Advocacy
Championing initiatives that prioritize wellbeing
Championing initiatives that prioritize wellbeing is at the core of our mission to transform health systems. Through engagement, education, stakeholder collaboration, and awareness efforts, we work to advance initiatives that support mental health, reduce burnout, and promote the overall wellbeing and resilience of health professionals.
Our Initiatives
Advancing Health Professional Wellbeing
We promote policies that policies that protect and uplift Arizona’s healthcare workforce. Our priorities include reducing regulatory burdens, addressing mental health stigma, and investing in a diverse, resilient workforce to ensure quality care for all Arizonans.
Signature Advocacy Efforts
By uniting voices across organizations, we amplify our collective impact on policies that matter most. We successfully led the effort to proclaim March 18 as Health Workforce Wellbeing Day in Arizona, with 35 organizations voicing their support for the proclamation. We continue to advocate for health workforce wellbeing in all major statewide initiatives.
Eliminating Mental Health Questions & Regulatory Burden
Arizona is one of the only states to pass legislation removing outdated mental health questions from all healthcare licensing applications. On April 1, 2025, Governor Hobbs signed HB2173 into law—supporting the wellbeing of healthcare professionals by allowing them to seek care without fear of jeopardizing their license. The Wellbeing Collaborative played a key role as a strategic convener, bringing stakeholders together to drive this change and advance a more sustainable health ecosystem in Arizona.
Join Us
Make a Commitment to Wellbeing
Join the Wellbeing Collaborative on a transformational journey to improve the wellbeing of Arizona’s health workforce. By signing the Wellbeing Commitment, you become part of a collective effort to ensure quality, safe, accessible, and compassionate care for all Arizona communities.
While this list won’t be publicly shared, signatories will be engaged directly in future initiatives and gain early access to select programs, resources, and collaborative opportunities.
As an individual, you commit to:
- Caring for your own mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing.
- Voicing your observations, needs, and ideas to improve workplace wellbeing.
- Advocating for policies and practices that prioritize healthcare workforce wellbeing.
- Supporting a culture of wellbeing for your colleagues.
As an organization, you commit to:
- Publicly declaring your commitment to the health workforce’s wellbeing.
- Creating and sustaining environments that value and support healthcare professionals.
- Establishing goals and using evidence-based practices to improve organizational wellbeing.
- Listening to the voices of healthcare workers and integrating their insights into strategies.
- Collaborating statewide to advance wellbeing initiatives and outcomes.
“So grateful to be working alongside this incredible group of humans and health leaders! Hope all health professionals in AZ will join us and the Wellbeing Collaborative to ensure we can move together towards making our workplaces and the regulatory landscape healthier and our work more sustainable.”
— Jasleen Chhatwal, MBBS, MD, CPE, DFAPA, Chief Medical Officer, Sierra Tucson, University of Arizona —