Online Training - Understanding and Preventing Burnout Among Public Health Workers: Guidance for Public Health Leaders

Details

• Personal Author:
  Cunningham, Chris ; Jennings Black, Kristen
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health ; University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
• Description:
  Managers and supervisors can play a big role in reducing and preventing burnout. Public health workers experiencing burnout often feel exhausted and cynical. Working in a distressing environment can strain a person's physical, emotional, and psychological well-being. Workers with burnout are more likely to experience mental health conditions like anxiety and depression. Burnout can also impact employee retention. Workers experiencing burnout may be less engaged at work and choose to leave their job or public health altogether. Improving workplace policies and practices is the best way to address burnout. While individual-level solutions like self-care and resilience training may help, making organizational changes is necessary. For this reason, managers and supervisors must take action to address this issue. In this online training, public health supervisors can learn strategies to prioritize employee health and well-being and prevent burnout. The training is modular, so public health supervisors can fit it into their busy schedules. Each module takes about 15-30 minutes. Modules are organized into three units, for a total of 3.5 hours. Continuing education credit is available at no cost. This training is for: 1) Managers and supervisors in state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments; 2) Senior leaders, managers, and supervisors in public health-serving organizations. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Burnout, Professional
  • Mental Health
  • Occupational Health
  • Public Health
  • Safety
  • Staff Development
• Keywords:
  • Training; Public health; Burnout; Well-being; Mental health; Supervisory personnel; Employee health; Guidance
• Source:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2023 Apr; :website
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Webpage
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Tennessee
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director ; DSI - Division of Science Integration
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20071680
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/259451/cdc_259451_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 231.94 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a17a7c01b6183bb42b93d50282b17895d8a09635ed9768f12cc0d50743d6ccaf17f5035cc81f5ab1f4631d3b3397bc5b8104d89a95abe4fc28fccf2fa1936949