Rosemary Ricciardelli, Elizabeth Andres, Meghan M Mitchell, Bastien Quirion, Diane Groll, Michael Adorjan, Marcella Siqueira Cassiano, James Shewmake, Martine Herzog-Evans, Dominique Moran, Dale C Spencer, Christine Genest, Stephen Czarnuch, James Gacek, Cramm Heidi, Katharina Maier, Jo Phoenix, Michael Weinrath, Joy MacDermid, Margaret McKinnon, Stacy Haynes, Helen Arnold, Jennifer Turner, Anna Eriksson, Alexandra Heber, Gregory Anderson, Renee MacPhee, Nicholas Carleton
INTRODUCTION: Knowledge about the factors that contribute to the correctional officer's (CO) mental health and well-being, or best practices for improving the mental health and well-being of COs, have been hampered by the dearth of rigorous longitudinal studies. In the current protocol, we share the approach used in the Canadian Correctional Workers' Well-being, Organizations, Roles and Knowledge study (CCWORK), designed to investigate several determinants of health and well-being among COs working in Canada's federal prison system...
December 8, 2021: BMJ Open