Scoping Review of Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being Programs in Higher Education Institutions

Details

• Personal Author:
  Coats SF ; Davis MF ; Goetzel, Ron Z. ; Kent KB ; Roemer EC ; Zhang Y
• Description:
  Objective: The study aimed to conduct a scoping review of stressors in higher education institutions (HEIs), exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and to identify successful interventions. Methods: We reviewed 79 studies published between January 2020 and January 2023. Results: Stressors were organized into psychosocial, organizational, and environmental categories. They included high job demand/low control, work/personal life imbalance, pressure to publish, lack of resources, low perceived organizational support, and fear of infection. Interventions included providing back-up childcare, employee assistance programs, financial well-being resources, paid medical leave, flexible work arrangements, greater transparency in decision making, leadership development, and adaptive physical space design. Conclusions: Mental health and well-being interventions directed at faculty and staff in HEIs are needed given the many stressors faced by this workforce. Several interventions are highlighted in the literature, but most are speculative regarding their impact, given the limited number of outcome studies. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Communicable Diseases
  • Mental Health
  • Nervous System
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  • Mental health
  • Work-life balance
  • Work arrangements
  • Psychosocial factors
  • Job stress
  • COVID-19
  • Intervention
  • Work organization
  • Well-being
  • Employee health
  More +
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  461-466
• Volume:
  66
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069796
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2024 Jun; 66(6):461-466
• Contact Point Address:
  Ron Z. Goetzel, PhD, Institute for Health and Productivity Studies, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205
• Email:
  rgoetze1@jhu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance ; Services
• Performing Organization:
  Johns Hopkins University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20210901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20260831
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/208152/cdc_208152_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 130.85 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:85420f30bcb98aa4523d606c59ef7f25d0e491fab4088117e0469d51c2b433ca00336c0555758985d69ca62f91a17b9b84fdbe53c2a6f52b8997587314a104ee