Mental and Physical Well-Being of Frontline Health Care Workers During Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

"Stress First Aid (SFA) is an evidence-based intervention to mitigate the psychosocial impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Workers (HCWs). SFA was initially developed for the United States Navy and Marine Corps as a framework of actions for peer support delivered by individuals without mental health training. SFA is designed to teach simple, supportive actions that can be seamlessly integrated into work environments. SFA training focuses on five essential principles: cover (restore and support a sense of safety), calm (encourage simple strategies such as breathing), connect (engage in and promote social support), competence (improve ability to address crucial needs and concerns), and confidence (increase hope and limit self-doubt and guilt). In this study, we are adapting the SFA model to include HCW-specific examples of SFA actions and case scenarios specific to the COVID-19 pandemic and will implement SFA using a train-the trainer model."