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Korman, Melissa, Steinberg, Rosalie, Habib, Mahiya, Tuka, Andrea, Martin-Doto, Catherine, Winter, Kristen, Zaretsky, Ari, Shadowitz, Steve, Cocco, Claudia, Ellis, Janet |
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Prehospital & Disaster Medicine; May2023 Suppl1, Vol. 38, ps115-s115, 1p |
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Introduction: The COVID-19 Pandemic negatively impacted the mental wellbeing of healthcare workers worldwide. Many organizations responded reactively to their staff needs. The novel, evidence-informed Social Support, Tracking Distress, Education and Discussion Community (STEADY) program was implemented, with senior leadership support across a large hospital. STEADY is a multi-pronged program developed to mitigate occupational stress injury in healthcare workers and first responders. This project examined the feasibility of implementing STEADY across hospital units during a pandemic. Method: STEADY was implemented in five acute care units and across the rehab site of a large hospital. Data was collected on the five program components (drop-in peer support groups and critical incident debriefs, psychoeducation workshops, wellness assessments, peer partnering, community-building initiatives). Most peer support groups were facilitated by the program manager trained in peer support and one of six clinical staff. Results: The program was iteratively adapted to meet the needs of target units/groups. More than 300 sessions were run in ~one year, for an average of ~1.15 sessions per unit per week. With flexible adaptation to the mode of facilitation, ~75% of planned workshops and ~85% of peer support sessions were run. Three critical incident stress debriefs were held. The formal partnering program was offered via e-mail with minimal uptake. Ninety-five wellness assessments were completed by target end-users, with 36 personalized responses sent. Gratitude trees were posted in each unit for community-building. Eight target unit staff completed formal peer support facilitation training. Twenty additional groups across the organization requested STEADY programming support and ten requested gratitude trees. Conclusion: Results indicate that most components of the STEADY program were feasible to implement in hospital units during the pandemic. On-site, interactive programming was most engaging for end-users. Leadership support and flexible, continuous adaption by program leaders were identified as facilitators to program implementation and uptake. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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