HPOG Secondary Data Analysis

Description

The Ray Marshall Center will evaluate the variation in program characteristics – including program components, implementation features, local context, and participant traits – to explore which characteristics are associated with Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program participant’s healthcare profession career pathway outcomes.  This research will address the following questions:

•    What program characteristics, implementation features, local context, and participant traits are associated with participant completion of nursing assistant training?
•   What program characteristics, implementation features, local context, and participant traits are associated with participant obtainment of CNA licensure?
•   What program characteristics, implementation features, local context, and participant traits are associated with CNA program completer’s achievement of advanced CNA training?
•   What program characteristics, implementation features, local context, and participant traits are associated with CNA program completer’s achievement of additional training in the healthcare profession?

Similar to the previous research on the impact of HPOG program characteristics on educational achievement (Peck et al., 2018 and Walton et al., 2019), this research expects to identify supports such as childcare and transportation assistance, tuition, and other financial assistance, as well as employment supports and emergency assistance associated with CNA participant achievements along a career pathway.

Practitioners, policymakers, funders, and researchers may be interested in which combination of program components, implementation strategies, participant characteristics, and local context may impact a CNA participant to pursue the next step along a healthcare profession career pathway.  Insights from this research can inform future program design and implementation within the broader field of entry level healthcare provider workforce development.