"Psychological PPE”: Promote Health Care Workforce Mental Health and Well-Being

Summary

The US-based Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) reviewed available evidence for interventions that can help protect staff mental health in the face of extreme working conditions such as natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and previous pandemics. They synthesised this research into evidence-based “psychological PPE” recommendations for use by staff providing care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Content

The accompanying visual graphic is designed to be posted for staff to see and use daily, and for team leaders to reference and use to create the enabling conditions for key recommendations to be successful.

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