The Time for Change is Now: Public Health’s Burnout Battle - Kansas Health Institute
This blog explores the challenges and opportunities faced by the public health sector, and introduces a roadmap for transformation.
This blog explores the challenges and opportunities faced by the public health sector, and introduces a roadmap for transformation.
The National Framework for Addressing Burnout and Moral Injury in the Health and Public Safety Workforce from the HRSA.
The Total Worker Health approach seeks to improve the well-being of the U.S. workforce by protecting safety, health, and productivity.
4 state participants of the Public Health HERO program share how they address wellbeing and mental health in the workforce.
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 framework from the US Surgeon General lays out a framework of 5 essentials for workplace wellbeing, centered on worker’s voice & equity.
An article from Harvard Business Review on the importance of trauma-informed workplaces & the concepts of acknowledgement, support, and trust.
ASTHO’s technical package of strategies to support state, territorial, & local health department efforts to address burnout & moral injury.
This toolkit from the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy & Practice was designed to support in advocating for trauma-informed workplaces.
A Harvard Business Review article on the negative effects of long working hours.
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 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.
Speaking of Psychology: Episode 152. Why we’re burned out and what to do about it, with Christina Maslach, PhD (APA podcast--transcript provided).
A brief article on considerations around in-person and virtual worksites from the American Psychological Association.
To combat the epidemic of loneliness, see Ch. 4 for social connection framework ideas for state, territorial, and local public health agencies.
An ASTHO blog article about the importance of resiliency in the workplace, pertaining to leadership and organizational work environment.