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ArticleMaternal and child health journal2024

Preventing Job Burnout: Could Workplace Support Protect Maternal and Child Health Professionals Who Are Doing Public Health Equity Work?

Carol Gilbert, Marilyn Johnson, Bibhusha Karki, Kiara Lyons, Melissa Tibbits, Drissa Toure, Aislinn C Rookwood, Chad Abresch

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Article in Maternal and child health journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Carol GilbertDepartment of Health Promotion, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 984365 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-4365, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0576-343X
Marilyn JohnsonDepartment of Health Promotion, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 984365 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-4365, USA.
Bibhusha KarkiDivision of Nursing, Midwifery and Social work, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Kiara LyonsCollege of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Melissa TibbitsDepartment of Health Promotion, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 984365 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-4365, USA.
Drissa ToureDivision of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Aislinn C RookwoodDepartment of Health Promotion, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 984365 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-4365, USA.
Chad AbreschDepartment of Health Promotion, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 984365 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-4365, USA. cabresch@unmc.edu.
Nebraska Medical Center · USArizona State University · USUniversity of Manchester · GBUniversity of Minnesota · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo assess the potential of workplace support to protect public health equity workers against job burnout and to identify key workplace support components. DESCRIPTION: This mixed-methods, explanatory sequential study analyzed survey and interview data collected between August 2020 and June 2021. Participants included governmental and non-governmental public health employees whose programs largely focus on Maternal and Child Health populations and who reported that their jobs involved working to reduce health inequities ("equity work"). Regression analysis tested the effect of emotional labor on job burnout, and whether workplace support modified that effect. Qualitative analysis of interview transcripts explored possible components of needed workplace support. ASSESSMENT: Emotional labor was positively associated with job burnout (p < .001), and there was a significant negative interaction between emotional labor and workplace support, meaning workplace support appeared to reduce the effect of emotional labor on burnout (p = .036). Qualitative analysis identified four support components: peer-to-peer mentoring connections, workplace accommodations, engaged and empathetic supervision, and mental health resources.

conclusionWorkplace support is associated with reduced job burnout for public health equity workers, especially those whose jobs involve high levels of emotional labor. Few public health employers are providing needed emotional supports for their equity workers, but certain supports appear to be helpful in reducing job burnout.

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Burnout, ProfessionalHealth EquityChildChild HealthHumansJob SatisfactionPublic HealthSurveys and QuestionnairesWorkplaceEmotional laborEmployerEquityJob burnoutPublic Health DepartmentWorkplace support

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