Towards an Evidence-Based Model of Workplace Postvention

Clements, A (通讯作者),Univ Western Australia, Sch Allied Hlth, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
2023-1
This instrumental case study explored what suicide postvention might offer workplaces using the example of a large metropolitan funeral company. A mixed methods approach was utilized to examine staff experiences with suicide bereavement funerals and responses to a bespoke postvention training package. Staff found funerals due to suicide difficult in terms of communication, engagement and emotionality. These challenges were commonly characterized by increased tension and concern. In the absence of a postvention informed approach, staff had developed individual ways to negotiate the identified challenges of this work. The introduction of a staff-informed postvention training package delivered improvements in staff confidence with communication, understanding and management of the impact of suicide bereavement, and increased willingness to share information about postvention services with families and mourners. The findings indicated that benefits of the training could be extended through organizational governance and integration of supports. The findings are used to inform a model of workplace postvention together with a methodology incorporating staff experience and organizational context.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
卷号:20|期号:1
收录类别:SCIE
语种
英语
来源机构
University of Western Australia; University of Melbourne; University of Tasmania; University of Western Australia
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
0
2013以来使用计数
0
EISSN
1660-4601
出版年
2023-1
DOI
10.3390/ijerph20010142
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
suicide postvention bereavement funerals workplaces health and safety
WOS学科分类
Environmental Sciences Public, Environmental & Occupational Health