Title
Home Visitor Professional Well-Being: What It Is and Why It Matters
Date
2022
Author(s)
Mariel Sparr, Colleen Morrison, Alex Joraanstad, Patrice Cachat, and Allison West
Brief Type
Report
Model(s)
Description
Home visiting increasingly looks to staff well-being to strengthen its workforce, yet similar to other fields, it has not clearly defined the concept. Viewed broadly, well-being comprises multiple domains—including physical, emotional, intellectual, social, financial, and spiritual. This breadth makes it challenging to define, assess, and increase well-being and to gauge the impact of related efforts. The Supporting and Strengthening the Home Visiting Workforce project identified gaps in knowledge about home visitor professional well-being and reflective supervision, and developed a conceptual model for each to support future research, policy, and practice. For its work on home visitor professional well-being, the project team focused on (1) workplace experiences unique to home visiting and (2) how they influence dimensions of well-being that impact home visitors’ practice with families.
Data Collection Methods
Status
Finished
For More Information
Sparr, M., Morrison, C., Joraanstad, A., Cachat, P., & West, A. (2022). Home visitor professional well-being: What it is and why it matters (OPRE Report No. 2022-102). Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration for Children and Families; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/home-visitor-professional-well-being-what-it-why-it-matters
Topics
- Home Visiting Workforce Characteristics and Workforce Development