Implementation facilitators and barriers of stress first aid to protect mental health of frontline health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on frontline health care workers (HCWs), leading to poor mental and physical well-being. We conducted a large, cluster randomized controlled trial to implement an adapted Stress First Aid (SFA) intervention to support HCW well-being using a train-the-trainer (TTT) approach for rapid deployment in the United States and collected qualitative data through interviews to understand implementation. The goal of this study is to understand barriers and facilitators to deploying SFA using a TTT model, with particular emphasis on the acceptability, uptake, and barriers from the implementation.

Methods

We conducted seven individual and seven group semi-structured qualitative interviews with 28 trainers (i.e., site champions) who deliver

SUBMITTER: Huilgol SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11600825 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature