1、Tracking PTE exposure and organisational responses:A guide on good practice system principlesAlexandra HowardDirector,Disasters and Public Health EmergenciesNatural Hazards Research Forum,June 20251.1.Guidance document overviewGuidance document overviewDevelopment of the guideBackground and drive2.2
2、.Good practice principlesGood practice principlesElements modelPrinciples and subprinciples3.3.Using Using the guidethe guidePlans and next stepsPresentation overviewDevelopment of the guidance documentBackground and driveAs we know,fire and emergency service workers are exposed workers are exposed
3、to PTEs to PTEs throughout their rolesAnswering the call survey found clear association between clear association between PTE&psychological distress and PTSD PTE&psychological distress and PTSD(within the context of other organisational stressors)Agencies are using a range of psychosocial risk manag
4、ement initiatives,including tracking systems.However,there was little consensus little consensus on best practice for tracking system.Call for improved tracking Call for improved tracking of PTEs&organisational responses to help improve psychosocial safetyAlso increasing recognition of need to ident
5、ify,monitor,and address psychosocial hazards in the workplace within legislationWho:Who:Research project conducted in 2024 by Phoenix Australia Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health.Initiated by AFAC Mental Health and Wellbeing Group Funded by Natural Hazards Research AustraliaAims:Aims:To determin
6、e the best(good)practice for tracking workers exposure to traumatic events(PTEs)in fire&emergency services;and organisational responses to workers exposure to traumatic events Findings to support fire&emergency service agencies to align their current practice for tracking cumulative exposure to PTEs