COVID-19 Taking A Disproportionate Toll On Female Healthcare Workers
This webpage discusses the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the effect of healthcare worker burnout in female healthcare professionals. It reviews th...
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Burnout, Alcohol, PTSD: Health Workers Are Suffering
This webpage discusses the mental health issues facing healthcare workers in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a personal account of challenges specifi...
‘A Sinking Ship’: Pandemic’s Mental Health Toll Continues to Roil Health Care Workers
This article discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of healthcare workers. The article explores the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Medical Burnout: Breaking Bad
This article discusses the medical burnout health care providers are experiencing during the COVID-19 pandemic and suggests five practical changes that can be i...
Public Health Workforce Burnout
This audio recording includes discussion about the state of our public health workforce with Jennifer Horney of the University of Delaware and Lisa Macon Harris...
Burnout Among Healthcare Workers In The COVID 19 Era: A Review Of The Existing Literature
This journal article provides a review of the existing literature on burnout in the healthcare worker population in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through th...
The Disproportionate Impact Of COVID-19 On Black Health Care Workers In The U.S.
This article discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black healthcare workers. It provides a description of the unique challenges facing Black healthca...
Avoiding COVID-19 Burnout: Self-Care And Resiliency For Public Health Leaders
This webinar introduces participants and viewers to methods and tools that can be used to increase resiliency in public health professionals. The discussion rev...
7 Solutions To Protect Public Health Workers From Burnout And Other Mental Health Issues
This webpage discusses organizational strategies that could be used to protect healthcare workers, prevent burnout and other mental health concerns. Seven tips ...
Public Health Under Threat: An Examination Of State Laws Protecting Public Health Officials From Harassment
This webinar shares results from a national survey on criminal statutes that protect public health officials, analyzes burnout and employee turnover, and discus...
The Practice Transformation Journey
This is a report describing ways in which the American Medical Association is supporting healthcare workers in light of increasing rates of burnout and other me...
Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach To Professional Well-Being
This webpage introduces a report from the National Academy of Medicine, advocating for prioritization of clinician mental health to reduce rates of burnout. A d...
Racial And Gender Discrimination Predict Mental Health Outcomes Among Healthcare Workers Beyond Pandemic-Related Stressors: Findings From A Cross-Sectional Survey
This journal article provides data on the impact of race and gender on mental health outcomes in healthcare workers. It specifically studies the association bet...
Prevalence of and Factors Associated With Nurse Burnout in the U.S.
This journal article presents data related to the incidence and prevalence of burnout in nurses. It discusses the root causes of the burnout in nurses and impac...
Compassion Fatigue Among Healthcare, Emergency And Community Service Workers: A Systematic Review
This journal article provides a systematic review of the existing literature on compassion fatigue and healthcare worker burnout. It emphasizes and explains the...
Women In Healthcare Experiencing Occupational Stress And Burnout During COVID-19: A Rapid Review
This journal article aims to identify the causes of occupational stress and burnout in women in medicine, nursing and other health professions during the COVID-...
What Support Do Frontline Workers Want? A Qualitative Study Of Health And Social Care Workers’ Experiences And Views Of Psychosocial Support During The COVID-19 Pandemic
This journal article provides background information and data concerning the mental health status and needs of frontline and social care workers in the UK. The ...
The Burden Of Burnout Among Healthcare Professionals Of Intensive Care Units And Emergency Departments During The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review
This journal article evaluates the burnout prevalence among healthcare workers (HCWs) in intensive care units (ICUs) and emergency departments (EDs) during the ...
Symptoms Of Depression, Anxiety, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, And Suicidal Ideation Among State, Tribal, Local, And Territorial Public Health Workers During The COVID-19 Pandemic
This journal article discusses how implementing prevention and control practices that eliminate, reduce, and manage factors that cause or contribute to public h...
Reducing Burnout And Resignations Among Frontline Workers: A Field Experiment
This journal article discusses how government agencies around the world struggle to retain frontline workers as high job demands and low job resources contribut...
Prevalence Of Depression, Anxiety And Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder In Health Care Workers During The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis
This journal article discusses updated prevalence estimates for depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among health care workers during ...
Prevalence And Correlates Of Stress And Burnout Among U.S. Healthcare Workers During The COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Cross-Sectional Survey Study
This journal article provides a comprehensive view of how stress and burnout during the pandemic have impacted healthcare team members.
Impacts Of COVID-19 Response On The Public Health Workforce
This journal article highlights how individual and organizational aspects of the COVID-19 response impacted mental health, as well as strengths, weaknesses, opp...
Burnout On The Frontline: The Impact Of COVID-19 On Emergency Department Staff Wellbeing
This journal article studies the rate and degree of burnout present in the emergency department (ED) staff at St. James hospital Dublin (SJH) and at Cork Univer...
