Abstract
Objective: The aim of the study was to declare a call to action to improve mental health in the workplace. Methods: We convened a public health summit and assembled an Advisory Council consisting of experts in the field of occupational health and safety, workplace wellness, and public policy to offer recommendations for action steps to improve health and well-being of workers. Results: The Advisory Council narrowed the list of ideas to four priority projects. Conclusions: The recommendations for action include developing a mental health in the workplace (1) "how to" guide, (2) scorecard, (3) recognition program, and (4) executive training.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 322-330 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of occupational and environmental medicine |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1 2018 |
Keywords
- culture of health
- mental health
- well-being
- workplace health promotion
- workplace mental health
- workplace wellness
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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Mental Health in the Workplace : A Call to Action Proceedings from the Mental Health in the Workplace-Public Health Summit. / Goetzel, Ron Z.; Roemer, Enid Chung; Holingue, Calliope; Daniele Fallin, M.; McCleary, Katherine; Eaton, William; Agnew, Jacqueline; Azocar, Francisca; Ballard, David; Bartlett, John; Braga, Michael; Conway, Heidi; Andrew Crighton, K.; Frank, Richard; Jinnett, Kim; Keller-Greene, Debra; Rauch, Sara Martin; Safeer, Richard; Saporito, Dick; Schill, Anita; Shern, David; Strecher, Victor; Wald, Peter; Wang, Philip; Richard Mattingly, C.
In: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, Vol. 60, No. 4, 01.04.2018, p. 322-330.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Mental Health in the Workplace
T2 - A Call to Action Proceedings from the Mental Health in the Workplace-Public Health Summit
AU - Goetzel, Ron Z.
AU - Roemer, Enid Chung
AU - Holingue, Calliope
AU - Daniele Fallin, M.
AU - McCleary, Katherine
AU - Eaton, William
AU - Agnew, Jacqueline
AU - Azocar, Francisca
AU - Ballard, David
AU - Bartlett, John
AU - Braga, Michael
AU - Conway, Heidi
AU - Andrew Crighton, K.
AU - Frank, Richard
AU - Jinnett, Kim
AU - Keller-Greene, Debra
AU - Rauch, Sara Martin
AU - Safeer, Richard
AU - Saporito, Dick
AU - Schill, Anita
AU - Shern, David
AU - Strecher, Victor
AU - Wald, Peter
AU - Wang, Philip
AU - Richard Mattingly, C.
N1 - Funding Information: The authors wish to thank the speakers at the summit and participants in the Advisory Council for their contribution to this manuscript and the ideas generated during the Summit and its follow-up. They include the following: Rich Mattingly, Founder and President, The Luv u Project; Katrina Rodriguez, MHS, Senior Research Program Coordinator, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Jacqueline Agnew, PhD, Professor, Environmental Health and Engineering and Director of the Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Francisca Azocar, PhD, Vice President of Research and Evaluation of Behavioral Health Sciences at OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions; David Ballard, PsyD, Assistant Executive Director for Organizational Excellence at the American Psychological Association; John Bartlett, MD, Senior Advisor, The Carter Center Mental Health Program; Michael Braga, Investigations Editor for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, winner of a 2016 Pulitzer Prize and Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for Mental Health Reporting; Heidi Conway, Vice President for Human Resources, Johns Hopkins University; K. Andrew Crighton, MD, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Prudential Financial Inc.; Richard Frank, PhD, Margaret T. Morris Professor of Health Economics, Harvard University and Former Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services; LuAnn Heinen, Vice President, Workforce Well-Being, Productivity & Human Capital, National Business Group on Health; Kim Jinnett, PhD, Executive Vice President, Integrated Benefits Institute; Debra Keller-Greene, CEO and Founder of Keller Professional Services, Inc.; Bob Meyers, President Emeritus, National Press Foundation; Sara Martin Rauch, MS, Director of Strategy and Planning, WELCOA; Pamela Rich, Manager, Institute on Innovation in Workforce Well-being at the National Business Group on Health; Richard Safeer, MD, Medical Director, Employee Health & Wellness, Johns Hopkins HealthCare, Assistant Professor, Medicine & Assistant Professor, Health, Behavior and Society Johns Hopkins University; Dick Saporito, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, PC Connection; Anita Schill, PhD, Senior Science Advisor, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Joshua Sharfstein, MD, Associate Dean for Public Health Practice and Training, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Former Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; David Shern, PhD, Senior Science Advisor, Mental Health America; Victor Strecher, PhD, Professor and Director for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship, University of Michigan School of Public Health; Peter Wald, MD, MPH, Enterprise Medical Director, USAA; Philip Wang, MD, DrPH, Director of Research, American Psychiatric Association; Ellen Yankellow, PharmD, Owner, President and CEO of Correct Rx Pharmacy Services, Inc. Funding Information: Keywords: culture of health, mental health, well-being, workplace health promotion, workplace mental health, workplace wellness From the Institute for Health and Productivity Studies, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Washington, District of Columbia (Dr Goetzel, Dr Roemer, Ms McCleary); IBM Watson Health, Bethesda, Maryland (Dr Goetzel); Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland (Dr Goetzel, Ms Holingue, Dr Fallin, Dr Eaton); The Luv u Project, Potomac, Maryland (Mr Mattingly); Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland (Dr Agnew); OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions, San Diego, California (Dr Azocar); American Psychological Association, Washington, District of Columbia (Dr Ballard); The Carter Center Mental Health Program, Atlanta, Georgia (Dr Bartlett); Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Sarasota, Florida (Mr Braga); Human Resources, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (Ms Conway); Prudential Financial Inc., Newark, New Jersey (Dr Crighton); Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Dr Frank); Integrated Benefits Institute, San Francisco, California (Dr Jinnett); Keller Professional Services, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland (Ms Keller-Greene); Well-ness Councils of America (WELCOA), Omaha, Nebraska (Ms Rauch); Johns Hopkins Health Care, Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland (Dr Safeer); Human Resources, PC Connection, Merrimack, New Hampshire (Mr Saporito); National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Wash-ington, District of Columbia (Dr Schill); Mental Health America, Alexandria, Virginia (Dr Shern); University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Dr Strecher); United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, Texas (Dr Wald); American Psychiatric Association, Arlington,Virginia (Mr Mattingly). Publisher Copyright: © 2018 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
PY - 2018/4/1
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N2 - Objective: The aim of the study was to declare a call to action to improve mental health in the workplace. Methods: We convened a public health summit and assembled an Advisory Council consisting of experts in the field of occupational health and safety, workplace wellness, and public policy to offer recommendations for action steps to improve health and well-being of workers. Results: The Advisory Council narrowed the list of ideas to four priority projects. Conclusions: The recommendations for action include developing a mental health in the workplace (1) "how to" guide, (2) scorecard, (3) recognition program, and (4) executive training.
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