We Are The Public Health Workforce - Health Affairs
This article explores key challenges for the public health workforce and examines how to transform them into opportunities for change.
This article explores key challenges for the public health workforce and examines how to transform them into opportunities for change.
The webpage is a toolkit for employers to spot the signs of mental health challenges among employees and guide them to wellbeing resources.
This toolkit from the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy & Practice was designed to support in advocating for trauma-informed workplaces.
To combat the epidemic of loneliness, see Ch. 4 for social connection framework ideas for state, territorial, and local public health agencies.
Learn about Connecticut Dept. of Health’s experience with ASTHO’s PH-HERO program, addressing wellbeing & mental health in the workforce.
The National Framework for Addressing Burnout and Moral Injury in the Health and Public Safety Workforce from the HRSA.
This assesses worker well-being across multiple spheres, such as quality of working life, personal life, and physical and mental health status.
Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson, speaks to her coined phrase “team psychological safety.”
4 state participants of the Public Health HERO program share how they address wellbeing and mental health in the workforce.
This article emphasizes the need to address upstream factors to improve the mental health of the public health workforce and reduce burnout.
This Workplace Mental Health Playbook goes in-depth on investing in mental health at work by giving guidance on addressing workplace culture.
This podcast discusses investing in empathic behavior, for higher productivity, stronger workplace culture, and better organizational health.
This briefing on PH WINS data considers the implications of moral injury and burnout on the public health workforce in recent years.
This blog highlights the importance of workplace wellness committees, and outlines best practices for developing one.
Management During Difficult Times: Supporting Workers and Families to Prevent Burnout and Promote Well-Being - CDC NIOSH article
This study from McKinsey conducted a survey to understand the causes and effects of burnout, and provide insights and recommendations.
An assessment tool from the NCBH to evaluate an individual’s skills as a supervisor (or their relationship with their supervisor).
This blog from ASTHO’s PH-HERO team touches on the importance of trauma-responsive leadership in the public health workforce.
An article with statistical analysis addressing survey responses on mental health among public health workers. Originally posted as a CDC MMWR.
This framework from the US Surgeon General lays out a framework of 5 essentials for workplace wellbeing, centered on worker’s voice & equity.