This open access book is a thorough update and expansion of the 2017 edition of The Handbook of
Salutogenesis responding to the rapidly growing salutogenesis research and application arena.
Revised and updated from the first edition are background and historical chapters that trace
the development of the salutogenic model of health and flesh out the central concepts most
notably generalized resistance resources and the sense of coherence that differentiate
salutogenesis from pathogenesis. From there experts describe a range of real-world
applications within and outside health contexts. Many new chapters emphasize intervention
research findings. Readers will find numerous practical examples of how to implement
salutogenesis to enhance the health and well-being of families infants and young children
adolescents unemployed young people pre-retirement adults and older people. A dedicated
section addresses how salutogenesis helps tackle vulnerability with chapters on at-risk
children migrants prisoners emergency workers and disaster-stricken communities.
Wide-ranging coverage includes new topics beyond health like intergroup conflict politics and
policy-making and architecture. The book also focuses on applying salutogenesis in birth and
neonatal care clinics hospitals and primary care schools and universities workplaces and
towns and cities. A special section focuses on developments in salutogenesis methods and
theory. With its comprehensive coverage The Handbook of Salutogenesis 2nd Edition is the
standard reference for researchers practitioners and health policy-makers who wish to have a
thorough grounding in the topic. It is also written to support post-graduate education courses
and self-study in public health nursing psychology medicine and social sciences.
