Building Community Resilience Program

Established in 2021, NYCEAL consists of approximately 40 organizational partners and 120 Community Health Workers (CHWs). Over the next four years (2024-2028), NYCEAL will work with this network to implement the following intervention: Building Community Resilience Program (BCR). To assess the impact of this intervention, an implementation research framework will be used, and pre- and post-surveys conducted, and other process evaluation measures collected. Changes in outcomes measures such as stress, resilience, overall wellbeing, and other related outcomes for participants in the BCR program will be measured for community healthcare workers and/or frontline workers that receive educational workshops.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Able to consent

- Able to fill out the screening RedCap short survey

- Have access to a computer or smart gadget that will allow participant to be able to join the zoom call

- English speaking

- Living in NYC (5 boroughs)

- 18+ years of age (no upper bound age limit)

- Working with an NYCEAL CBO participating in BCR programming

Exclusion Criteria: An individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:

- Incapacitated to an extent that they are unable to comprehend a conversation or communicate effectively in a group setting

- Unable to consent to be part of the study

- Does not have access to a computer or smart gadget that will allow participant to be able to join the zoom call

- Does not speak English

- Not living in NYC

- Not 18+ years of age

- Not working with an NYCEAL CBO participating in BCR programming

Conditions:
• Burnout, Psychological
• Stress, Psychological