TY - JOUR
T1 - Creating a culture of health in planning and implementing innovative strategies addressing non-communicable chronic diseases
AU - Tzikari-Segal, Chariklia
AU - De Luca, Vincenzo
AU - Santana, Silvina
AU - Romano, Rosa
AU - Tramontano, Giovanni
AU - Scattola, Paola
AU - Celata, Corrado
AU - Gelmi, Giusi
AU - Ponce Marquez, Sara
AU - Lopez-Samaniego, Luz
AU - Zavagli, Veronica
AU - Halkoaho, Arja
AU - Grimes, Corrina
AU - Tomas, Maria Teresa
AU - Fernandes, Beatriz
AU - Calza, Laura
AU - Speranza, Patrizia
AU - Coppola, Liliana
AU - Jager-Wittenaar, Harriët
AU - O'Caoimh, Ronan
AU - Pietila, Anna-Maija
AU - Carriazo, Ana Maria
AU - Apostolo, Joao
AU - Iaccarino, Guido
AU - Liotta, Guiseppe
AU - Tramontano, Donatella
AU - Molloy, William
AU - Triassi, Maria
AU - Viggiani, Vincenzo
AU - Illario, Maddalena
N1 - References
PY - 2019/2/26
Y1 - 2019/2/26
N2 - Ongoing demographic changes are challenging health systems worldwide especially in relation to increasing longevity and the resultant rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). To meet these challenges, a paradigm shift to a more proactive approach to health promotion, and maintenance is needed. This new paradigm focuses on creating and implementing an ecological model of Culture of Health. The conceptualization of the Culture of Health is defined as one where good health and well-being flourish across geographic, demographic, and social sectors; fostering healthy equitable communities where citizens have the opportunity to make choices and be co-producers of healthy lifestyles. Based on Antonovsky's Salutogenesis model which asserts that the experience of health moves along a continuum across the lifespan, we will identify the key drivers for achieving a Culture of Health. These include mindset/expectations, sense of community, and civic engagement. The present article discusses these drivers and identifies areas where policy and research actions are needed to advance positive change on population health and well-being. We highlight empirical evidence of drivers within the EU guided by the activities within the thematic Action Groups of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Aging (EIP on AHA), focusing on Lifespan Health Promotion and Prevention of Age-Related Frailty and Disease (A3 Action Group). We will specifically focus on the effect of Culture on Health, highlighting cross-cutting drivers across domains such as innovations at the individual and community level, and in synergies with business, policy, and research entities. We will present examples of drivers for creating a Culture of Health, the barriers, the remaining gaps, and areas of future research to achieve an inclusive and sustainable asset-based community.
AB - Ongoing demographic changes are challenging health systems worldwide especially in relation to increasing longevity and the resultant rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). To meet these challenges, a paradigm shift to a more proactive approach to health promotion, and maintenance is needed. This new paradigm focuses on creating and implementing an ecological model of Culture of Health. The conceptualization of the Culture of Health is defined as one where good health and well-being flourish across geographic, demographic, and social sectors; fostering healthy equitable communities where citizens have the opportunity to make choices and be co-producers of healthy lifestyles. Based on Antonovsky's Salutogenesis model which asserts that the experience of health moves along a continuum across the lifespan, we will identify the key drivers for achieving a Culture of Health. These include mindset/expectations, sense of community, and civic engagement. The present article discusses these drivers and identifies areas where policy and research actions are needed to advance positive change on population health and well-being. We highlight empirical evidence of drivers within the EU guided by the activities within the thematic Action Groups of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Aging (EIP on AHA), focusing on Lifespan Health Promotion and Prevention of Age-Related Frailty and Disease (A3 Action Group). We will specifically focus on the effect of Culture on Health, highlighting cross-cutting drivers across domains such as innovations at the individual and community level, and in synergies with business, policy, and research entities. We will present examples of drivers for creating a Culture of Health, the barriers, the remaining gaps, and areas of future research to achieve an inclusive and sustainable asset-based community.
KW - healthy ageing
KW - national health
KW - cultural change
KW - engagement
KW - welfare
KW - volksgezondheid
KW - cultuurverandering
KW - engagement
KW - welzijn
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/10d0aa58-eeab-3480-8417-1bc8d0854691/
U2 - 10.3389/fsoc.2019.00009
DO - 10.3389/fsoc.2019.00009
M3 - Article
C2 - 33869336
SN - 2297-7775
VL - 4
SP - 9
JO - Frontiers in Sociology
JF - Frontiers in Sociology
ER -