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Psych Health and Safety USA - Trailer
Psych Health and Safety USA - Trailer
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2 minutes
Released:
Jun 11, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
The goal of the Psych Health and Safety USA podcast is to increase awareness of the importance of psychological health and safety, grow the community of psych health and safety advocates, and help reduce exposure to psychosocial hazards in workplaces in the United States.
Each episode will feature not only guests with expertise in health and safety, psychology, academia, policymaking, and thought leadership but others with lived experience involving exposure to psychosocial hazards in a variety of work settings and environments.
Each episode will feature not only guests with expertise in health and safety, psychology, academia, policymaking, and thought leadership but others with lived experience involving exposure to psychosocial hazards in a variety of work settings and environments.
Released:
Jun 11, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (96)
Psychological Health and Safety in Government - with Mayor Maria Mitchell: Much of the focus regarding safety in the United States is on private sector organizations, given that the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 exempts state and local governments that do not have state plans. This fact, combined with the complex and often highly political nature of public services, often creates significant risk for government and public sector employees based on the diversity and extent of hazards they are exposed to, including psychosocial hazards. The environment can be even more hazardous for workers with cultural differences from the majority in a workplace. The episode features Mayor Maria Mitchell of the City of Miami Springs, Florida. She is not only an extremely skilled and experienced safety professional but a national leader in efforts to provide for the safety of government and public sector workers. Mayor Mitchell will share her perspective on physical and psychological safe by Psych Health and Safety Podcast USA