Proactive Prevention & Supportive Prevention
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• Is meant to mitigate harm.
• The key tactics to achieve this are through
mental health promotion, and primary
prevention programs.
• These universal preventions are targeted
to facilitate skills that support general
mental health.
• e.g., resiliency programming, stigma
campaigns, leadership development,
mental fitness journeys, psychological
demands assessment.
• Provide employees access to targeted
supports for defined challenges or needs.
• In workplace mental health, early
intervention (access to appropriate
supports) can assist preventing escalation
or complication of a presenting challenge.
• e.g., extended benefits, psychological
services, critical incident support,
duty to inquire, EFAP counselling,
respectful workplace interventions,
investigations/resolutions.
Proactive prevention Supportive prevention
Today what percent of your programs and policies are proactive and supportive?
