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Introduction to the Handbook of Salutogenesis

Maurice B. Mittelmark  1
Maurice B. Mittelmark  1 , Shifra Sagy  2 , Monica Eriksson  3 , Georg F. Bauer  4 , Jürgen M. Pelikan  5 , Bengt Lindström  6 , Geir Arild Espnes  7
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In: The Handbook of Salutogenesis [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer; 2017. Chapter 1.
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Introduction to the Handbook of Salutogenesis

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This chapter explains the need for this Handbook of Salutogenesis. It clarifies the role in this book project of the Working Group on Salutogenesis of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education. The helpful role of the World Health Organization in bringing salutogenesis to the health promotion arena is acknowledged. It is pointed out that significant contributions to salutogenesis are in the literatures of nursing science, psychology, sociology, educational science, medicine, public health, health services research, and more. The editors and authors have made a concerted effort to write a book that is useful to this broad array of disciplines and specialties, and many chapter authors have affiliations reflecting the diversity. The editors have long been aware that important developments in salutogenesis are published in many languages other than English. This Handbook therefore aims to illuminate non-English salutogenesis literature in a major Part devoted to that purpose.

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