Building resilience in animal research: a two-year mixed methods survey of organizational support programs.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

People who work with research animals often experience both meaning and stress from their careers. It can be rewarding to care for animals and contribute to science, yet also challenging to euthanize animals, see them in distress, and work in a stigmatized, fast-paced field. Organizations conducting animal research increasingly recognize this and are implementing programs to support employee wellness. This longitudinal project describes the implementation and evaluation of compassion fatigue resiliency programs over 2 years.

Methods

Five organizations participated in a pre-post longitudinal trial implementing institutional compassion fatigue resiliency programs. Participants were evaluated before the intervention and 2 years later with a mixed methods online sur

SUBMITTER: Young L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12911429 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature