health condition.

Without a skilled workforce available to those in need of care, many suffering from untreated mental illness will lack options for care. Its consequences are far-reaching, and its impact on both the economy and Hoosiers is staggering.

This is why we are excited to be teaming up with collaborators across the state, supported by Lilly Endowment Inc., for a new
project to better understand and help address the shortage of licensed
mental and behavioral health professionals in Indiana.

Read more here:

IU, partners to assess mental and behavioral health worker pipeline with Lilly Endowment support A new project to better understand and help address the shortage of licensed mental and behavioral health professionals in Indiana is being led by the Bow...