Well-being and well-becoming through the life-course in public health economics research and policy

A new infographic

Datos Bibliográficos

ID22086166
AutoresRhiannon Tudor Edwards (0000-0003-4748-5730, Bangor University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen10
Páginas1035260-1035260
Fecha de publicación2022-12-23
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
EditorialFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2022.1035260
PMID36620241
OpenAlexW4312173428
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas20

Background: The term "well-becoming" is not new, but is not routinely used in our everyday language or in research in public health economics. It has been applied in early years research. Well-becoming can be thought of as our multitude of life-journeys toward meaning and purposefulness. Objective: To develop a new infographic in the spirit of the Dahlgren and Whitehead rainbow infographic of social determinants of health. The purpose being to redefine well-being as a process of growth through life, articulated as well-becoming. Methods: A rapid review of life-course stage appropriate models of well-being was undertaken with stages of the life-course as defined as: preconception and birth; early years; adolescence; working, parenting and caring; older age, and death. Infographics in this area were identified and the information above was used to design a new infographic with the concept of well-being and well-becoming at its center. Results: A new infographic reflecting an underlying concept of "the wheel of life" is presented. It shows movement through the life-course at its center, with concentric rings summarizing personal, local, and national and global factors that have an impact on well-being and well-becoming of individuals through the life-course. Of note, is the inclusion of death, which is a topic often avoided. Prepared during 2021-22, the infographic reflects the role of pandemic and war within the national and global ring of influential factors. I reflect on three ways in which health economists are currently using a life-course approach and the concept of well-becoming in the economic evaluation of individual programs and at a population level of government policy. Conclusion: Moving from solely focusing on a concept of well-being to a concept of well-being and well-becoming acknowledges the influence that socioeconomic and other conditions in a particular life-course stage have on subsequent life-course stages, and the cost-effectiveness of intervening across the life-course

Infographic · Life course approach · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Computer Science · Global Health Care Issues · Health, psychology, and well-being · Medicine · Nursing · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology