Enhancing maternity healthcare workers' wellbeing using insider participatory action research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Good healthcare worker (HCW) wellbeing positively impacts service user outcomes, yet the United Kingdom (UK) National Health Service (NHS) is suffering workforce burnout and retention issues. While urgently needing evidence-based wellbeing strategies, participatory interventions using positive psychology have been under-investigated. We aimed to develop a caring, collegial NHS labour ward environment wherein HCWs created paths to enhancing individual and collective workplace wellbeing.

Methods

Insider Participatory Action Research (IPAR) used positive psychology within a social constructionist, pragmatic approach. All clinical and non-clinical HCWs on a consultant-led labour ward in the East Midlands, England, UK were invited to identify current sources of workpla

SUBMITTER: Wood CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11786370 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature