Magnet4Europe - Improving mental health and Wellbeing in the health care workplace

The Magnet4Europe study aims to implement and evaluate the evidence-based Magnet model of organizational redesign in 60 hospitals in 5 European countries. The Magnet concept will be implemented via several means including one-to-one twinning with Magnet recognized hospitals bottom-up participatory engangement of staff in the hospitals a European learning collaborative and support from policymakers to promote success and sustainability and a critical mass of institutions. Magnet4Europe uses a mixed method evaluation design (RCT and qualitative process evaluation) to determine direct and indirect effects on mental health outcomes satisfaction and cost effectiveness. 

Kleine, J., Maier, C.B., Köppen, J., Busse, R. (2023). Magnet^®-Krankenhäuser: Eine Chance für Deutschland?. In: Klauber, J., Wasem, J., Beivers, A., Mostert, C. (eds) Krankenhaus-Report 2023. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-66881-8_7, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-66881-8_7

W. Sermeus, L.H. Aiken, et al. (2022): A workplace organisational intervention to improve hospital nurses’ and physicians’ mental health: study protocol for the Magnet4Europe wait list cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ open, 12(7), e059159. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059159

C.B. Maier, J. Köppen, J. Kleine (2022): Das Arbeitsumfeld in Krankenhäusern verbessern. Erste Erfahrungen in der Umsetzung des Magnet-Konzepts in deutschen Krankenhäusern – Das Magnet4Europe Projekt. Die Schwester Der Pfleger, 61(8).

J. Kleine, J. Köppen, C.B. Maier (2022): Umgestaltung des Arbeitsumfelds von Pflegefachpersonen und Ärzt:innen in europäischen Krankenhäusern. Soziale Sicherheit.

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