Expressive Arts Seminars
A creative intervention that aims to address and reduce the psychosocial stress experienced by health workers.
Mindarma Platform
An online evidence-based intervention designed to increase resilience in high-risk workers (combines principles from mindfulness, CBT, acceptance and commitment therapy, and self-compassion approaches).
Pause, Reset and Nourish Toolkit (PRN): HHS
Strategies to help build connection to each other, ourselves and what is truly important in our lives.
Drop-In Mindfulness Sessions for HCPs: Pause 4 Providers
These 30-minute online mindfulness sessions guided by Canadian health professionals invite health workers to pause and make space to cultivate well-being and self-compassion. They can be accessed live or through videos of practices.
Returning to the Workplace-Resiliency Training for Managers: FSEAP
Provides information, strategies, tips, and resources to guide managers and people leaders in their work to support employee and team well-being and resiliency
#2022 Healthcare Workforce Rescue Package: All in for Healthcare
Evidence-based actions that can support healthcare team member well-being. The first-of-its-kind list prioritizes five critical actions leaders can take now to safeguard the emotional and psychological needs of healthcare workers
Transforming Healthcare Organizations
This document is intended to assist healthcare leaders to understand synergies of the National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace (The Standard) and LEADS and to support them in implementing both frameworks within their organizations.
Key Ingredients of Anti-Stigma Programmes for Healthcare Providers: Peer Reviewed Article
Face to face stigma reduction training for healthcare providers was conducted within Canada’s Opening Minds anti-stigma programme. Thirty-seven contact-based education programmes were evaluated to identify the key ingredients associated with attitude change. Table 1 (p. 252) provides a summary of these findings.
Violence Prevention Strategies: Peer Reviewed Article
Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention strategies that were recommended by health workers from diverse communities in Ontario (see table 1 on p. 17-18).
Caring for Healthcare Workers: Guarding Minds
A comprehensive formal framework for helping employers assess and address psychological health and safety in the workplace.
Workplace Well-being & Mental Health Toolkit: AHS
Evidence-based actionable strategies to help workplaces increase support for individual mental health in the workplace and improve psychological well being of all employees.
Addressing Mental Health in the Workplace and National Standard (CSA Group) of Canada for Psych Health and Safety in the Workplace
Learn about the National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace (the Standard).
Policy and Procedures on the Accommodation of Mental Illness: Canadian Human Rights Commission (For sampling purposes/example)
This document outlines the accommodation process and provides guidance to help managers and supervisors take proactive steps to ensure employees with mental illness are offered appropriate supports.
Evidence-Based Practices Support the Heart of Safety: Declaration of Principles: Vocera USA
10 CEOs from across the United States wrote and signed the Heart of Safety to create more awareness about critical safety and well-being issues in healthcare, influence policies to protect health workers, and ensure care team members have the resources, equipment, and technologies they deserve to feel safe at work.
Px and Management of Violence and Aggression in Health Services: AUS
A guidebook for employers on how to prevent and manage occupational violence and aggression towards health workers.