How Can Health Care Organizations Address Burnout? A Description of the Dr. Lorna Breen Act Grantees

Source : American Journal of Public Health.
Burnout among health care workers has been rising for years and is associated with increased risk of job dissatisfaction, suicide, and poor patient outcomes.1–5 COVID-19 brought this issue to the forefront. By the end of 2021, more than 60% of physicians and advanced practice clinicians reported burnout, and in 2022, 45% of nurses reported feeling burned out, 51% emotionally drained, and 56% used up.6,7 In 2021, more than half of public health workers reported symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, and nearly a third reported an intention to leave their organization in the next year.

An Organizational Leadership Development Approach to Support Health Worker Mental Health

Source : American Journal of Public Health.
Coming at a time when burnout rates were already high, the COVID-19 pandemic physically and mentally further stressed our nation’s health care workforce, leading to record levels of burnout, moral distress, and moral injury. In response, Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy released an advisory on building a thriving health workforce in 2022 with the specific aim of targeting health worker burnout to improve health and well-being and strengthen the nation’s public health infrastructure. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra said, “We owe all health workers—from doctors to hospital custodial staff—an enormous debt. And as we can clearly see and hear throughout this Surgeon General’s Advisory, they’re telling us what our gratitude needs to look like: real support and systemic change that allows them to continue serving to the best of their abilities.”

Examining the Nurse Manager Practice Environment Effects on Burnout: Results of a Cross-sectional Multisite Study

Source : JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration.
This study examined the relationships between the dimensions of the nurse manager practice environment and burnout. Understanding the degree to which their practice environment characteristics impact their level of burnout is important to nursing manager retention.

Experiences of Frontline Managers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Recommendations for Organizational Resilience

Source : Healthcare.
The purpose of this paper was to examine frontline managers’ experiences and organizational leadership responses that activated organizational resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to learn for ongoing and future responses to healthcare crises.

Avis de l’Anses relatif à l’état des connaissances sur l’influence du travail à distance sur la santé des travailleurs

Source : Anses – Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail
L’Anses a été saisie le 25 mai 2021 par la CFTC pour réaliser une évaluation des risques pour la santé physique et mentale des travailleurs qui exercent leur travail à distance, en tenant compte de l’impact sur les conditions de travail. Cette demande est survenue dans un contexte où le travail à distance s’était rapidement développé pour les travailleurs français après l’évolution du cadre juridique et également lors des confinements successifs liés à la pandémie de Covid-19.

Exposition à un événement traumatique

Source : APCHQ
Chaque jour, les travailleurs de la construction courent le risque de vivre ou d’être témoin d’un accident grave. Blessé physiquement ou pas, tout le monde présent lors de l‘accident s’expose à subir un traumatisme psychologique. Une exposition à un événement traumatique peut faire naitre un trouble de stress post-traumatique.

The value of Occupational Health and Human Resources in supporting mental health and wellbeing in the workplace

Source : The Society of Occupational Medicine
Ce guide vise à aider les employeurs à adopter des approches fondées sur des données probantes en faveur de la santé et du bien-être des travailleurs. Classant les interventions comme primaires, secondaires et tertiaires, il constate que les interventions primaires tendent à avoir des effets plus importants. Il résume les résultats de la recherche concernant six types d’activités liées au bien-être : promotion de la santé, formation des supérieurs hiérarchiques, premiers soins psychologiques, formation à la pleine conscience, activité physique, et formation à la résilience. Trois cadres de gestion de la santé mentale et du bien-être des employés sont mentionnés (normes de gestion HSE, Mental Health at Work Commitment et ISO 45003 Psychological health and safety at work). Le document explore les rôles respectifs de la SST et des RH, et propose des recommandations pour les deux.

AJPH Highlights Health Worker Mental Health

Source : CDC
The American Journal of Public Health recently published a special supplement with 15 articles focusing on health worker mental health. This special issue of the journal was sponsored and edited by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and stems from the health worker mental health initiative from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIOSH. Research indicates health workers experience high levels of physical injury, harassment, stress, and burnout and many health workers intend to leave their positions or the field altogether. Protecting and supporting health worker mental health has important implications for the nation’s health system and our public health infrastructure.

The effects of a Total Worker Health intervention on workplace safety: Mediating effects of sleep and supervisor support for sleep

Source : Journal of Occupational Health Psychology.
L’intervention visait le sommeil des employés, tant au niveau du superviseur (par exemple, formation au sommeil) qu’au niveau de l’employé (par exemple, suivi du sommeil et retour d’information individualisé sur le sommeil). Les composantes de l’intervention ont été développées en utilisant les principes de l’approche « Total Worker Health » et la théorie de l’influence triadique pour les comportements de santé.