{"id":11483,"date":"2026-02-05T22:01:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/?p=11483"},"modified":"2026-02-09T22:55:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:55:52","slug":"discover-the-latest-from-uw-chws-february-2026-newsletter-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/2026\/02\/05\/discover-the-latest-from-uw-chws-february-2026-newsletter-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover the Latest from UW CHWS \u2013 February 2026 Newsletter Now Available!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/us12.campaign-archive.com\/?u=ee8967c147931d669356805a2&amp;id=609d7276ea\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11486\" src=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/02\/UW-CHWS-February-2026-Newsletter-2-234x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/02\/UW-CHWS-February-2026-Newsletter-2-234x300.png 234w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/02\/UW-CHWS-February-2026-Newsletter-2-800x1024.png 800w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/02\/UW-CHWS-February-2026-Newsletter-2-768x984.png 768w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/02\/UW-CHWS-February-2026-Newsletter-2.png 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a>As we move through the winter months, we\u2019re pleased to share the <a href=\"https:\/\/us12.campaign-archive.com\/?u=ee8967c147931d669356805a2&amp;id=609d7276ea\">UW CHWS February 2026 newsletter<\/a>, packed with a range of current research and insights on Washington\u2019s health workforce.<\/p>\n<p>The issue highlights recently completed studies, including detailed <strong>summaries<\/strong><strong> of data resources available to inform health workforce policy and planning<\/strong>, and an examination of the<strong>\u00a0Indian Health Service Expanded Function Dental Assistant-1 workforce model<\/strong> and the role it can have in IHS and tribal clinic settings in increasing access to preventive oral health services in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>It also summarizes recent efforts to <strong>inform the Washington State Legislature about oral health workforce supply and demand<\/strong>, along with recent media coverage as well as new publications and presentations from the UW CHWS team.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full edition <a href=\"https:\/\/us12.campaign-archive.com\/?u=ee8967c147931d669356805a2&amp;id=609d7276ea\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/washington.us12.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=ee8967c147931d669356805a2&amp;id=23d8e4418e\">subscribe<\/a> to stay connected with our latest updates!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":435,"featured_media":11489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/435"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11483"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11493,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11483\/revisions\/11493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}