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Relive the 6th Conference on Salutogenesis
Recorded videos available online
The 6th Conference on Salutogenesis took place online in June 2021. We are pleased to offer you all recorded presentations online. If you missed some of your favourite speakers during the conference, you can now rewatch the recorded version of the presentations.

The Handbook of Salutogenesis
2nd edition PUBLISHED
After the success of the first edition released in 2017, the 2nd edition of the Handbook of Salutogenesis by the IUHPE Global Working Group on Salutogenesis has been published by Springer, again as an open access book! As both Salutogenesis-based research and practice dynamically evolved over the last years, the 2nd edition of the Handbook with 57 chapters and 88 authors provides a thorough update and expansion of this field.

Salutogenesis and Coping
New open access book on how to overcome stress and conflicts
This Special Issue aims to explore the concepts of stress, coping resources, and coping strategies, which are rooted in several theories, such as the stress and coping theory and the salutogenesis theory, and to understand how their core constructs are manifested in various ethnic and cultural groups around the world. It includes 13 articles on salutogenesis and coping from different disciplinary, socio-cultural, historical, political, and economic perspectives. These articles address salutogenesis on the individual, organizational, and societal levels.

Der Mensch: Neue Ausgabe! (mostly in German, two papers in English)
Journal of Salutogenesis and Anthropological Medicine
The journal "Der Mensch" is published by the umbrella association Salutogenesis and is a multidisciplinary forum and mouthpiece for thoughts and experiences that focus on the healthy development of people and their living environments. Each issue has a guiding theme; the current issue is about the question "What the Corona Crisis might once have been good for". The journal contains contributions by authors from Switzerland, Austria, Germany and - in English - from the Netherlands and Poland. The journal can be ordered as a print version, articles from previous issues can also be downloaded directly. For more information, please click on the link below.

'Multisystemic Resilience: Adaptation and Transformation in Contexts of Change'
New open access book from Oxford University Press
Edited by leading Canadian resilience scholar Michael Ungar. The book is of high relevance to all who are interested in salutogenesis, with its focus on particularly vulnerable segments of society. The close links between resilience and salutogenesis scholarship are discussed in detail in chapter 8 of the book by Maurice Mittelmark.

Salutogenesis and COVID-19: New Publication!
The relationship between individual, social and national coping resources and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
We are pleased to announce a new publication from the first wave of data collection in The Netherlands. Mental health was significantly predicted by the sense of coherence, social support and sense of national co-herence. Access the full text below.

Salutogenesis and COVID-19
Ongoing research
STARS researchers from several countries are collaborating on an international study to examine the relationship between coping resources and mental health during the Corona crisis. For more information visit the following link.

Architecture and Salutogenesis: Beyond Indoor Environmental Quality
Special Issue of Sustainability Journal
Sustainability - an international Open Access journal which provides an advanced forum for research findings in areas related to sustainability and sustainable development has a Special Issue on Architecture and Salutogensis. The journal publishes original research articles, reviews, conference proceedings (peer-reviewed full articles), and communications. The Special Issues's editor prof. Rossano Albatici from the University of Trento invites researchers and scholars to contribute with the aim of forming a solid scientific background to the salutogenic approach to architecture and built environment design, continuing the development of the last 40 years from energy efficiency to comfort to IEQ and, finally, to health. Deadline for submission is November 2020.

People - Planet - Health: There is no human health without planetary health
An invitation for young global stakeholders
The IUHPE Rotorua statement calls for urgent action to promote planetary health and sustainable development. This project aims to collect, communicate and connect existing initiatives and projects in a “bottom-up” process to give voice, visibility, support, network, and sustainability opportunities to local projects, initiatives, ideas, and groups that interconnect planetary health and health promotion. The project's duration is from July 2020 until July 2021, and it is led by the International Union of Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE), Lucerne University of Applied Arts and Sciences, University of Nottingham and National University of Ireland Galway. For questions and suggestions please contact the project leaders: Claudia Meier Magistretti (claudia.meiermagistretti@hslu.ch) and Jake Sallaway-Costello (Jake.Sallaway-Costello@nottingham.ac.uk).

Der Mensch: Neue Ausgabe! (in German only)
Zeitschrift für Salutogenese und anthropologische Medizin
Die Zeitschrift "Der Mensch" wird vom Dachverband für Salutogenese herausgegeben und
ist ein multidisziplinäres Forum und Sprachrohr für Gedanken und Erfahrungen, die eine gesunde Entwicklung des Menschen samt seiner Lebenswelten im Auge haben. Jedes Heft hat ein Leitthema, in der aktuellen Ausgabe beispielsweise das Thema "Resonanzen". Über den Link gelangen Sie zur aktuellen Ausgabe sowie zum Archiv.

