AHA guidance on improving employee health and engagement
Dr KK Aggarwal
The American Heart Association (AHA) has released an evidence review report titled “Resilience in the Workplace: An Evidence Review and Implications for Practice”, with practical actionable guidance for employers looking to implement resilience training programs. According to the report, resilience is an emerging, innovative strategy to improve employee health and productivity, and organizational performance.
The CEO Roundtable is the AHA’s leadership collaborative with 30-plus member CEOs who represent some of the nation’s largest employers who are committed to applying evidence-based approaches to improve their employees’ overall health.
Studies suggest resilience training may be a useful primary prevention strategy for employers to improve employee health and engagement. Although there is no consensus on how to define resilience, the report says that “resilience can be considered, in general, the ability to withstand, recover and grow in the face of stressors and changing demands”.
Resilience training aims to develop or strengthen a person’s ability to withstand, recover and bounce back from adversity and may improve the ability to cope with, and recover from negative workplace stressors.
In an online employee of 1,001 working adults within the US, which has also been included in the report, 73% said that their participation in resilience training programs improved their health a great deal or fair amount; specifically, they reported having more energy (51%), exercising regularly (45%), and improved quality of life (41%).
(Source: AHA News Release, October 11, 2017)
Dr KK Aggarwal
The American Heart Association (AHA) has released an evidence review report titled “Resilience in the Workplace: An Evidence Review and Implications for Practice”, with practical actionable guidance for employers looking to implement resilience training programs. According to the report, resilience is an emerging, innovative strategy to improve employee health and productivity, and organizational performance.
The CEO Roundtable is the AHA’s leadership collaborative with 30-plus member CEOs who represent some of the nation’s largest employers who are committed to applying evidence-based approaches to improve their employees’ overall health.
Studies suggest resilience training may be a useful primary prevention strategy for employers to improve employee health and engagement. Although there is no consensus on how to define resilience, the report says that “resilience can be considered, in general, the ability to withstand, recover and grow in the face of stressors and changing demands”.
Resilience training aims to develop or strengthen a person’s ability to withstand, recover and bounce back from adversity and may improve the ability to cope with, and recover from negative workplace stressors.
In an online employee of 1,001 working adults within the US, which has also been included in the report, 73% said that their participation in resilience training programs improved their health a great deal or fair amount; specifically, they reported having more energy (51%), exercising regularly (45%), and improved quality of life (41%).
(Source: AHA News Release, October 11, 2017)
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