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What is SALUTOGENESIS
What is SALUTOGENESIS
is an approach to health that asks: “What creates and sustains health?” rather than only “What causes disease?” Developed by medical sociologist Aaron Antonovsky and introduced in his 1979 book Health, Stress and Coping, it focuses on the actions and resources that help people move towards better state of health, while living with stress, uncertainty and adverse conditions.
National Library of Medicine - The Handbook of Salutogenesis, Mittelmark et al. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-04600-6
How does it work in practice
How does it work in practice
Our everyday actions shape the natural, built, and social systems around us. These systems, in turn, shape the conditions in which we live—from the food and spaces we can access to the relationships and opportunities available to us.
Those conditions influence our health, capabilities, and quality of life, which then affect our capacity and choices to act.
This continuous feedback loop connects how we care for our surroundings with how our surroundings sustain us.
image source: "the ease/dis-ease continuum". (from Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Lindström & Eriksson)
The Science behind it
The Science behind it
Salutogenesis (Salus=health + genesis=origina) explores the resources and conditions that support health, rather than focusing only on what causes disease (pathogenesis).
It views health as a continuum: we can move towards greater wellbeing even while living with illness, stress or uncertainty.
At the heart of this approach is a sense of coherence—the feeling that life is understandable, manageable and meaningful:
Comprehensibility: being able to make sense of what is happening.
Manageability: having resources and support to meet life’s demands.
Meaningfulness: feeling that engagement and effort are worthwhile.
These resources are not simply a matter of mindset. They include knowledge, practical skills, supportive relationships and material conditions that help people navigate everyday life.
A simple and clear explanation can be read on “Salutogenesis as a Theory, as an Orientation and as the Sense of Coherence”, a chapter in The Handbook of Salutogenesis (2022) https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-79515-3_3Keep Moving Forward
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For those who like to investigate and learn more
Sources and references used in this pageFor those who like to investigate and learn more
- ScienceDirec,t In subject area: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/epigenetic-mechanism
- Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. Kanherkar RR, Bhatia-Dey N and Csoka AB (2014) Epigenetics across the human lifespan. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2014.00049 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cell-and-developmental-biology/articles/10.3389/fcell.2014.00049/full
- ACCSCIENCE Publishing, Epigenetics: Definition, Mechanisms. Journal: INNOSC Theranostics and Pharmacological Science 2024
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