Main description:

Understanding Wellbeing is an accessible introduction to the concept of wellbeing and its relevance to areas of health and social policy.

Understanding Wellbeing provides students, professionals and practitioners of health and social care with the essential resources for understanding and promoting wellbeing. The book includes case studies, activities and reflection points to engage the reader with both the theory and its practical application.

The book provides an overview of the concept of wellbeing and its relationship with and role in health, including:

Psychological aspects of wellbeing - mind/body influences, psychology, spirituality
Physical aspects of wellbeing - food, exercise, genetics, health promotion
Social approaches to wellbeing - social policy, culture, environment, housing, education, information

The Editors:

The late Anneyce Knight, who died in 2021, had retired earlier that year from her role as Associate Dean for Global Engagement and Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing at Bournemouth University, where she was also the Programme Leader for the Return to Nursing Practice course.

The late Allan McNaught was Principal Lecturer at the University of Greenwich.

The authors are a multi-professional group of health academics with considerable national and international experience across the statutory and non-statutory sectors.

Contents:

Part 1: Overview

1 Defining Wellbeing

Allan McNaught

2 Wellbeing and Health

Stella Jones-Devitt

3 Ethics and Wellbeing

Nevin Mehmet

4 Monitoring and Evaluating Wellbeing Projects

Carlos Moreno-Leguizamon and Clarence Spigner

Part 2: Psychological Aspects of Wellbeing

5 Psychoneuroimmunology and Wellbeing

Christine Stacey

6 Psychological Aspects of Wellbeing

Ben Bruneau

7 Spirituality and Wellbeing

Anneyce Knight and Qaisra Khan

Part 3: Physical Aspects of Wellbeing

8 Food and Wellbeing

Stuart Spear

9 Exercise and Wellbeing

Alfonso Jimenez, Silvano Zanuso and Mark Goss-Sampson

10 The Genetics and Genomics of Wellbeing

Harry Chummun

11 Promoting Wellbeing in Long-term Conditions

Silvano Zanuso and Alfonso Jimenez

Part 4: Social Approaches to Wellbeing

12 Social Policy and Wellbeing

Allan McNaught and Simten Malhan

13 Public Health, Wellbeing and Culture: A Critical Perspective

Clarence Spigner and Carlos Moreno-Leguizamon

14 Environment and Wellbeing

Veronica Habgood

15 Housing, the Built Environment and Wellbeing

Jill Stewart and Fiona Bushell

16 Education and Wellbeing

Bill Goddard

17 Wellbeing and the Workplace

Kate Beaven-Marks, Anneyce Knight and Bill Goddard

18 Information for Wellbeing

Anne Gill

Conclusion

Anneyce Knight and Allan McNaught