Conceptualising Health: Insights from the Capability Approach

Law, Iain; Widdows, Heather

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“…In the ICF, the WHO no longer gives health the position of a final outcome but rather describes it as a determinant or an input for participation (5). In recent descriptions, health is viewed as a capability (20), a process of constant adaptation (21), or a meta-capability: a condition necessary in order to enable people to accomplish valuable goals in their lives (22). Thus, in just a few decades, ideas concerning the role of health have changed dramatically: from output to input, from state to process, and from target to agent.…”

Section: The Changing World Of Work Health and Employabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable employability – definition, conceptualization, and implications: A perspective based on the capability approach

Klink¹,

Bültmann²,

Burdorf³

et al. 2015

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Work and health play an entirely different role in the life course than before, necessitating new models. A definition and model of sustainable employability is presented based on Amartya Sen's capability approach, challenging researchers, policy-makers and practitioners to look for what is important and valuable in a given (work) context and whether people are able and enabled to realize this. Affiliation 71Discussion paper Scand J Work Environ Health 2016;42(1):71-79. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3531 Sustainable employability -definition, conceptualization, and implications: A perspective based on the capability approach By Jac JL van der Klink, PhD,1, 2 Ute Bültmann, PhD, 2 Alex Burdorf, PhD,3 Wilmar B Schaufeli, PhD,4,5 Fred RH Zijlstra, PhD,6 Femke I Abma, PhD, 2 Sandra Brouwer, PhD, 2 Gert Jan van der Wilt, PhD 7 Van der Klink JJL, Bültmann U, Burdorf A, Schaufeli WB, Zijlstra FRH, Abma FI, Brouwer S, Van der Wilt GJ. Sustainable employability -definition, conceptualization, and implications: A perspective based on the capability approach. Scand J Work Environ Health 2016;42(1):71-79. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3531Objectives The aim of this paper is to propose a new model of sustainable employability based on the capability approach, encompassing the complexity of contemporary work, and placing particular emphasis on work-related values.Methods Having evaluated existing conceptual models of work, health, and employability, we concluded that prevailing models lack an emphasis on important work-related values. Amartya Sen's capability approach (CA) provides a framework that incorporates a focus on values and reflects the complexity of sustainable employability.Results We developed a model of sustainable employability based on the CA. This model can be used as starting point for developing an assessment tool to investigate sustainable employability.Conclusions A fundamental premise of the CA is that work should create value for the organization as well as the worker. This approach challenges researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners to investigate what people find important and valuable -what they would like to achieve in a given (work) context -and moreover to ascertain whether people are able and enabled to do so. According to this approach, it is not only the individual who is responsible for achieving this; the work context is also important. Rather than merely describing relationships between variables, as existing descriptive models often do, the CA depicts a valuable goal: a set of capabilities that constitute valuable work. Moreover, the CA fits well with recent conceptions of health and modern insights into work, in which the individual works towards his or her own goals that s/he has to achieve within the broader goals of the organization. Correspondence to JJL van der Klink, Tilburg University, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tranzo, Scientific Center for Care and Welfare, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg. The Netherlands. [E-mail: j.j.l.vdrklink@uvt.nl] In his recent book, The Strength...

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Section: The Changing World Of Work Health and Employabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable employability – definition, conceptualization, and implications: A perspective based on the capability approach

Klink¹,

Bültmann²,

Burdorf³

et al. 2015

Scand J Work Environ Health

215

300

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“…Burchardt 2004;Mitra 2006;Terzi 2005a, b) andhealth (e.g. Hopper 2007;Law and Widdows 2008;Venkatapuram 2011). Of course, it also relies on the literature on disability models (e.g.…”

Section: The Human Development Modelmentioning

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Disability, Health and Human Development

Mitra

2018

SSRN Journal

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“…This framework proposes an innovative approach to examining and enhancing the quality of life and wellbeing of individuals by considering the opportunities available to them, their personal values, their ability to avail those opportunities, the availability of resources and the contextual characteristics to achieve desirable outcomes in their lives (4,7). It can be considered that all 5 concepts in this framework are interrelated and sufficient to reinforce the power of each other.…”

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The capability approach: a guiding framework to improve population health and the attainment of the Sustainable Developmental Goals

Hirani¹,

Richter²

2017

East Mediterr Health J

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The world is progressing in terms of communication, innovative technology and cure of various diseases through advanced pharmacological preparations. Unfortunately, populations are still struggling with ill-health, disabilities, poverty, hunger, inequality, gender disparities and conflicts. Several questions come to mind in this regard: why are prosperity, health, peace and progress not evenly distributed and what is the best approach to address the issues associated with population health? The capability approach may offer a possible model. This approach is a blend of 5 key concepts: capabilities, functioning, agency, endowment, and conversion factors. It proposes an innovative approach to examine and enhance the quality of life and wellbeing of individuals. This reflective paper provides an overview of the capability approach, critically analyses population health from the theoretical lens of the capability approach and highlights the relevance of this approach to achieving the Sustainable Developmental Goals. RÉSUMÉ Le monde évolue dans les domaines de la communication, des technologies innovantes et de la guérison de différentes maladies grâce à des traitements pharmaceutiques avancés. Malheureusement, les populations continuent de lutter contre la mauvaise santé, le handicap, la pauvreté, la faim, les inégalités, les disparités entre les sexes et les conflits. Plusieurs questions se posent à cet égard : pour quelles raisons la prospérité, la santé, la paix et le progrès ne sont-ils pas répartis de façon égale et quelle est la meilleure approche pour régler les problèmes liés à la santé des populations ? L'approche par les capacités pourrait servir de modèle potentiel. Elle repose sur cinq concepts clés, à savoir : les capacités, les fonctionnements, l'agentivité, les ressources, et les facteurs de conversion. Elle propose une méthode innovante pour analyser et améliorer la qualité de vie et le bien-être des individus. Le présent document de réflexion offre un aperçu de l'approche par les capacités, procède à une analyse critique de la santé des populations à travers le prisme théorique de l'approche par les capacités et souligne la pertinence de cette approche dans la réalisation des objectifs de développement durable. ‫املستدامة‬ ‫التنمية‬ ‫أهداف‬ ‫وحتقيق‬ ‫السكان،‬ ‫صحة‬ ‫لتحسني‬ ‫توجيهي‬ ‫عمل‬ ‫إطار‬ ‫القدرات:‬ ‫عىل‬ ‫القائم‬ ‫النهج‬‫املتوسط‬ ‫لرشق‬ ‫الصحية‬ ‫املجلة‬ ‫العرشون‬ ‫و‬ ‫الثالث‬ ‫املجلد‬ ‫األول‬ ‫العدد‬ 47

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Conceptualising Health: Insights from the Capability Approach

Cited by 52 publications

References 25 publications

Sustainable employability – definition, conceptualization, and implications: A perspective based on the capability approach

Sustainable employability – definition, conceptualization, and implications: A perspective based on the capability approach

Disability, Health and Human Development

The capability approach: a guiding framework to improve population health and the attainment of the Sustainable Developmental Goals

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