Side Affects Episode 143 | The Missing Piece in Corporate Wellness: Mental Health First Aid

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Tiffany says MB trained 146 clients in mental health first aid across seven sessions.

1. McGohan Brabender Side Affects focuses on population health and mental health first aid training for workplace wellness. 2. Kenzie McEvely hosts, Dave Holman co-hosts, and Tiffany Cook joins as MB's Director of Population Health. 3. The episode asks how employers can use data, training, and compliance to build a wellness program that actually works. 4. Tiffany says the population health team worked with about 620 MB clients in 2024. 5. MB added a population health specialist and a population health data strategist to connect wellness programming with data analytics. 6. Dave says MB has 'really pushed all of our chips' into a data-driven approach. 7. Tiffany says that approach is meant to connect wellness strategies with medical premium outcomes. 8. She says mental health was addressed before COVID, but the pandemic made it a necessity for organizational culture. 9. Tiffany cites a stat that 77% of workers are experiencing work stress. 10. She says employers should survey employees if they are not hearing much feedback directly. 11. Tiffany says mental health first aid helped her see early signs, worsening signs, and crisis-level situations. 12. She describes the course as a framework for knowing how to approach someone in distress. 13. MB chose to certify instructors so clients could receive a tangible certification and not just information. 14. Tiffany says the instructor certification required three full days of eight-hour sessions, a full day of teach-back, and two observed teaching sessions. 15. MB completed seven sessions in about six to eight weeks and brought the course to 146 clients. 16. Tiffany says one attendee emailed that the training had already been used at her office the week after the session. 17. The discussion moves into EEOC rules, incentive limits, and the structure of corporate wellness programs. 18. Tiffany and Dave keep the tone practical, conversational, and focused on examples from MB client work. 19. Listeners who manage benefits, HR, or wellness programs will get direct guidance. 20. Listeners looking for personal stories or light entertainment may skip it.

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