Charting a New Course for Public Health Workforce Well-Being
An ASTHO brief on the importance of understanding moral injury and burnout, with recommendations on areas of organizational focus.
An ASTHO brief on the importance of understanding moral injury and burnout, with recommendations on areas of organizational focus.
Extensive list of resources for potential adaptation and use by public health entities to advance employee mental health and well-being.
This review discusses the workforce-related challenges persisting in the public health field today and steps for moving forward to rebuild.
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.
4 state participants of the Public Health HERO program share how they address wellbeing and mental health in the workforce.
ASTHO’s technical package of strategies to support state, territorial, & local health department efforts to address burnout & moral injury.
This framework from the US Surgeon General lays out a framework of 5 essentials for workplace wellbeing, centered on worker’s voice & equity.
A Harvard Business Review article on the negative effects of long working hours.
This report from the Human Rights Campaign offers a foundation for supporting & respecting others with different marginalized identities.
A detailed toolkit for designing tailored Stay Interviews. Resource provided by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
This ASTHO blog speaks to leading by example, and gives 3 recommendations for leaders to consider in their daily work habits.
This toolkit from the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy & Practice was designed to support in advocating for trauma-informed workplaces.
This article outlines the importance of representation in leadership positions, and provides 3 expert recommendations on increasing diversity.
An article from Harvard Business Review on the importance of trauma-informed workplaces & the concepts of acknowledgement, support, and trust.
Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson, speaks to her coined phrase “team psychological safety.”
This short article touches on the importance of connection in the workplace, and gives 5 tips to help guide meaningful check-ins with coworkers.
This blog outlines 4 strategies to prepare for emotionally-charged workplace meetings.
Hear from Dr. Bruce Perry on the impact of stress, pleasure/reward system, and how resiliency presents in physiologically in the body.
Speaking of Psychology: Episode 152. Why we’re burned out and what to do about it, with Christina Maslach, PhD (APA podcast--transcript provided).