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 National Framework for Addressing Burnout and Moral Injury in the Health and Public Safety Workforce from the HRSA.
Learn about Connecticut Dept. of Health’s experience with ASTHO’s PH-HERO program, addressing wellbeing & mental health in the workforce.
4 state participants of the Public Health HERO program share how they address wellbeing and mental health in the workforce.
This assesses worker well-being across multiple spheres, such as quality of working life, personal life, and physical and mental health status.
To combat the epidemic of loneliness, see Ch. 4 for social connection framework ideas for state, territorial, and local public health agencies.
Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson, speaks to her coined phrase “team psychological safety.”
This toolkit from the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy & Practice was designed to support in advocating for trauma-informed workplaces.
This Workplace Mental Health Playbook goes in-depth on investing in mental health at work by giving guidance on addressing workplace culture.
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.
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 podcast discusses investing in empathic behavior, for higher productivity, stronger workplace culture, and better organizational health.
This Relias blog defines psychological safety and its connection to DEI initiatives, giving examples for how to promote both in the workplace.
Learn about Idaho Department of Health’s experience with ASTHO’s PH-HERO program, addressing wellbeing & mental health in the workforce.
Extensive list of resources for potential adaptation and use by public health entities to advance employee mental health and well-being.
This framework from the US Surgeon General lays out a framework of 5 essentials for workplace wellbeing, centered on worker’s voice & equity.
The Total Worker Health approach seeks to improve the well-being of the U.S. workforce by protecting safety, health, and productivity.
An article from Harvard Business Review on the importance of trauma-informed workplaces & the concepts of acknowledgement, support, and trust.