Category Archives: Human Health

#WellnessWednesday – Occupational Wellbeing Tip: Give team members the opportunity to provide feedback of their own in a respectful, perhaps anonymous, way. Train team members on the basics of providing effective feedback.

A short video describing how to use the the Animal Depopulation Resiliency Check-in Tool (ADRCT) is now available in English and Spanish. The ADRCT is a 5-question public health protocol for stakeholders who are preparing for, participating in, and recovering from animal depopulation. It is available in French, Spanish, and English.

#WellnessWednesday – Intellectual Wellbeing Tip: Increase your self-awareness and intention around the opinions you hold. Do you have all the facts? Are you ignoring information or data that is valid and worthy of evaluation?

#Wellness Wednesday – Financial Wellbeing Tip: Provide support for establishing and navigating retirement plans for your employees.

#WellnessWednesday – Emotional Wellbeing Tip: Provide positive reinforcement and encouragement when a team member prioritizes healthy boundary setting between home and work.

Wellness Wednesday – Intellectual Wellbeing Tip: Institute a weekly journal club with your colleagues, where you rotate choosing a recent scientific article for everyone to read and come together to discuss. How about something from the latest issue of the Journal of Swine Health and Production, or a paper presented at the AASV Annual Meeting?

Wellness Wednesday – Physical Wellbeing Tip: Get your hearing tested for FREE at the AASV Annual Meeting! Thanks to efforts by the AASV Human Health, Safety, and Well-being Committee, basic hearing tests will be available at no charge to attendees at the 2024 AASV Annual Meeting in Nashville Monday, February 26.

Wellness Wednesday – Emotional Wellbeing Tip: Allow for time off to see mental health professionals and make medical appointments.

Wellness Wednesday – Environmental Wellbeing Tip: Incorporate live plants into the workplace – being cognizant of toxicities if animals are around.

Wellness Wednesday – Occupational Wellbeing Tip: Include allocations for continuing education for all the members of your practice in your organization’s budget, and be supportive when time-off is requested for such opportunities. We hope everyone has support to attend the AASV Annual Meeting! Register by Feb 2 for the early bird rate at https://aasv.org/annmtg/index.php