A global framework for integrating public health into wellbeing: why a public wellbeing system is needed
There is a growing focus on public health initiatives that prioritize wellbeing. The main question of our study is whether this, in its current form, can really represent a new response to the challenges of previous strategies, or whether there is a greater chance that it will essentially reproduce...
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| author | László L. Lippai László L. Lippai Klára Tarkó Klára Tarkó Attila Tanyi Attila Tanyi Zsófia Kollányi Zsófia Kollányi Mária Arapovics József Vitrai József Vitrai |
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| description | There is a growing focus on public health initiatives that prioritize wellbeing. The main question of our study is whether this, in its current form, can really represent a new response to the challenges of previous strategies, or whether there is a greater chance that it will essentially reproduce the problems associated with the paradoxical situation of public health. Based on a review, analysis and evaluation of the literature on wellbeing in public health, we outlined the foundations of a new meta-theory of wellbeing and a possibility for its social application. In our view, wellbeing is seen as a social representation of a combination of positive and negative freedom of choice concerning the quality of everyday life, used in a positioning process involving both individual and collective aspects. Health is a particular aspect of the social representation and positioning of wellbeing, which encompasses aspects of the physical, psychological, social and spiritual functioning of individuals. The wellbeing meta-theory also opens up the possibility for more effective solutions to the social challenges related to wellbeing and salutogenetic health. It underscores the importance of the need for a dedicated social subsystem where the goals and organizational culture of the organizations involved are focused on wellbeing and health promotion. In our study, we consider this to be the Public Wellbeing System (PWS). Our conclusion is that the development and operation of a new set of institutions—the Public Wellbeing System (PWS)—based on the co-production of services that meet the needs and demands of society, and dedicated to the promotion of wellbeing, may provide an opportunity to overcome the public health paradox. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-81860e30af8a49e6845b6bd45905ca842025-02-06T07:09:26ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652025-02-011310.3389/fpubh.2025.14544701454470A global framework for integrating public health into wellbeing: why a public wellbeing system is neededLászló L. Lippai0László L. Lippai1Klára Tarkó2Klára Tarkó3Attila Tanyi4Attila Tanyi5Zsófia Kollányi6Zsófia Kollányi7Mária Arapovics8József Vitrai9József Vitrai10Institute of Applied Health Sciences and Environmental Education, University of Szeged, Szeged, HungaryMTA-SZTE Health Promotion Research Group, Szeged, HungaryInstitute of Applied Health Sciences and Environmental Education, University of Szeged, Szeged, HungaryMTA-SZTE Health Promotion Research Group, Szeged, HungaryDepartment of Philosophy (IFF), UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, NorwayCorvinus Institute of Advanced Study (CIAS), Corvinus University, Budapest, HungaryMTA-SZTE Health Promotion Research Group, Szeged, HungaryDepartment of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, HungaryDepartment of Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, HungaryMTA-SZTE Health Promotion Research Group, Szeged, HungaryDepartment of Preventive Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, Széchenyi István University, Gyor, HungaryThere is a growing focus on public health initiatives that prioritize wellbeing. The main question of our study is whether this, in its current form, can really represent a new response to the challenges of previous strategies, or whether there is a greater chance that it will essentially reproduce the problems associated with the paradoxical situation of public health. Based on a review, analysis and evaluation of the literature on wellbeing in public health, we outlined the foundations of a new meta-theory of wellbeing and a possibility for its social application. In our view, wellbeing is seen as a social representation of a combination of positive and negative freedom of choice concerning the quality of everyday life, used in a positioning process involving both individual and collective aspects. Health is a particular aspect of the social representation and positioning of wellbeing, which encompasses aspects of the physical, psychological, social and spiritual functioning of individuals. The wellbeing meta-theory also opens up the possibility for more effective solutions to the social challenges related to wellbeing and salutogenetic health. It underscores the importance of the need for a dedicated social subsystem where the goals and organizational culture of the organizations involved are focused on wellbeing and health promotion. In our study, we consider this to be the Public Wellbeing System (PWS). Our conclusion is that the development and operation of a new set of institutions—the Public Wellbeing System (PWS)—based on the co-production of services that meet the needs and demands of society, and dedicated to the promotion of wellbeing, may provide an opportunity to overcome the public health paradox.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1454470/fullquality of lifepsychological wellbeingpublic healthhappinesssocial determinants of health |
| spellingShingle | László L. Lippai László L. Lippai Klára Tarkó Klára Tarkó Attila Tanyi Attila Tanyi Zsófia Kollányi Zsófia Kollányi Mária Arapovics József Vitrai József Vitrai A global framework for integrating public health into wellbeing: why a public wellbeing system is needed Frontiers in Public Health quality of life psychological wellbeing public health happiness social determinants of health |
| title | A global framework for integrating public health into wellbeing: why a public wellbeing system is needed |
| title_full | A global framework for integrating public health into wellbeing: why a public wellbeing system is needed |
| title_fullStr | A global framework for integrating public health into wellbeing: why a public wellbeing system is needed |
| title_full_unstemmed | A global framework for integrating public health into wellbeing: why a public wellbeing system is needed |
| title_short | A global framework for integrating public health into wellbeing: why a public wellbeing system is needed |
| title_sort | global framework for integrating public health into wellbeing why a public wellbeing system is needed |
| topic | quality of life psychological wellbeing public health happiness social determinants of health |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1454470/full |
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