Social determinants of health and the well-being of the early care and education workforce: the role of psychological capital
Charlotte V. Farewell,
Priyanka Shreedar,
Diane Brogden
et al.
Abstract:Purpose
The early care and education (ECE) workforce plays a pivotal role in shaping early childhood developmental trajectories and simultaneously experiences significant mental health disparities. The purpose of this study is to investigate how social determinants of health and external stressors are associated with the mental health of ECE staff, which represent a low-resourced segment of the workforce; how psychological capital (psycap) can mitigate these associations.
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