What is it about?
What happens when healthcare and public safety organizations in the United States are given federal funding to improve the well-being of their workers and students? This paper shares learnings from grantees as they sought to implement strategies for well-being and report the outcomes of their work.
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Why is it important?
The funding received by these grantees represents the first federal investment in health and public safety workforce well-being. Thus, the findings provide important implications for how organizational leaders can support health and public safety workers and learners, particularly via engaging the workforce when developing strategies, fostering trust in leadership, and continually evaluating well-being offerings. The grantees' experiences also point to the need for continued federal investment in these critical workforces.
Perspectives
Our team served as the Technical Assistance Center to these grantees, working with them from the very beginning. It has been a pleasure to watch how grantees have adapted to challenges, including those resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, and how they advocate tirelessly for the needs of the workers and learners in their organizations. Truly, we must care for those who care for us.
Lauren Munoz
George Washington University
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Lessons learned from the Health Resources and Services
Administration health workforce well-being grantees., Families Systems & Health, September 2024, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/fsh0000911.
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Resources
Workplace Change Collaborative Website
Learn more about the Workplace Change Collaborative and the grantees they support.
The WCC Podcast
In this limited six-part series, host Wendy Dean, MD guides us through the many topics the Workplace Change Collaborative addresses including: (1) Why burnout and moral injury are getting the attention of the US government, and why all of us should care about the well-being of our health workers (2) The impact of burnout and moral injury on health workers and those they serve (3) How we can empower this vital workforce (4) How we can create change on an organizational level and empower leaders in those spaces (5) Ways that everyone – patient, health worker, or policy maker - can advocate for change (6) What we have learned since the project began, and what we see in the field moving forward.
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