Helping People Access Pr EP A Frontline Provider

Charlie Romero Please. Pr. EPMe ©Please. Pr. EPMe. org. All rights reserved.

MODULE 8: SELF CARE AND HEALTHY TEAMS Topics and Themes • • • Examples

MODULE 8: SELF CARE AND HEALTHY TEAMS What is Self Care? Self care is

MODULE 8: SELF CARE AND HEALTHY TEAMS Tips for Practicing Self Care • Make

MODULE 8: SELF CARE AND HEALTHY TEAMS Coping with Vicarious Trauma • Pr. EP

MODULE 8: SELF CARE AND HEALTHY TEAMS Healthy Team Culture • Workplace cultures may

MODULE 8: SELF CARE AND HEALTHY TEAMS Strategies for Fostering Healthy Team Culture Although

MODULE 8: SELF CARE AND HEALTHY TEAMS GUEST PRESENTER Yamini Oseguera-Bhatnagar POWER Health Coordinator

MODULE 8: SELF CARE AND HEALTHY TEAMS Yamini Oseguera-Bhatnagar HIVE ©Please. Pr. EPMe. org.

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Helping People Access Pr. EP: A Frontline Provider Training on Pr. EP Research, Care, and Navigation • • Module 1: Introduction to Pr. EP Module 2: Pr. EP Science Module 3: Client-Centered Navigation Practices Module 4: Initial Assessments: Getting to Know Your Clients ©Please. Pr. EPMe. org. All rights reserved. • • Module 5: Linkage to Pr. EP Care Module 6: Paying for Pr. EP Module 7: Starting Pr. EP, Adherence, and Ongoing Pr. EP Care Module 8: Self Care and Healthy Teams Series Module Titles

MODULE 8: SELF CARE AND HEALTHY TEAMS Topics and Themes • • • Examples of self care How to put self care into practice Coping with vicarious trauma Strategies for fostering healthy team culture GUEST PRESENTER: Yamini Oseguera-Bhatnagar POWER Health Coordinator HIVE ©Please. Pr. EPMe. org. All rights reserved.

MODULE 8: SELF CARE AND HEALTHY TEAMS What is Self Care? Self care is not a luxury. Self care is vital to our emotional and physical well-being, and gives us the resources we need to be able to be present and provide care for others. Self-care activities vary from person to person. A few examples include: • • reading journaling going for a walk packing something special or comforting for lunch listening to music or an audiobook watching a movie taking a relaxing shower or bath exercising ©Please. Pr. EPMe. org. All rights reserved. • • volunteering getting together with friends cooking or baking learning a new skill or craft spending time in nature taking a trip calling a friend or family member watching funny cat videos

MODULE 8: SELF CARE AND HEALTHY TEAMS Tips for Practicing Self Care • Make a list of self-care activities and tools you can fit into your work schedule or have on hand in your workspace, such as: - listening to music during breaks - using a free meditation app - taking a walk around the block - warming up with a cozy hoodie or heating pad - keeping a stash of emergency snacks • Make one or more self-care activities part of a ritual to begin and end your workday. • Put self-care activities on your calendar, just like other appointments. • Make self care routine. Don’t wait until you feel stressed, numb, or burnt out. ©Please. Pr. EPMe. org. All rights reserved.

MODULE 8: SELF CARE AND HEALTHY TEAMS Coping with Vicarious Trauma • Pr. EP navigators may experience “vicarious trauma” from hearing about traumas in clients’ lives • They may witness or be the object of symptoms of those traumas • Symptoms of vicarious trauma may include: - Feeling numb or shut down - Difficulty managing emotions - Increased irritability - Feelings of hopelessness ©Please. Pr. EPMe. org. All rights reserved. - Physical issues, such as sleep disruption, fatigue, headaches, muscle tension - Relationship problems, such as withdrawing from friends and family or avoiding intimacy • In the short term, make sure your basic needs are being met: - Do you need something to eat or drink? - Do you need a break, or a safe place to rest?

MODULE 8: SELF CARE AND HEALTHY TEAMS Healthy Team Culture • Workplace cultures may reward “going above and beyond” • It can be easy to lose sight of our own needs, or feel like they matter less • A healthy team culture: - acknowledges the vicarious trauma and other challenges staff may face - respects and values all team members - supports team members’ self-care strategies - sets protocols for supporting team members’ emotional wellbeing - communicates that team members are valued and their experience matters ©Please. Pr. EPMe. org. All rights reserved.

MODULE 8: SELF CARE AND HEALTHY TEAMS Strategies for Fostering Healthy Team Culture Although some sites may be under-resourced, busy, and/or understaffed, there are many ways to promote a healthy team culture: • Champion self-care and resiliency practices rather than championing over-working • Create and disseminate messaging that states your site’s support for staff of all genders, sexualities, races, religions, abilities, sizes, family structures, cultures, and places of origin • Encourage staff to be open about workplace challenges and ask for help when they need it • Make it a habit for leadership to ask, “How can I support you? ” ©Please. Pr. EPMe. org. All rights reserved. • Start meetings with a brief “check-in” prompt, such as: - “What did you do to take care of yourself over the weekend? ” - “Name one difficult thing AND one good thing that happened this week. ” • Establish protocols to cover staff when they need an unscheduled break • Make sure employee insurance plans include mental health care benefits • Include “mental health days” in employee benefits • Ask staff to share their communication preferences and work style

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Acknowledgments and Permissions Please. Pr. EPMe is grateful to the National Library of Medicine and the National Coalition of STD Directors for funding the development and production of this course. Updates and permissions: • All efforts have been made to provide current data and information. Training modules will be updated as Pr. EP research, access, and clinical guidelines evolve. • It is intended that these modules and individual slides be used as prepared, without changes in either content or attribution. We ask users to honor this intent. • The complete slide set is available for download at www. pleaseprepme. org/prepnavtraining. ©Please. Pr. EPMe. org. All rights reserved.