1. A case study: do you address your volunteers’ well-being or mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic? If so, how?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Robotham, Daniel J. (author), Windon, Suzanna R. (author), and Echols, Ann E. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2024-09-08
- Published:
- USA: Clemson University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 208 Document Number: D13248
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 62(3)
- Notes:
- 7 pages, The uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic had a profound negative impact on volunteer mental health and well-being. We surveyed local non-profit organizational leaders about their practices toward addressing volunteer well-being and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study results indicated that while over a quarter of organizations did nothing to address volunteer well-being, other organizations utilized several approaches, including one-on-one and group meetings, program implementation, office culture investment, task assignment, and information dissemination. These findings provide valuable insight for Extension educators to develop community mental health and well-being programs to assist non-profit organizations' response to future uncertainty.