The Wellbeing Economy is within reach—let’s grasp it for better health

Kickbusch, Ilona; Demaio, Sandro; Grimes, Arthur; Williams, Carmel; Leeuw, Evelyne de; Herriot, Michele

doi:10.1093/heapro/daac055

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“…One of the recognised challenges of implementing wellbeing economic policy is identifying the level at which to actlocal, city, region or nationto ensure there are early wins encouraging commitment in the long term. 5 The Waitaha/Canterbury HiAP approach, highlighted in the Greater Christchurch Spatial Plan assessment criteria described above, adds to the growing number of examples of city and regions supporting a wellbeing agenda. Beginning with a focus on the health impacts of urban planning, the foundations of a regional HiAP approach were already in place when the earthquake sequence of 2010/2011 provided a catalyst for cross-sector collaboration around wellbeing.…”

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“…Aotearoa New Zealand has been recognised globally for producing the first explicit wellbeing budget. [3][4][5] To address the complex problems, the wellbeing budget described an integrated approach to decision-making that would break down silos across government. This new approach focuses on the outcomes of present and future generations while tracking progress with a broad range of success metrics such as the health of the country's finances, natural resources, people and communities.…”

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“…10 While many countries are now progressing a wellbeing agenda at a national scale there are also now some examples of cities and regions taking this approach. 5 These include Amsterdam, Barcelona, Portland and Edmonton, amongst others. 11 This brief report uses the WHO Four Pillars framework to describe how HiAP approaches have been used to build understanding of a shared societal goal of equitable wellbeing for all community members while supporting implementation of local and regional government activities to achieve that goal in Greater Christchurch, New Zealand.…”

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A “bottom up” Health in All Policies program: Supporting local government wellbeing approaches

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Issue Addressed: A wellbeing economy requires multiple inputs to enable the wholistic vision of a sustainable healthy population and planet. A Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach is a useful way to support policy makers and planners to implement the activities required to support a wellbeing economy.Outline of the Project: Aotearoa New Zealand's Government has explicitly set a path towards a wellbeing economy. Here, we report the utility of a HiAP approach in Greater Christchurch, the largest urban area in the South Island of New Zealand, to achieving the shared societal goals of a sustainable healthy population and environment. We use the World Health Organisation draft Four Pillars for HiAP implementation as a framework for discussion.So What?: The paper adds to the growing number of examples of city and regions supporting a wellbeing agenda, specifically focused on some of the successes and challenges for local HiAP practitioners working within a public health unit in influencing this work.

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“…First, the public good should be the organizing principle for the public sector and democratic institutions. As such, it has the potential to bring sectors and stakeholders together around common goals [ 17 , 44 , 45 ]. Universal wellbeing is increasingly framed as an ultimate public good that is dependent on co-creation across the whole of society [ 12 , 44 ] and is not intuitively sectorized through divisions of responsibility.…”

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“…A ‘wellbeing economy’ situates economic systems as mechanisms to serve the common good and safeguard public interests rather than pursuing economic growth as a mission on its own terms. It is a way of organizing the economy to meet the needs of all within the needs of the planet [ 14 , 45 ]. A wellbeing economy values and monitors what really matters for people to matter and flourish.…”

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From public health to public good: Toward universal wellbeing

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Prilleltensky

Ness

et al. 2022

Scand J Public Health

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We aim to consolidate recent trends in public health into a reconceptualization of the field as public good. We build on several strands of theory, research and action to formulate a more impactful future for the field. Our argument comprises three main parts. In the first part, we describe the central components of the proposed public good: conditions of justice, experiences of mattering, and outcomes of subjective and objective wellbeing. In the second section, we identify continua of practices that paint a trajectory from traditional public health to ecological and participatory public health, to universal wellbeing framed as a public good. The continua are defined in terms of assumptions, practices and roles. Among others, these continua pertain to capabilities, scope of the field, ecological focus, timing of intervention, role of citizen, role of professional, role of settings and role of government. Finally, the third section introduces a series of strategies and recommendations to make the narrative of universal wellbeing as public good a reality.

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A Wellbeing Index for South Australia

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2023

Health Prom J of Aust

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Issue addressed Wellbeing SA, an independent South Australian government agency, developed a Wellbeing Index for South Australia across a 12‐month period in 2021–2022 to enable the measurement of wellbeing outcomes for the state. Methods The development of the Index was a methodical process based on two key emphases—evidence‐based action and working in partnership. The steps included a scoping of existing wellbeing measurement frameworks and then working with a broad range of partner agencies to define the purpose, scope and structure for the Index and subsequently the content (indicators, their measures and the most robust data available). Results A Wellbeing Index for South Australia was launched in June 2022 on the Wellbeing SA website. It is structured against domains of physical, mental, social/community, Aboriginal cultural wellbeing and the underpinning determinants of wellbeing. Conclusions The Index communicates the importance and the breadth of wellbeing outcomes addressed by the various health promotion and policy actors in South Australia and provides a sound basis for monitoring the wellbeing of the community over time. So what? Measuring wellbeing is identified by proponents of a Wellbeing Economy as one useful mechanism, alongside legislation, policy and funding, for shaping a broader definition of a successful society. The health promotion community, and their partners, have a role to play in promoting the importance of a broad definition of wellbeing, and in identifying robust and meaningful indicators. This paper offers other jurisdictions insights into the process used, and challenges encountered, in creating the Index.

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The Wellbeing Economy is within reach—let’s grasp it for better health

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A “bottom up” Health in All Policies program: Supporting local government wellbeing approaches

A “bottom up” Health in All Policies program: Supporting local government wellbeing approaches

From public health to public good: Toward universal wellbeing

A Wellbeing Index for South Australia

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