Enhancing Family and Community Health Through Salutogenic Approach
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 1310
Special Issue Editors
Interests: community health; carers; compassion; quality of professional life
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: community health; carers; compassion; quality of professional life
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Collegues,
Family and community health focuses on the well-being of individuals within their family and social environment, recognizing that health is not just the absence of disease, but a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. This approach promotes the active participation of families and communities in the identification of their health needs, encouraging collaboration between health professionals and community members.
On the other hand, salutogenesis is a concept that focuses on the factors that promote health and well-being, rather than focusing solely on the causes of disease. Introduced by Aaron Antonovsky, this approach seeks to understand how people can maintain their health despite adversity. Salutogenesis is based on the idea that a sense of coherence, which includes understanding, managing and making meaning of life experiences, is fundamental to health.
Integrating family and community health with salutogenesis fosters a model of care that not only treats illness, but also builds on the resources and strengths of individuals and communities, thus promoting a healthy and resilient lifestyle.
We would like to invite researchers, teachers and health and social care professionals to provide insights into the health outcomes achieved with this model of care and from a salutogenic perspective.
This Special Issue aims to demonstrate how salutogenesis and community participation can improve community health.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. The scope of this Special Issue includes (but is not limited to) the following topics:
- Family and community health;
- Health promotion;
- Community participation;
- Salutogenesis;
- Health assets methodology;
- Participatory action research.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. María Dolores Ruiz-Fernández
Dr. María Isabel Ventura-Miranda
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- health promotion
- salutogenesis
- community health
- family health
- community participation
- participatory action research
- health assets
- empowerment
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