Putting Your Oxygen Masks on First

Webinar Overview

Rates of mental health challenges in the communities we serve have remained stubbornly high. But what about the mental health of our own workforce? What are the factors elevating our levels of stress, distress, and burnout? And how does that influence our effectiveness in meeting our mission of protecting and serving the public? This data-packed session will share new data on the state of mental health in the Public Health, and evidence-informed best practice, as well as innovative ways your peers are addressing it to improve the health, wellbeing, and quality of life for our own workforce, and those we serve. The session will be capped with experiential exercise teaching simple but powerful techniques you can use to improve your own resilience and wellbeing.

This webinar will look at the state of mental health in the Public Health Workforce today, from a national perspective, and with an eye toward practice, scalable, and evidence-informed steps we can take to improve it. The business case for doing so is strong, and speakers will share the evidence for improved performance and health tied to achieving better workforce mental health.

Speakers will share data collected nationally, and with NACCHO members about the state of workforce mental health. We will review workforce health best practices, and applications of these practices that innovative Public Health organizations are implementing around the country. The session will include a hands-on opportunity to learn techniques you can apply in your own life to counteract burnout, build resilience, and flourish.

What You’ll Learn:

Listen to national leaders and experts in the emerging field of population and mental health as they share the latest national data and details of a new approach embraced by over 200 communities. Learn new ways to engage your community, deliver early intervention that works and get ahead of factors driving readmissions and complexities tied to intersecting physical and mental health challenges.

Watch this webinar to:

• Understand how prevention, early intervention and mental health self-care can increase access and strengthen the mental health workforce, to enhance access to care and support behavioral health systems..
• Hear about real-world data and benchmarking insights gathered from over 300,000 individuals nationwide.
• Find out about cost-effective strategies that support your CHNA goals and demonstrate measurable impact.
• Discover best practices from other settings to increase community engagement.
• Learn from case studies with proven results, including Owensboro Health (Ky.) and Monterey County Behavioral Health (Calif.).
• Take away an actionable, results-driven roadmap to improve mental health outcomes in your community.