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Quality of life: A model for evaluating Health for all. Conceptual considerations and policy implications

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Sozial- und Präventivmedizin

Summary

The potential of the quality of life (QoL) concept lies in its basically positive meaning and interdisciplinary acceptance. This can be used when the Public Health sector tries to develop health into a resource concept, as is the intention of the WHO Health For All Strategy. Out of different scientific views on QoL this paper synthetises a theoretical framework of QoL and describes how this concept can be used in practice when evaluating the health resources of a population.

Résumé

Le concept de qualité de vie a l'avantage de présenter à la base un sens positif et aussi une acceptation interdisciplinaire. Cela peut se révéler utile à un moment où la science de la santé publique essaie de développer la santé selon un concept de moyens et cela constitue un but parmi les directives de Santé pour Tous énoncés par l'OMS (Organisation Mondiale de la Santé). Cette présentation résume un cadre théorique concernant le concept de la qualité de vie, émanant de différentes interprétations scientifiques et montre aussi comment le concept peut être applicable à l'évaluation des ressources de santé dans une population.

Zusammenfassung

Das Potential des Begriffs Lebensqualität liegt in der grundliegenden positiven Bedeutung und querwissenschaftlichen Anerkennung. Dieses kann von Nutzen sein, wenn das öffentliche Gesundheitswesen versucht, Gesundheit als einen Hilfsmittelbegriff zu entwickeln, welches das Ziel der Strategien von “Gesundheit für Alle” der WHO ist. Diese Abhandlung schafft einen theoretischen Rahmen aus verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen Anschauungen und beschreibt wie dieser Begriff praktisch in der Auswertung der Gesundheit der Bevölkerung angewendet werden kann.

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Lindström, B. Quality of life: A model for evaluating Health for all. Conceptual considerations and policy implications. Soz Präventivmed 37, 301–306 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01299136

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