Consider Joining IUHPE
The International Union for Health Promotion and Education
The 6th International Conference on Salutogenesis is co-sponsored by the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) and its Global Working Group on Salutogenesis. This Working Group aims to advance and promote the science of salutogenesis and thus to contribute to the scientific base of health promotion and of the IUHPE. For over 65 years, IUHPE makes evidence-based health promotion knowledge and practical experience broadly accessible, notably by organising world and regional conferences, and by publishing a high-quality scientific journal. We encourage all STARS members to become a part of the global health promotion community and joining IUHPE!

Recently Published!
Systematic review of salutogenic-oriented lifestyle randomised controlled trials ...
Polhuis, K. Bouwman, L., Vaandrager, L., Soedamah-Muthu, S. & Koelen, M. (2019). Systematic review of salutogenic-oriented lifestyle randomised controlled trials for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Patient Education and Counseling. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2019.10.017

Recently published!
JMIR Research Protocol
Pijpker, R., Vaandrager, L., Veen, E.J. & Koelen, M.A. (2019). A salutogenic approach to understanding the potential of green programs for the rehabilitation of young employees with burnout: Protocol for a mixed method study on effectiveness and effective elements. JMIR Research Protocols, 8 (10), doi: 10.2196/15303
Salutogenese kennen und verstehen
Konzept, Stelölenwert, Forschung und praktische Anwendung
Neuerscheinung
Claudia Meier Magistretti, Bengt Lindström und Monica Eriksson (Hrsg.) : Kompakte Darstellung des aktuellen Wissens zur Forschung und Praxis der Salutogenese in deutscher Sprache im Überblick mit Vertiefungskapiteln u.sa. zu neuen Entwicklungen in der Theorie der Salutogenese, der Umsetzung salutogener Ansätze in der Praxis von Public Health, Politik, Bildung und Beratung sowie aktuelle empirische Erkenntnisse zu Zusammenhängen von SOC und Gesundheit in verschiedenen Settings (Gemeinden, Schulen, Familien. u.a.)

EXTENDED CALL FOR PAPERS
6. International Conference on Salutogenesis
To enable broader, active participation in the 6th International Conference on Salutogenesis held on April 14th and 15th, 2020 in Zurich, Switzerland, we extended the deadline for abstract submission to September 25th, 2019. The conference aims for a broad exchange of scientists and experts around the world with the aim to advance theory and research on Salutogenesis.

Der Mensch (in German only)
Zeitschrift für Salutogenese und anthropologische Medizin
Die Zeitschrift "Der Mensch" wird vom Dachverband für Salutogenese herausgegeben und
ist ein multidisziplinäres Forum und Sprachrohr für Gedanken und Erfahrungen, die eine gesunde Entwicklung des Menschen samt seiner Lebenswelten im Auge haben. Jedes Heft hat ein Leitthema, in der aktuellen Ausgabe beispielsweise das Thema "Resonanzen". Über den Link gelangen Sie zur aktuellen Ausgabe sowie zum Archiv.

Future directions for the concept of Salutogenesis:
A position article
The position paper by illustrating the four key conceptual issues to be advanced in Saltugenesis has just been published in Health Promotion International. All authors are members of the Global Working Group on Salutogenesis
(GWG-Sal) of the International Union of Health Promotion and
Education (IUHPE).

Buch - Neuerscheinung
Salutogenese kenne und verstehen
Konzept, Stellenwert, Forschung und praktische Anwendung Claudia Meier Magistretti (Hrsg.)Bengt Lindström, Monica Eriksson

Master's Programme in Global development
Theory and Practice
The Master's Programme in Global development at the University of Bergen is now accepting applications. The programme is entirely in English and tuition will be covered for all accepted students. A specialisation can be obtained in Health Promotion or Gender in Global Development.

Center of Salutogenesis
Center of Salutogenesis opened in Zurich
On September 8, the president of the University of Zurich Prof. Michael Hengartner and the director of EBPI Prof. Milo Puhan launched the “Center of Salutogenesis”. The Center under the lead of Prof. Georg Bauer will advance and promote Salutogenesis.

Salutogenesis beyond health - towards coherent societies
Free Online Pre-Conference at the IUHPE World Conference
We are pleased to invite you to the online pre-conference session. Together with you, the members of the IUHPE Global Working Group on Salutogenesis want to raise and discuss new questions to be addressed by Salutogenesis in our challenging times and want to explore applications of salutogenesis beyond health.
If you have missed the pre-conference on Salutogenesis, you can rewatch it on our website. The video is available in the section "Conference".

