Introduction

The demands of the public relations and communications profession are relentless, often leading to significant mental health challenges.

To address this, the Global Alliance Health and Wellbeing Month is dedicated to prioritizing the mental health and wellbeing of professionals worldwide.

This month-long initiative empowers individuals with practical tools, insights, and global expertise to foster mentally healthy workplaces and communities.

Key Program Elements:

• Two Expert-Led Webinars:

o January 13: "Myth Busting Resilience" Learn how resilience is built through adaptability and workplace culture, not personal endurance with Dr. Jaelea Skehan OAM, Everymind.

o January 30: "Mental Health Perspectives – Personal, Local, Global" featuring Dr. Michelle Funk and Dr. Celine Cole from the World Health Organisation.

• Exclusive Free Resources: Download FREE resources and tools to support your commitment to support your mental health

• Global SNAPSHOT: Be part of the 2025 launch of the Global Alliance Snapshot Report

Call to Action:

• Register for the Webinars: Secure your spot today to gain cutting-edge insights.

• Share the Content: Spread awareness within your network to drive collective action. Join us in promoting Heath and Wellbeing month to your professional community. Free downloadable communication assets and Stakeholder Communication Pack can be downloaded HERE.

• Download Free Resources: Empower yourself and your team with globally recognized tools.

This initiative underscores the Global Alliance's commitment to making mental health a global priority for the profession. By collaborating with leading opportunities like the World Health Organisation (WHO) QualityRights initiative, we aim to drive systemic change, reduce stigma, and create environments where professionals can thrive. Join us in championing this critical cause.

Best regards,

Jenny Muir - MPACS, Fellow – CPRA

Chair, Health and Wellbeing Month

Global Alliance Board Member

Here you can find Health & Wellbeing resources:

• National Mental Health Commission of Australian Government - Communication Toolkit - #ChatStarter

  https://www.headtohealth.gov.au/covid-19-support/chatstarter

• The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022

• Health & Wellness | June-July 2022 | PRSA

• A (small?) shift in perspective: from organizations towards employees being affected by crises - EUPRERA

• Physical Activity Recommendations for Different Age Groups | Physical Activity | DNPAO | CDC

• A guide to growing older (strategy-business.com)

• The new work–life balance (strategy-business.com)

• Mental Health references by CIPR

• EUPRERAtalks - Wellbeing in Public Relations and Communication Industries - video

• Stockholm+50

• Wellbeing Economies: A new economic approach for human and planetary health |Stockholm+50 Side Event

• PRCA MENA Mental Health Report 2021 - PRCA MENA

• CIPR and PRCA join forces to address industry’s mental health challenges - You're my CommsHero | Podcast on Spotify

• CIPR and PRCA relaunch joint mental health collaboration

• Robert Zuili, cofondateur de Work Well Together : “La relation est le produit de nos interactions émotionnelles”  (in French)

• Syndrome de l’imposteur : “L’expérience sensorielle et émotionnelle est transformatrice” (in French)

• COM-ENT - COM1CALL (in French)

• How digital technologies are influencing health information (in Spanish)

• CIPR – PRCA – HCA Heard Mentality Week – Facilitator´s guide

• CIPR INFLUENCE - Prioritising Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace

  https://influenceonline.co.uk/2021/05/26/prioritising-mental-health-and-wellbeing-in-the-workplace/

• Social Networks’ Engagement During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain: Health Media vs. Healthcare Professionals by Ana Pérez-Escoda, Carlos Jiménez-Narros, Marta Perlado-Lamo-de-Espinosa

  and Luis Miguel Pedrero-Esteban - Department of Communication, University of Nebrija, Spain

• Health information: journalistic sources and professional challenges (in Spanish)

• How digital technologies are influencing health information (in Spanish)

• Breathe in, breathe out – Hā ki roto, hā ki waho, by Fiona Cassidy

• Mental health of PR teams, by José Manuel Velasco

• Communication and Recognition equals to Wellbeing, by Luís Roberto (Portugal)

• Putting Emotional and Mental Wellbeing in the PR Profession Front and Centre, by Adrian Heng

• Health & Well-being Trends to Take Care of Our Human Capital, by Gladys Díaz

• Improved Communication in a time of Covid-19, by Pamela Yin Xiaodong

• United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Good Health and Wellbeing (Goal 3)
  https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/health/

• Healthy Cities Effective Approach to a Changing World
  https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240004825

• Healthy Cities Effective Approach to a Changing World
  https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014R0282&from=EN

• European Union Youth: Health and Wellbeing
  https://ec.europa.eu/youth/policy/youth-strategy/health-wellbeing_en

• World Economic Forum: Building Trust into Data Flows for Wellbeing and Innovation
  https://www.weforum.org/whitepapers/appa-authorized-public-purpose-access-building-trust-into-data-flows-for-well-being-and-innovation

