The salutogenic model as a theory to guide health promotion
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This paper provides a critical look at the challenges facing the field of health promotion. Pointing to the persistence of the disease orientation and the limits of risk factor approaches for conceptualizing and conducting research on health, the salutogenic orientation is presented as a more viable paradigm for health promotion research and practice. The Sense of Coherence framework is offered as a useful theory for taking a salutogenic approach to health research.
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The theory of salutogenesis takes a different view, searching for factors that support human health and welfare (origins of health).
“The theory of salutogenesis takes a different view of what creates health and what factors support health, as opposed to the conventional approach of pathogenesis to study the factors that cause disease (9). To find the “origins of health”, one needs to search for factors that support the human health and welfare (10).”
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- Authors
- ANTONOVSKY, A.
- Affiliations
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (IL)
- Corresponding author
- ANTONOVSKY, AARON
- Venue
- Health Promotion International
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1996
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 11-18
- ISSN
- 0957-4824 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-2245
- OpenAlex
- W2143141990
- Cited by
- 2,647
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 22.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- public-domain
- Locations
- Health Promotion International (publishedVersion, public-domain)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health, psychology, and well-being
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Community Health and Development
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Public Health Policies and Education
- Keywords
- salutogenic model, health promotion, sense of coherence, health promotion theory
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