Proceedings From a National Summit on Workplace Mental Health and Well-being: A Focus on the Graduate Academic
Enid Chung Roemer1, Ron Z Goetzel, Meghan F Davis
1From the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland (E.C.R., R.Z.G., M.F.D., E.J.M.); Institute for Health and Productivity Studies, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland (E.C.R., R.Z.G., Y.Z., K.B.K.); Johns Hopkins P.O.E. Total Worker Health® Center in Mental Health, Baltimore, Maryland (E.C.R., R.Z.G., M.F.D., Y.Z., K.B.K.); Gallup, Washington, DC (J.H.); Johns Hopkins School of Education, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland (E.O.M.); The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (J.M.T.); University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (L.H.); University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (K.J.S.); and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, Ohio (J.V.).
Objective:
The aim of the study is to spotlight the challenges, gaps, and opportunities to improve workforce mental health and well-being in higher education institutions.
Methods:
We convened a full-day summit of subject matter experts from academia, business, government, and practice to share research and best practices on workplace mental health.
Results:
Highlights from the summit are presented in this paper covering the importance of leadership and culture; the mental health costs associated with being a Black STEM scholar; the role of the environment; case studies of three university mental health and well-being programs; and the future of work.
Conclusions:
Establishing a culture of caring requires leadership commitment, strategic planning, accountability and shared responsibility, and measurement and evaluation. Higher education institution leaders are called to lead by example; foster community partnerships; adopt a Total Worker Health framework; and regularly evaluate progress.
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