• Mental Health Foundation: Five Ways to Wellbeing at Work Toolkit
  https://www.mentalhealth.org.nz/home/our-work/category/42/five-ways-to-wellbeing-at-work-toolkit

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Wellbeing Concepts
  https://www.cdc.gov/hrqol/wellbeing.htm

• UK Government: Guidance for the public on the mental health and wellbeing aspects of COVID-19
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-the-public-on-mental-health-and-wellbeing/guidance-for-the-public-on-the-mental-health-and-wellbeing-aspects-of-coronavirus-covid-19

• How I Stopped Being Busy... Some of the Time
  https://instituteforpr.org/lessons-earned-how-i-stopped-being-busysome-of-the-time/

• The organizational cost of insufficient sleep by McKinsey & Company
  https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/the-organizational-cost-of-insufficient-sleep

• Mental Health America: Mind the Workplace
  https://www.mhanational.org/sites/default/files/Mind%20the%20Workplace%20-%20MHA%20Workplace%20Health%20Survey%202017%20FINAL.PDF

• Diversity in Wellbeing by Mercer
  https://www.mercer.com/content/dam/mercer/attachments/global/gl-2018-diversity-in-wellness-mercer.PDF

• UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network: World Happiness Report 2020
  https://worldhappiness.report/

• Team wellbeing, a trigger for commitment and performance: a managerial point of view
  https://www.globalalliancepr.org/thoughts/2020/9/21/team-well-being-a-trigger-for-commitment-and-performance

• Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices
  https://www.thersa.org/globalassets/pdfs/reports/good-work-taylor-review-into-modern-working-practices.pdf

• 6 Ways for Leaders to Support Your Team’s Emotional Health
  https://www.prsa.org/article/6-ways-for-leaders-to-support-your-team-s-emotional-health

• PwC: Why corporate wellbeing initiatives need to get personal
  https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Why-corporate-well-being-initiatives-need-to-get-personal?gko=b757e&utm_source=itw&utm_medium=itw20200922&utm_campaign=resp

• ASEAN PR Network: Do Fun Exercise at Home
  https://www.instagram.com/p/CE56p4YgeMl/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

• Planning For 100-Year Life
  https://investmentsandwealth.org/getattachment/3dd7890e-d15b-4e48-bfdd-3857e85b9dca/IWM18JanFeb-PlanningFor100YearLIfe.pdf

• COM-ENT: Happiness and work, a whole story!
  https:/www.com-ent.fr/bonheur-et-travail/

• Joy: Using strategic communication to improve wellbeing and organizational success
  https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/Joy/?k=9781800432413

• World Economic Forum: A Global Framework for Youth Mental Health
  https://www.weforum.org/reports/a-global-framework-for-youth-mental-health-db3a7364df

• Easing back into exercise? This 30-minute workout is perfect for beginners
  https://www.today.com/series/start-today/anna-victoria-shares-beginner-friendly-workout-routine-t126144

• The Lancet Psychiatry: Mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(20)30308-4/fulltext#seccestitle10

• Mental Health Ireland
  https://www.mentalhealthireland.ie/five-ways-to-wellbeing/

• Mental Health Hotline for CIPR Members
  https://newsroom.cipr.co.uk/iprovision-launches-mental-health-hotline-for-cipr-members/

• How a three-day off-site 'changed my life'
  https://instituteforpr.org/lessons-earned-how-a-3-day-off-site-changed-my-life/

• Good Work
  https://www.strategy-business.com/feature/Good-Work

• Mental Health Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean
  http://www.mercermarshbeneficios.com.br/capital-intelectual/investigaciones/tendencias-saude-mental-america-latina.html

• Working in 90-Minute Intervals Is Powerful for Your Body and Job
  https://www.inc.com/wanda-thibodeaux/why-working-in-90-minute-intervals-is-powerful-for-your-body-and-job-according-t.html?fbclid=IwAR3JPMmctlWu5NCfhuyWbx2vxPZ8-d5bbvQUbuUSbDti8SJr53brPPumQb0

• Guidelines for reporting on severe mental illness in the context of violence and crime
  https://www.pria.com.au/news-item/5242/mindframe-announces-new-guidelines-for-reporting-on-severe-mental-illness-in-the-context-of-violence-and-crime

• Barclays: Dynamic Working
  https://home.barclays/content/dam/home-barclays/documents/news/2018/dynamic-working.pdf

• Spending just two hours a week in nature is linked to better health and wellbeing
  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44097-3

• Ellen Greene Honored as Strategic Counselor and Mentor in Health Care Communications
  https://www.prsa.org/news/2020/08/24/ellen-greene-honored-as-strategic-counselor-and-mentor-in-health-care-communications