If you are in distress, you can call or text 988 at any time. If it is an emergency, call 9-1-1 or go to your local emergency department.

Psychological Health and Safety Toolkit for Primary Care Teams and Training Programs

This toolkit aims to empower comprehensive primary care teams and training programs to promote psychological health and safety through a set of curated, evidence-informed resources focused on team-based activities, policies, and practices.
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What is psychological health and safety?

Psychological health is a form of well-being that allows individuals to think, feel, and behave in a manner that enables them to perform effectively in their work environments, personal lives, and in society at large (Samra et al, 2022).

Psychological safety is a condition in which people are free from threats of harm to their psychological health (MHCC, 2019).

Psychological health and safety is a way people interact with one another as well as the way working conditions and management practices are structured within the workplace (CSA, 2013).

Seven themes for workplace psychological health and safety

The resources in this toolkit are organized by seven themes, based on a clustering of the psychosocial factors identified in Canada’s National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace.

Organizational and team culture

Organizational and team culture

Workload and work-life

Workload management and work-life balance

Successful attractive female doctor or surgeon in scrubs standing with folded arms in front of an African male doctor or consultant conceptual of an expert medical team, on white

Clear leadership and expectations

Psychological protection

Protection of physical safety

Protection of physical safety

Portrait of doctor and surgeon in a hospital together

Protection from moral distress

Support for self-care

Support for psychological self-care

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Let’s Talk Moral Distress: Resource Guide

A resource to support teams who experience moral distress. It describes its underlying factors and offers strategies and videos to...

Let’s Talk Moral Distress: Resource Guide

A resource to support teams who experience moral distress. It describes its underlying factors and offers strategies and videos to help workers and leaders take action to prevent and reduce moral distress.

This link opens an external web page. The Canadian Health Workforce Network and the Mental Health Commission of Canada do not control the quality or omission of translations.

Author(s)/Organization(s)
Alberta Health Services
Tags
supportive strategies, workers well-being, moral distress
Audience
Health worker
Theme
Protection from moral distress
Cost
Free
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Guide/Tool/Toolkit
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Specific to healthcare
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Hospital, Long-term care, Private clinic, Community care, Home care, Online setting
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Not explicitly
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English
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On the Agenda Workshop Series 

A page providing free workshop materials and facilitator tools to help leaders improve psychological health and safety in the workplace...

On the Agenda Workshop Series 

A page providing free workshop materials and facilitator tools to help leaders improve psychological health and safety in the workplace by co-creating an action plan with their team.

This link opens an external web page. The Canadian Health Workforce Network and the Mental Health Commission of Canada do not control the quality or omission of translations.

Author(s)/Organization(s)
Canada Life
Tags
psychosocial factors; psychological health and safety; team
Audience
Manager/Supervisor/Director, Human resource representative
Theme
Organizational and team culture, Workload management and work-life balance, Clear leadership and expectations, Psychological protection, Protection of physical safety
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Free
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Course/Training/Workshop
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General
Setting
Home care, Online setting, Hospital, Long-term care, Private clinic, Community care
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Not explicitly
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English
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Mental Health Structural Stigma in Healthcare eLearning Course

This is a 90-minute online course on how to identify structural stigma related to mental health and substance use (MHSU)...

Mental Health Structural Stigma in Healthcare eLearning Course

This is a 90-minute online course on how to identify structural stigma related to mental health and substance use (MHSU) problems or illnesses in health-care organizations. It explains how this stigma contributes to inequity and poorer experiences and health outcomes for people living with MHSU problems or illnesses.

This link opens an external web page. The Canadian Health Workforce Network and the Mental Health Commission of Canada do not control the quality or omission of translations.

Author(s)/Organization(s)
CHA Learning & Mental Health Commission of Canada
Tags
structural stigma, leadership, inequity, mental health
Audience
Manager/Supervisor/Director, Health worker
Theme
Organizational and team culture
Cost
Free
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Specific to healthcare
Setting
Hospital, Long-term care, Private clinic, Community care
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Not explicitly
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Bilingual
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Manager’s Toolkit – Leading in a hybrid work environment

A toolkit to help managers minimize the virtual divide in the workplace. It provides actionable guidelines for managing conflict and...

Manager’s Toolkit – Leading in a hybrid work environment

A toolkit to help managers minimize the virtual divide in the workplace. It provides actionable guidelines for managing conflict and maintaining social cohesion within hybrid teams.

This link opens an external web page. The Canadian Health Workforce Network and the Mental Health Commission of Canada do not control the quality or omission of translations.

Author(s)/Organization(s)
Mental Health Commission of Canada
Tags
social cohesion, hybrid work, virtual work, managing conflict
Audience
Manager/Supervisor/Director
Theme
Organizational and team culture
Cost
Free
Format
Guide/Tool/Toolkit
Sector
General
Setting
Community care, Online setting, Hospital, Private clinic
Identity
Not explicitly
Language
English

Disclaimer: This inventory is by no means exhaustive. The Canadian Health Workforce Network and the Mental Health Commission of Canada are unable to comment on the quality of individual programs or services. Consequently, their inclusion in this toolkit should not be considered an endorsement of particular programs or organizations.

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