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  • Factors That Affect Emergency Responder Wellbeing: Considerations for Public Health Responders

  • Tsega Gebreyesus, Julia Cohen, Bobby Rasulnia, Sachiko Kuwabara
  • Journal:
    Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness / Volume 16 / Issue 2 / April 2022
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    05 April 2021, pp. 809-817
  • Purpose:

    The purpose of this study is to identify key risk factors that could negatively affect public health emergency responders’ health and wellbeing. We seek to use this information to provide recommendations and strategies to mitigate such risks.

    Design/Methodology/Approach:

    A narrative review of the peer-reviewed literature on wellbeing of military personnel and other responders was conducted. Data was grouped and categorized according to overarching domains.

    Findings:

    Factors associated with wellbeing were categorized into 5 domains: (1) demographics; (2) mental health concerns; (3) social networks; (4) work environment; and (5) postdeployment life. The strategies identified to promote wellbeing included mental health assessments, preparedness trainings, debriefs in the field, postdeployment debriefs, resources in the field, and further postdeployment decompression strategies.

    Originality/Value:

    This study provides a unique understanding of the risk factors associated with poor health and wellbeing outcomes in public health emergency response work by extending the body of knowledge that focuses on other types of emergency and military response.