Strategies for Enhancing Governmental Public Health Workforce Well-being and Retention - JPHMP
ASTHO’s technical package of strategies to support state, territorial, & local health department efforts to address burnout & moral injury.
ASTHO’s technical package of strategies to support state, territorial, & local health department efforts to address burnout & moral injury.
A Harvard Business Review article on the negative effects of long working hours.
The Total Worker Health approach seeks to improve the well-being of the U.S. workforce by protecting safety, health, and productivity.
Extensive list of resources for potential adaptation and use by public health entities to advance employee mental health and well-being.
A meta-analysis study that compares the strength of the relationships between leadership styles and followers’ overall mental health.
This toolkit from the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy & Practice was designed to support in advocating for trauma-informed workplaces.
This framework from the US Surgeon General lays out a framework of 5 essentials for workplace wellbeing, centered on worker’s voice & equity.
This PH WINS data from 2021 documents the effects of two years of COVID-19 response on the public health workforce.
A list from the CDC of promising approaches organizations can use to reduce loneliness & promote more frequent, high-quality relationships.
An article from Harvard Business Review on the importance of trauma-informed workplaces & the concepts of acknowledgement, support, and trust.
To combat the epidemic of loneliness, see Ch. 4 for social connection framework ideas for state, territorial, and local public health agencies.
This article outlines various techniques and technologies that can aid in equitable pay practices across an organization.
This assesses worker well-being across multiple spheres, such as quality of working life, personal life, and physical and mental health status.
This HBR article explains why businesses should help find solutions to health inequities and showcases companies innovating in this space.
This blog from ASTHO’s PH-HERO team touches on the importance of trauma-responsive leadership in the public health workforce.
An ASTHO brief on the importance of understanding moral injury and burnout, with recommendations on areas of organizational focus.
An ASTHO blog article about how to communicate with care to staff about telework policies with the shift of the pandemic.
Speaking of Psychology: Episode 152. Why we’re burned out and what to do about it, with Christina Maslach, PhD (APA podcast--transcript provided).
An ASTHO blog article about the importance of resiliency in the workplace, pertaining to leadership and organizational work environment.
An article from SHRM with ideas and strategies on wellbeing and social connection approaches for remote and hybrid workers.