Salutogenesis in Practice
ETC - Summer course
Valencia, 17th-29th July, 2022
The European Training Consortium in Public Health and Health Promotion (ETC-PHHP) organizes an annual summer school focused on developing practical and theoretical tools to enhance health promotion strategies in Europe. The course which is held each July/August, is conducted at post-graduate (Master) level and constitutes 200 hours of formal study. The learning approach is based on salutogenic principles using a global perspective.

Exploring new developments in the 2022 Handbook of Salutogenesis (2nd edition) & beyond
IUHPE webinar series
February 1st, 2022, 17:00-18:30 CET
In a 90-minute webinar the editors of the Handbook highlighted the new developments in this 2nd edition. They discussed the relevance of salutogenesis for tackling important societal challenges from a salutogenesis perspective. There were also many questions from the audience which the editors addressed.
The editors: Maurice B. Mittelmark, Georg F. Bauer, Lenneke Vaandrager, Jürgen M. Pelikan, Shifra Sagy, Monica Eriksson, Bengt Lindström, Claudia Meier Magistretti
Use the link below to access the recording of the webinar.

Free EFAD webinar
An introduction to Salutogenesis: how to apply salutogenic principles in your dietetic practice?
11th June, 2021, 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
The salutogenic orientation focuses on assets and resources for health leading to positive outcomes. It is complementary to the pathogenic orientation that is concerned with risk factors leading to disease outcomes. Applied to dietetic practice, salutogenesis aims to actively involve clients in a learning process towards healthier eating. Research findings show that this can be achieved through reflection, food-life storytelling and the construction of meaning and purpose to eating in everyday-life. In this 1-hour webinar, we will explain salutogenic principles and exchange ideas on how to apply these principles to dietetic practice.

GWG Salutogenesis webinar for the 70th Anniversary of IUHPE
Applying Salutogenesis for Health Promotion, Principles and Experiences of Positive Action
22/04/2021, 2 pm CET
This webinar aims to engage participants in an interactive discussion sharing how Salutogenesis principles can be used to design action strategies in health promotion. The session will bring to light the aims and activities of the Global Working Group on Salutogenesis and their contribution of a salutogenic approach to the IUHPE and other scientific programs. The speakers will critically consider how we can apply Salutogenesis principles to design action strategies using three examples from the field including conflict settings, health promotion contexts, and in politics and policy making.

6th International Conference on Salutogenesis
Advancing Salutogenesis towards thriving societies
Girona, June 17-18, 2021
Following five successful International Research Seminars on Salutogenesis (Helsinki 2008 & 2009, Geneva 2010, Tröllhattan 2011 & 2012), the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE), its Global Working Group on Salutogenesis, the Society for Theory and Research on Salutogenesis (STARS), and the Center of Salutogenesis (CoS) of the University of Zurich (UZH) are pleased to invite you to participate in the 6th International Conference on Salutogenesis.

29th ETC-PHHP Summerschool (CANCELED)
People Centered Health Promotion: Empowerment, competencies and evaluation
Lodz, Poland, 19th - 31st July 2020
The ETC Summer Course in 2020 will provide high level training focused on people-centred approach in health promotion activities implemented in different settings and communities. Lodz as one of the biggest cities in Poland is a perfect place to show how health activities and strategies have been evaluated during past decades in the east part of Europe. The overall aim of Lodz residential Summer School is to develop an international and multidisciplinary forum for the exchange of knowledge and skills, with opportunity to explore:principals and implementation of people-centered approach in health including different settings and communities; good practice in health promotion based on the person-centred approach role of Salutogenesis in empowering people; health policy from different international and intercultural perspectives; Innovation in health promotion.
The course is based on the principles of salutogenic learning

IUHPE 2018
10th IUHPE European Conference and International Forum for Health Promotion Research
Trondheim, Norway, Sep 24-26, 2018
Under the title “Implementing Health Promotion in the Life Course - User Involvement in Practice and Research”, this conference aims to strengthen the role of health promotion in Europe as a source of innovative practices that are based on solid evidence by gathering health promotion practitioners, researchers and policy makers.
The Global Working Group on Salutogenesis will be present with a symposium on Sep 25th.

Salutogenesis Symposium 2018
Ways into a new culture of health
Goettingen (Germany), May 4-6, 2018
The symposium of the umbrella association for salutogenesis (Dachverband für Salutogenese e.V. ) from May 4-6 will address the topic of salutogenesis in health and ways for innovative and sustainable approaches to health and healthcare.

ETC-PHHP Summer Course 2018
Lifecourse health development: Empowering people and settings
Perugia (Italy), May-July 2018
The 2018 Summer School will consist of eight learning weeks: the first six weeks will be delivered as a distance-learning module commencing May 5th 2018, followed by a two-week intensive course with morning and afternoon sessions.
