The Health of Health Care Professionals
Lauren Holtzclaw, Katherine R. Arlinghaus, Craig A. Johnston
Abstract
Health care professionals represent a population at high risk for poor health. Although this may be counterintuitive given their expertise in health, the high stress and long hours of many medical work environments present challenges for health care professionals to engage in healthy lifestyle behaviors. This is extremely problematic for the health and well-being of both health care professionals and the patients they treat. Medical settings are encouraged to implement interventions that intervene at both the enviornmental and personal level to help faciliate behavior change among health care providers.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineCounterintuitiveHealth careHealth professionalsNursingPsychological interventionPopulation healthWork (physics)Public healthEconomic growthEconomicsEpistemologyPhilosophyEngineeringMechanical engineeringHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutWorkplace Health and Well-beingSleep and Work-Related Fatigue