To Improve The Public Health Workforce’s Mental Health, We Must Look Upstream - de Beaumont
This article emphasizes the need to address upstream factors to improve the mental health of the public health workforce and reduce burnout.
This article emphasizes the need to address upstream factors to improve the mental health of the public health workforce and reduce burnout.
To improve workers’ health, companies need to support “transformational” leaders and weed out “destructive” actors, not just tout wellness programs.
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 study of 5 states focuses on lessons learned pertaining to the public health workforce and ARP funding during the covid-19 pandemic.
This blog highlights the importance of workplace wellness committees, and outlines best practices for developing one.
This Mind the Gap article speaks to how Gen Z perceives burnout and “bore-out” in recent years, and how to combat it.
Management During Difficult Times: Supporting Workers and Families to Prevent Burnout and Promote Well-Being - CDC NIOSH article
This perspective article outlines sustainable staffing strategies and a culture of mental wellbeing.
This brief article describes how managers have an effect on employee mental health and outlines strategies to improve wellbeing at the leadership level.
This wellbeing assessment guide provides vision for resilient public health agencies and assessment tool for addressing wellbeing challenges.
Arizona Dept. of Health Prevention Services discusses an assessment to address health equity and to develop a baseline for future initiatives.
This HBR article explains why businesses should help find solutions to health inequities and showcases companies innovating in this space.
ASTHO’s technical package of strategies to support state, territorial, & local health department efforts to address burnout & moral injury.
A detailed toolkit for designing tailored Stay Interviews. Resource provided by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Expert analysis of PH WINS data showing decreased staffing at public health agencies, and recommendations to address this exodus.
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 with statistical analysis addressing survey responses on mental health among public health workers. Originally posted as a CDC MMWR.
A brief article on considerations around in-person and virtual worksites from the American Psychological Association.
Extensive list of resources for potential adaptation and use by public health entities to advance employee mental health and well-being.