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Psychological Health & Safety An action guide for employers | Planning Planning Determination of key psychological health indicators across the organization, selection of actions, and specification of objectives. Thoughtful preparation is essential if efforts to improve PH&S within an organization are to be successful. Consider the intended goals and objectives: What sorts of inputs (financial resources, time, staffing) are required and what indicators will demonstrate impact? What will be required to sustain these efforts over time? Planning is based on initial and ongoing assessment to identify the particular issues or risk factors of greatest relevance for your organization. This will identify problems most needing attention, opportunities for change, and organizational strengths to build on. Planning also sets the stage for evaluating the effectiveness of your efforts. Maximizing the relevance and effectiveness of different interventions requires taking into account employee characteristics like gender, ethnicity and preferred language; and organizational characteristics including small versus large, public versus private sector, urban versus rural, and type of business. Interventions occur at different stages and have varying primary objectives: health promotion to enhance the general psychological health of the workforce; primary prevention to reduce the likelihood of psychological injury; secondary prevention for early identification of psychological problems; and tertiary prevention to ensure optimal treatment of mental health conditions as well as to reduce disability and support work return. We recommend action at more than one stage. Interventions may be carried out at the individual level, e.g., taking action to enhance the psychological health of designated employee groups, or at the organizational level, e.g., acting to reduce risk factors associated with the workplace environment. A combination of both approaches is often preferable. 11 

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of MHCC Online Guide - January 2012

MHCC Online Guide - January 2012
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
About the Guide
The P6 Framework and ISO Format
Policy
Planning
Promotion
Prevention
Process
Persistence
PH&S in Small Business
Psychological Health and Safety of Managers: A Critical Issue
Integrating Mental Health Care and the Workplace
Closing Comments

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