Total Worker Health® Employer Crisis Preparedness

This course can help you center employee well-being and safety during disaster preparedness planning. It is an introduction to what employers should consider to protect workers in the event of disasters such as severe weather, acts of violence, and infectious disease outbreaks. It also addresses strategies for overcoming obstacles to preparedness planning. It is appropriate for professionals in human resources, risk management, occupational and environmental health and safety, and operations, as well as managers in any sector, anywhere in the United States.

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the rationale for applying TWH concepts to employer crisis preparedness.
• List the essential components of a TWH employer crisis preparedness plan.
• List the best practices in crisis leadership and communication.
• Describe policies and resources to promote mental health resilience in employees

Learning activities include videos, brief readings, a TWH Employer Crisis Preparedness Guide and Workbook, and Reflect and Engage application activities. Total estimated course time is 2 hours. The course time does NOT include the time involved in implementing the crisis preparedness planning activities in the workplace.

Participants who complete all required course activities will receive a certificate of completion to claim educational credit from professional accrediting boards.

Instructors

Suzanne Nobrega, PhD, Center Co-Director and Outreach Director, Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Cora Roelofs, ScD, Research Affiliate, Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace, University of Massachusetts Lowell

This course is NOT pre-approved by professional licensing bodies; however, participants who complete all required course activities will receive a certificate of completion that can be used to claim educational credit from professional accrediting boards.