How to improve hospital employees' health and well-being: a staff consultation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Explore perspectives from healthcare workers in a large public hospital (11,000 staff) on employers supporting their health and well-being.

Methods

Heads of departments/services were invited to convene focus groups, facilitated by a moderator using a semi-structured discussion guide.  RESULTS: Over 450 members of staff participated in 28 focus groups. Themes identified were: 1)unique nature of working in a large hospital, 2)hospital management agenda and relationship with staff, 3)working environment, and 4)staff health and well-being initiatives.

Conclusions

Optimal uptake of health-promoting initiatives was hindered in part due to lack of staff awareness and a range of barriers. Key requirements for improving staff health were perceived to be sufficient st

SUBMITTER: Lawrence W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9727936 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature