Shane Knutson, BS - Publications
2025

The biennial report updates North Dakota state legislators on the current state of the health of people in the state, the healthcare delivery system, and looks at ways North Dakotans can access high-quality healthcare at an affordable cost.
Project:
Healthcare Workforce Group
Author(s): UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Date: January 2025
Type: Report
2021

The biennial report updates the previous five editions with a comprehensive examination of healthcare workforce licensure data; informs a new chapter on social determinants of health which serves to tie the population and socioeconomic influences of the state on health outcomes; and examines unmet mental and behavioral health needs.
Project:
Healthcare Workforce Group
Author(s): UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Date: January 2021
Type: Report
2020

This report details the results of the evaluation on work completed by the North Dakota Department of Health Oral Health Program during year two of their grant with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Activities focused on community water fluoridation, statewide oral health surveillance, and implementation of a school-based sealant program (SEAL!ND).
Author(s): Schroeder, S., Knutson, S.
Date: November 2020
Type: Report

A brief review on the evaluation of the medical-dental integration program implemented by the North Dakota Department of Health Oral Health Program. The brief also offers a summary and recommendations for future medical-dental integration in North Dakota.
Author(s): Schroeder, S., Knutson, S.
Date: September 2020
Type: Policy Brief

This brief provides a summary of the clinical reach of the dental student rotations and the perceptions of both the participating dental students and FQHC dental team members.
Author(s): Schroeder, S., Knutson, S.
Date: August 2020
Type: Policy Brief

This report provides data on the clinical reach of this program and the perceptions of both the participating dental students and FQHC dental team members. The report presents findings from years one and two.
Author(s): Schroeder, S., Knutson, S.
Date: August 2020
Type: Report

This fact sheet describes emergency room data and results from a survey among North Dakota dentists to better understand dental pain management, dentists' screening practices, and risk factors associated with and predictive of opioid prescribing behavior.
Author(s): Schroeder, S., Knutson, S.
Date: June 2020
Type: Fact Sheet

During the 2018-2019 school year, each of the 1,998 kindergartners enrolled in the 43 participating schools received a dental screening. This fact sheet describes the results of this screening and identified racial disparities.
Author(s): Schroeder, S., Knutson, S.
Date: February 2020
Type: Fact Sheet

During the 2018-2019 school year, each of the 1,998 kindergartners enrolled in the 43 participating schools received a dental screening. This fact sheet describes the results of this screening and identified geographic disparities.
Author(s): Schroeder, S., Knutson, S.
Date: February 2020
Type: Fact Sheet

This fact sheet describes the reach, patients served, and the outcomes of a medical-dental integration model employed in the University of North Dakota's Center for Family Medicine in Bismarck. This integrated care model provides dental screenings, fluoride varnish application, dental referrals, and care coordination for patients in the primary care setting while also educating medical residents and direct care staff quarterly on the direct relationship between oral health and overall health.
Author(s): Schroeder, S., Knutson, S.
Date: February 2020
Type: Fact Sheet

This fact sheet details the progress and reach of the North Dakota school-based dental sealant program through 2019.
Author(s): Schroeder, S., Knutson, S.
Date: February 2020
Type: Fact Sheet
2019

A requirement of the grant, the workforce plan addresses activities and existing programs in North Dakota addressing shortages in rural providers to serve those with substance use disorders.
Author(s): Schroeder, S., Dickson, L., Bauman, S., Quinn, R., Knutson, S.
Date: September 2019
Type: Report