Strategies to Promote Psycho-social Wellbeing among Health Care Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic

Psycho-social Wellbeing among Health Care Worker

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic has created multiple challenges for health care workers. Challenges in family, workplace, and community impact the psycho-social wellbeing of the HCW. To overcome the psycho-social ill health, strategies should be planned at the level of individual, health system, and community. At the individual level, formulating a new routine that incorporates healthy and optimistic behavior such as exercising, journaling, writing gratitude journal should be encouraged. At the workplace, strategies should address the physiological, safety, relationship, and self-esteem needs as identified in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. At the community level, the HCW needs to be respected and encouraged.