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Towards a socially sustainable society: Preventing intergenerational transmission of violence and malaise through an ecological approach to health and wellness promotion

by Tanja K. Harju

Institution: Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu
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Year: 2013
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Record ID: 1145445
Full text PDF: http://www.theseus.fi/handle/10024/63418


Abstract

The need for reform of the Nordic welfare society is driven by changes and diversification in ecology, economy, demography, working life, technology and interaction, which present opportunities and challenges for sustainable development and societal innovation. Finland has implemented an international research project in years 2011 to 2013 to analyse global economic changes and solutions to sustainable development in the preparation of the Finnish Government Foresight Report. This thesis aims to contribute to the sustainability discourse. The study provides an international context and integrates the associations between social sustainability, early experiences underlying the social determinants of health and wellbeing, and the intergenerational transmission of interpersonal violence and malaise. The method of the thesis is an article-based hermeneutic literature review in the areas of social sustainability, health promotion, human development, violence prevention and ethics. The impact of human social brain development, attachment relationships as well as stress and emotion regulation in the early years on the developmental trajectory, overall life course and building of resilience is explored. The saliency of health communication, gender specificity and cultural competence in health promotion are discussed in relation to three original papers on women’s violence prevention programmes in Finland. The literature and emerging empirical evidence suggest that substantial gains for individuals and society can be made from integration of underlying mechanisms influencing the social determinants of health in implementation of the sustainability agenda. An adaptation of Glass and McAtee’s (2006) multilevel web of causation model and a synopsis of the risk regulators and regulatory systems for violence are proposed in the synthesis of the study. Recommendations for future research are outlined for the development of knowledge-based social ecological practice in health and wellness promotion, early prevention and intervention for social sustainability.; Kohti sosiaalisesti kestävää yhteiskuntaa: Terveyden edistämisen ekologinen näkökulma väkivallan ja pahoinvoinnin ylisukupolvisen välittymisen ehkäisemiseen Pohjoismaisen hyvinvointiyhteiskunnan uudistamistarpeen tekijöitä ovat ekologian, talouden, väestörakenteen, työelämän, teknologian ja vuorovaikutuksen muutokset ja monipuolistuminen. Ne tuovat mukanaan mahdollisuuksia ja haasteita kestävälle kehitykselle ja yhteiskunnalliselle innovaatiolle. Osana valtioneuvoston tulevaisuusselonteon valmistelua toteutui vuosina 2011–2013 kansainvälinen tutkimushanke, joka analysoi maailmantalouden muutosta ja kestävän kasvun ratkaisuja. Tämän opinnäytetyön päämääränä on edistää kestävyyskeskustelua. Tutkimus tarjoaa kansainvälisen kontekstin ja integroi tietoa sosiaalisesta kestävyydestä, terveyden sosiaalisten määrittäjien taustalla olevista varhaisista elämänkokemuksista sekä ylisukupolvisen väkivallan ja pahoinvoinnin välittymismekanismista. Tutkimus on luonteeltaan…

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