Words Matter – Compassion Fatigue
CIPHER created the Words Matter campaign to share and promote a collective understanding of many well-known and used mental health terms that describe various occupationally related challenges many public safety personnel (PSP), healthcare workers (HCWs), veterans, and their families face every day.
Words Matter: “Talking about suicide”
CIPHER created the Words Matter campaign to share and promote a collective understanding of many well-known and used mental health terms that describe various occupationally related challenges many public safety personnel (PSP), healthcare workers (HCWs), veterans, and their families face every day.
Words Matter: “Wellness”
CIPHER created the Words Matter campaign to share and promote a collective understanding of many well-known and used mental health terms that describe various occupationally related challenges many public safety personnel (PSP), healthcare workers (HCWs), veterans, and their families face every day.
Words Matter: “Trauma”
CIPHER created the Words Matter campaign to share and promote a collective understanding of many well-known and used mental health terms that describe various occupationally related challenges many public safety personnel (PSP), healthcare workers (HCWs), veterans, and their families face every day.
Words Matter: “Burnout”
CIPHER created the Words Matter campaign to share and promote a collective understanding of many well-known and used mental health terms that describe various occupationally related challenges many public safety personnel (PSP), healthcare workers (HCWs), veterans, and their families face every day.
Words Matter: “Moral Injury”
CIPHER created the Words Matter campaign to share and promote a collective understanding of many well-known and used mental health terms that describe various occupationally related challenges many public safety personnel (PSP), healthcare workers (HCWs), veterans, and their families face every day.
Development of an Evidence-Informed Solution to Emotional Distress in PSPs and HCWs: The Social Support, Tracking Distress, Education, and Discussion Community (STEADY) Program
The Social Support, Tracking Distress, Education, and Discussion Community (STEADY) Program was developed to cover knowledge translation and implementation science frameworks to include all evidence-informed elements of post-traumatic stress prevention. This paper reports on the narrative literature review that framed the development of the STEADY framework and introduces its key elements.
Implementing the STEADY Wellness Program to Support Healthcare Workers throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic
This brief report describes implementation of the STEADY program and identified the importance of more frequent,
shorter contact with HCWs that occurred in-person, with an emphasis on peer support. A
flexible approach with strong support from hospital leadership were key facilitators. Findings
suggest that a flexible approach to practical program implementation, theoretically underpinned in
best-practices, can result in an acceptable program that promotes increased HCW wellbeing during
a pandemic.
STEADY – Resilience
This STEADY infographic provides resilience-building and healthy-coping techniques.
STEADY – Supporting Each Other
The STEADY staff wellness program was developed based on the available literature and input from stakeholders, guided by the Knowledge-to-Action (KTA) Implementation Science Framework. This infographic provides guidance to support staff through difficult situations by specifically outlining strategies to try and those to avoid.
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