Coats SF, Roemer EC, Kent KB, Zhang Y, Davis MF, Goetzel RZ. Scoping Review of Workplace Mental Health and Well-being Programs in Higher Education Institutions.
J Occup Environ Med 2024;
66:461-466. [PMID:
38471831 DOI:
10.1097/jom.0000000000003086]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
The study aimed to conduct a scoping review of stressors in higher education institutions (HEIs), exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and to identify successful interventions.
METHODS
We reviewed 79 studies published between January 2020 and January 2023.
RESULTS
Stressors were organized into psychosocial, organizational, and environmental categories. They included high job demand/low control, work/personal life imbalance, pressure to publish, lack of resources, low perceived organizational support, and fear of infection. Interventions included providing back-up childcare, employee assistance programs, financial well-being resources, paid medical leave, flexible work arrangements, greater transparency in decision making, leadership development, and adaptive physical space design.
CONCLUSIONS
Mental health and well-being interventions directed at faculty and staff in HEIs are needed given the many stressors faced by this workforce. Several interventions are highlighted in the literature, but most are speculative regarding their impact, given the limited number of outcome studies.
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