Publications by authors named "Brooke L Werneburg"

In response to encounters involving misconduct, discrimination, and harassment toward healthcare workers, the Experience Training, Education, and Coaching (XTEC) team was tasked with empowering staff members to respond to biased requests and misconduct appropriately and consistently. The aim of this article is to discuss communication strategies for how to respond to patient bias and misconduct. XTEC developed a training program with two focused communication strategies: (1) SAFER, a stepped approach to respond to patient and visitor misconduct and (2) ASAP, an approach for responding to patient bias which we describe as requests related to race, religion, ethnicity, gender, and other personal attributes of staff.

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Objective: To assess the effect of a 12-week Stress Management and Resilience Training (SMART) program on happiness, life satisfaction, gratitude, mindfulness, spirituality, and stress in health care workers.

Participants And Methods: Participants were members of an employee wellness center at an academic health care center. Participants were enrolled as cohorts of 12 to 18 individuals and received the intervention at an employee wellness center from February 19, 2013, to February 27, 2017.

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Objectives: The high prevalence of stress at the workplace has been well documented; however, few studies have investigated the efficacy of worksite resiliency programs. Therefore, the objec- tive of this project was to examine the impact of a worksite resilience training program on improving resiliency and health behaviors in healthcare employees.

Methods: Between 2012 and 2016, 137 adult wellness center members of a healthcare institution participating in a single-arm cohort study of a 12-week resiliency training program were assessed at baseline, end of intervention, and at 3-month follow-up.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the association between having a high stress level and health behaviors in employees of an academic medical center.

Methods: Beginning January 1, 2009, through December 31, 2013, an annual survey was completed by 676 worksite wellness members.

Results: Each year, about one-sixth of members had a high stress level, high stress individuals visited the wellness center less often, and most years there was a significant relationship (P < 0.

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Objective: To learn more about the potential psychosocial benefits of wellness coaching. Although wellness coaching is increasing in popularity, there are few published outcome studies.

Patients And Methods: In a single-cohort study design, 100 employees who completed the 12-week wellness coaching program were of a mean age of 42 years, 90% were women, and most were overweight or obese.

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Objectives: To identify client priorities prior to wellness coaching, and examine motivational improvements for health behaviors on follow-up.

Methods: Clients completed a wellness questionnaire at baseline (before coaching) and at a 3-month follow-up. Overall, 177 participants (92% female, average age 42.

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High stress is a prevalent problem in the worksite. To reduce stress, improve productivity, reduce absenteeism, and lower healthcare costs, many companies offer exercise classes or stress management programmes. Although physical activity is an important component of stress management, few worksites have integrated physical activity into their comprehensive stress reduction programmes.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study aimed to investigate the quality of life (QOL) changes associated with using a worksite wellness center over a year.
  • It involved 1,151 employees, primarily female, who had access to fitness classes, nutritional education, and wellness coaching.
  • Results indicated that high-frequency users of the center experienced significant improvements in physical QOL, while low users faced declines in mental QOL.
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Purpose: Examine the relationship between stress level and quality of life at a worksite wellness center.

Design: A survey completed when joining the wellness center. Setting .

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