Fostering Optimal Regulation of Emotion for Prevention of Secondary Trauma (FOREST)

Description

FOREST is a positive emotion skills program designed to target mental health and coping needs for frontline violence prevention workers at UCAN. Ten skills are taught over a period of nine months during existing meetings and wellness activities, as well as in online modules in UCAN's Learning Management System (LMS). Through infusing the FOREST skills throughout UCAN, we hope to inspire organizational culture change that will emphasize the importance of wellbeing and enhance resilience, therefore reducing burnout and turnover.

Conditions

Burnout, Burnout, Professional, Positive Affect, Depression, Anxiety, Compassion Fatigue, Job Stress

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

FOREST is a positive emotion skills program designed to target mental health and coping needs for frontline violence prevention workers at UCAN. Ten skills are taught over a period of nine months during existing meetings and wellness activities, as well as in online modules in UCAN's Learning Management System (LMS). Through infusing the FOREST skills throughout UCAN, we hope to inspire organizational culture change that will emphasize the importance of wellbeing and enhance resilience, therefore reducing burnout and turnover.

Fostering Optimal Regulation of Emotion for Prevention of Secondary Trauma (FOREST): Implementation and Evaluation of a Burnout Prevention Program for Staff in Gun Violence Prevention Programs

Fostering Optimal Regulation of Emotion for Prevention of Secondary Trauma (FOREST)

Condition
Burnout
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Chicago

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Age 18 and over
  • * Currently employed by UCAN
  • * Has internet access
  • * Speaks and reads English
  • * None

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Northwestern University,

Judith Moskowitz, PhD, MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Northwestern University

Study Record Dates

2026-08-31