Health Center Workforce Well-being Initiative

Published on January 18, 2023

HRSA operates the federal Health Center Program and wants to support and enhance the well-being of health center staff across the country. HRSA will administer its first national Health Center Workforce Well-being Survey to identify factors that impact workforce well-being, recruitment, retention, and the quality of patient care at our health centers. The survey will launch in the fall of 2022. It will be open to all full- and part-time staff across HRSA-supported health centers. The results will help HRSA develop plans and national strategies to solve problems that many health centers and staff have in common. These plans and strategies will help health centers improve the work life experience for everyone on the staff.

To learn more, see HRSA's Health Center Workforce Well-being Initiative webpage here.

Measures of Workforce Well-being

HRSA’s survey examines the following four measures of workforce well-being.

  • Job satisfaction: Sense of fulfillment working at the health center
  • Engagement: Interests and connectivity to work, colleagues, and workplace
  • Burnout: Feelings of emptiness, work overload, and exhaustion
  • Intention to stay: Plans to stay at the health center
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