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In: The Handbook of Salutogenesis [Internet]. 2nd edition. Cham (CH): Springer; 2022. Chapter 1.
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Affiliations
Affiliation
1 Department of Health Promotion and Development, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Book Affiliations
1 Department of Health Promotion and Development, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
2 Center of Salutogenesis, Division of Public and Organizational Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
3 Department of Social Sciences, Health and Society, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
4 University of Vienna, and WHO-Collaborating Centre for Health Promotion in Hospitals and Healthcare, Austrian National Public Health Institute (Gesundheit Österreich GmbH), Vienna, Austria
5 Martin Springer Center for Conflict Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva, Israel
6 Department of Health Sciences, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden
7 NTNU Center for Health Promotion Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
8 Centre for Health Promotion and Participation, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Lucerne, Switzerland
1 Department of Health Promotion and Development, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Book Affiliations
1 Department of Health Promotion and Development, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
2 Center of Salutogenesis, Division of Public and Organizational Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
3 Department of Social Sciences, Health and Society, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
4 University of Vienna, and WHO-Collaborating Centre for Health Promotion in Hospitals and Healthcare, Austrian National Public Health Institute (Gesundheit Österreich GmbH), Vienna, Austria
5 Martin Springer Center for Conflict Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva, Israel
6 Department of Health Sciences, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden
7 NTNU Center for Health Promotion Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
8 Centre for Health Promotion and Participation, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Lucerne, Switzerland
Part I provides an overview of the development of the field of salutogenesis, as background for the remaining chapters in The Handbook of Salutogenesis. Chapter 2 by Bengt Lindström reviews mileposts in the development of the field from the late 1990s until today. Chapter 3 by Maurice Mittelmark and Georg Bauer is a revision and expansion of a chapter in the 2017 Edition, meant to convey some of the main ways the term ‘salutogenesis’ is used today. Chapter 4 is of particular importance in this Handbook. Written by Aaron Antonovsky’s son Avishai Antonovsky, and by one of his closest colleagues and former PhD student, Shifra Sagy; this revised chapter from the 2017 Edition provides the first biography of the founding father of salutogenesis. Chapter 5, also from the 2017 Edition, is a summary of Antonovsky’s development of the Salutogenic Model of Health. The editors are convinced it is among the best synopses available. Chapter 6 by Georg Bauer provides the reader with a description of Salutogenesis meeting places. The reader wanting to connect more directly to a global salutogenesis network will find this chapter to be of great practical value. Finally, Chap. 7 by Lenneke Vaandrager of The Netherlands and colleagues from Spain, Germany, Italy, Norway, the United Kingdom and Poland trace the development of higher education in salutogenesis in Europe, spanning 30 years.
