Burnout is a psychosocial condition of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment, experienced by many health and human service professionals, especially those who work in the HIV service field. Using a cross-sectional survey design, this study determines the extent of burnout, the quality of resilience (i.e., sense of coherence), and the levels of health status in a convenience sample of NYC HIV service providers, obtained from a pool of training participants from the New York City Department of Health HIV Training Institute. In this sample, the prevalence rates for low emotional exhaustion and low depersonalization are higher than the rates for moderate or high levels of the same characteristics; yet, low personal accomplishment has a higher prevalence than moderate or high levels of the same characteristics. Moderate resilience (i.e., sense of coherence) also exists in the sample. Health status scores are better than average. The existence of low personal accomplishment and moderate SOC warrants attention in future U.S. studies. Burnout, resilience, and health status in HIV service providers of foreign countries, especially South Africa, may also be worth investigating to foster new ideas that can make HIV / AIDS a manageable disease in those countries.
Learning Objectives: As a result of viewing this poster presentation, learners will be able to: 1)Define the terms burnout, sense of coherence, and health status 2)Describe the prevalence of burnout variables in a sample of NYC HIV service providers 3)Assess the relationship between burnout, sense of coherence, and health status variables in a sample of NYC HIV service providers 4)Discuss the implications of the study results on the well-being of HIV service providers in the U.S. and other parts of the world
Keywords: Workplace Stressors, HIV/AIDS
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: New York City Department of Health
I have a significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.
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