Employee mental health is a business imperative, impacting productivity, engagement, retention, and healthcare costs. Yet, many organizations struggle to move from awareness to action, relying on surface-level wellness initiatives that fail to address underlying challenges. HERO tackles this issue through a variety of initiatives, helping employers create meaningful, evidence-based strategies. This session will feature a two-part discussion based on two HERO publications published last year: a comprehensive evaluation of 66 validated workforce mental health assessments, and an employer’s guide to mental health and well-being resources.
Assessments are a powerful yet underutilized tool to assist in driving meaningful change. This session will review HERO’s published research and expand upon it with a practical framework for selecting, evaluating, and implementing assessments that align with organizational needs. Attendees will learn how to navigate the vast landscape of assessment tools, ensure employee participation and trust, and translate data into actionable strategies. By integrating assessments into a broader mental health initiative, organizations can move from reactive solutions to a proactive, data-driven approach that fosters a mentally healthy, high-performing workplace.
In HERO’s best practice workforce mental health and well-being framework, the fourth element is to “provide and promote access to evidence-based, high quality mental health care.” The list of resource options in the commercial market is as wide as it is deep, which can confound and paralyze decision makers. The goal of this session is to offer straightforward guidance: each of the five categories will be clearly defined, key insights into each category will be offered along with questions to ask a prospective vendor partner, and potential red flags will be identified. The solutions that will be covered include behavioral health benefits, employee assistance programs, digital mental health, informational resources, and mental health training.
Sponsored by Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive Category I continuing education contact hours. Provider ID#101039