Your Public Health Workers Are Not Okay
This blog discusses the various elements that contribute to frontline worker burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bringing The Invisible Battle Into View: Understanding Health Care Stressors And Mental Well-Being In COVID-19 Frontline Workers
This report details how COVID-19 has amplified preexisting challenges of burnout and distress and provides a list of proactive approaches that health care organ...
US Public Health Workers Leaving ‘In Droves’ Amid Pandemic Burnout
This article discusses how many workers feel stonewalled by elected officials and scapegoated for the high US COVID-19 death toll
School Nurses Feel Like ‘the Enemy’
This article explains how school nurses have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Helping Frontline Workers Cope With Stress During COVID-19: Actions For Peers
This webpage highlights actions that peers can take to help frontline workers cope with stress during COVID-19.
Health Workers Know What Good Care Is. Pandemic Burnout Is Getting In The Way
This story describes how burnout is affecting health care workers which in turn affects patient care. It explores solutions and implementing staff ideas for fix...
Half Of Health Workers Report Burnout Amid COVID-19
The article outlines the impacts of burnout and stress on health care workers. It describes effects on physicians and residents, disproportionate impacts among ...
‘Their Tank Is Empty’: Public Health Officials Combat Staff Burnout, Low Pay, Harassment
This article explains the challenges facing public health departments as it pertains to burnout, harassment, and pay cuts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 Keeps Delivering Lessons About Health Care Worker Burnout. Will We Learn Them?
This article describes the mental health impacts of burnout among health care workers and steps health care leaders can take to implement changes.
Combating Burnout Among Nurses And Frontline Healthcare Workers
This blog explains the impact of burnout on clinicians and their view on the most pressing challenges.
Pandemic Backlash Jeopardizes Public Health Powers, Leaders
This story gives examples of recent legislation aimed at weakening public health authority and discusses rising rates of burnout among officials.
Building Organizational Trust During A Pandemic
Using insight from Scripps Health, this article explores evidence-based strategies for building trust among physicians, staff, and patients during the pandemic ...
CHWs in the Black Community in the Age of COVID-19: Frontline and Essential Responders
This slide deck discusses the role of community health workers (CHWs) in Black communities, how to support CHWs with addressing COVID-19, and the importance of ...
Our Mental Wellness as We Emerge from COVID-19
In this webinar, Bob Okun and Marie Dyak host a discussion with panelists about mental health following the COVID-19 pandemic from multiple perspectives of trea...
Care for the Caregivers
This website is intended for caregivers to help ensure the health and safety of caregivers and their loved ones. It provides resources on how to build personal ...
Interpersonal and Structural Violence in the Wake of COVID-19
This article explores the interpersonal and structural violence that may take place in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic; it explains the various social forces that...
COVID-19 and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: The Pandemic’s Influence on an Adolescent Epidemic
This article discusses how COVID-19 pandemic quarantine measures and stay-at-home orders have affected adolescent mental health, with a focus on nonsuicidal sel...
Priorities for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment and Prevention During COVID-19’s Second Wave
This article examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in the prevalence and severity of alcohol use disorder. It also provides recommendations ...
Pain in the Nation: How High Rates of Suicide, Drugs and Overdose Deaths Require a Comprehensive Resiliency Strategy
This Congressional briefing is intended to help improve understanding of the policies and programs that impact mental health and substance use systems in the Un...
Pain in the Nation Series Update: Alcohol, Drug and Suicide Deaths at Record Highs
This annual report is part of the Pain in the Nation report series, and presents data on mental health and wellbeing in the United States. It examines trends on...
The Impact of COVID-19 on Social and Mental Health
This webinar features Dr. Jennifer Christian-Herman and Dr. Anand Shah, who examine the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health and offer strategies and tips to...
Prioritizing a Psychologically Healthy Workforce in the Time of COVID-19
This webinar features guest speaker, Cosette Taillac, who shares insights on the impact of COVID-19 on the workforce, the power of a psychologically healthy wor...
Maintaining Social Connections in the Setting of COVID-19 Social Distancing: A Call to Action
The article provides recommendations for how to maintain social connections during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also discusses mental health support lines, special...
Case Study – Role of Community Health Workers in Addressing Inequities and Systems Transformation During COVID-19 and Beyond: An Opportunity for Health Department and Organizational Practices
This white paper outlines best practices and solutions for health departments engaging community health workers on the frontlines to address equity gaps in...
Community Health Workers: Leading Alongside Communities to Advance Equitable Well-Being
Community Health Workers partner with community members to advance health and well-being, elevating the wisdom of communities and the expertise of residents by ...
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Public Health Workforce Development and Diversity
The public health workforce plays an essential role in securing the vital conditions for health and well-being for all to thrive. A skilled, resourced, and robust public health workforce is needed to meet the demands of public health today and prepare for the needs of tomorrow. A diverse public health workforce is better equipped to address the needs of the most impacted and marginalized, and implement population health strategies. COVID-19 has shed light on challenges facing the public health workforce, while also exacerbating them. The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the need to skill up the workforce; support workers’ needs; center equity in workforce development efforts; and plan for the future.