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English translation: oranisations and agencies promoting and providing holistic healthcare/wellbeing

16:39 Jan 30, 2024
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
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English term or phrase: communities of wellness
Dear colleagues, I’m not sure about the meaning of “communities of wellness” in the text below, taken from an essay about addiction recovery treatment.
I’ve found several different descriptions of particular instances of “community of wellness”, but I haven’t been able to find a more general definition... Is it a sort of local center with different kinds of health care providers or is it something more specific?
Thank you so much for your help!
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(in this part of his essay, the author is arguing for a number of changes needed in addiction treatment and the following is one of these)

Revisioning of the treatment-community relationship and positioning of professionally facilitated and specialty treatment providers and structures, such as drug courts and transformed police departments, within broader health care and *** communities of wellness**
haribert
Local time: 10:09
Selected answer:oranisations and agencies promoting and providing holistic healthcare/wellbeing
Explanation:
Such jargon!
It seems that almost anything can be labelled a "community" nowadays

What is the definition of wellness?
Wellness is the act of practicing healthy habits on a daily basis to attain better physical and mental health outcomes, so that instead of just surviving, you're thriving. To understand the significance of wellness, it's important to understand how it's linked to health.

What is Wellness? | Pfizer

Is wellness the same as being healthy?
In understanding the difference between health and wellness, in short, health is a state of being, whereas wellness is the state of living a healthy lifestyle (3). Health refers to physical, mental, and social well-being; wellness aims to enhance well-being.

Health and wellness - PMC - NCBI
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AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:09
Grading comment
Thank you very much, AllegroTrans! Many many thanks also to all other colleagues: I think I'll draw on their contribution, as well (e.g. the concept of "prevention" pointed out by Phil, and on the links by Daryo, Liz and Robert.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +2preventive public health
philgoddard
3 +2oranisations and agencies promoting and providing holistic healthcare/wellbeing
AllegroTrans
3organised groups of people centered on "wellness"
Daryo
Summary of reference entries provided
see
liz askew
https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/city-project/creative-wellbeing/
Robert Farren

Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
preventive public health


Explanation:
The whole sentence is jargon ridden and hard to understand, but Liz's second reference is helpful:

wellness
an approach to healthcare that emphasizes preventing illness and prolonging life, as opposed to emphasizing treating diseases.


Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. This work is achieved by promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing and responding to infectious diseases. Overall, public health is concerned with protecting the health of entire populations. These populations can be as small as a local neighborhood, or as big as an entire country or region of the world.
http://www.cdcfoundation.org/what-public-health



philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 123
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you so much, Phil!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sara Mahran
19 mins
neutral  Daryo: Yes, there is a connection / it's related to the idea of "communities of wellness", but "communities" should be **groups of people**, and not necessarily organised as part of "public heath".
4 hrs
agree  Andrew Bramhall: Talking of 'pubic heaths', went for a walk on the one at Hampstead today. Wrong answer chosen here IMO.
5 days
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
oranisations and agencies promoting and providing holistic healthcare/wellbeing


Explanation:
Such jargon!
It seems that almost anything can be labelled a "community" nowadays

What is the definition of wellness?
Wellness is the act of practicing healthy habits on a daily basis to attain better physical and mental health outcomes, so that instead of just surviving, you're thriving. To understand the significance of wellness, it's important to understand how it's linked to health.

What is Wellness? | Pfizer

Is wellness the same as being healthy?
In understanding the difference between health and wellness, in short, health is a state of being, whereas wellness is the state of living a healthy lifestyle (3). Health refers to physical, mental, and social well-being; wellness aims to enhance well-being.

Health and wellness - PMC - NCBI

AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52
Grading comment
Thank you very much, AllegroTrans! Many many thanks also to all other colleagues: I think I'll draw on their contribution, as well (e.g. the concept of "prevention" pointed out by Phil, and on the links by Daryo, Liz and Robert.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you so much, Allegro Trans, for your contribution!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: I feel this is just a much longer version of my answer.
9 mins
  -> I think it's more than simply "preventive"
neutral  Daryo: Very useful references but agencies etc are the "organisers of ...", not the "community" itself.// you have defined/explained who are the "organisers/founders of wellness communities", not these "communities" themselves.
6 hrs
  -> thanks but I don't see how your comment makes sense; I didnl't even have "communities" in my suggestion
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: yes, can be literally community groups, agencies OR organisations promoting healthy practices. Need locale to be more precise
22 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  liz askew
23 hrs
  -> thanks
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
organised groups of people centered on "wellness"


Explanation:
That would be the most general definition, from what I can find. It seems to a "trendy" term.

The "organiser" could one individual, some NGO / non-profit, some state institution ... anyone.

The point of the group is "wellness" which could be anything that makes members of the group "feel well" / "have a healthier lifestyle".

Here "communities of wellness" would be organised groups helping recovering addicts to switch to a healthy lifestyle.

You can find a lot of talking about "communities of wellness", but not any specific detailed description of any of them.

Who We Are
Health Futures Foundation, Inc. (HFI) is a non-stock, non-profit, non-government organization involved in the management of health and social development programs in marginalized communities in the Philippines.

We envision that all Filipino communities and families achieve and sustain optimum health and development. To do this, we empower local governments and marginalized communities in achieving access, quality, and equity in health development by creating communities of wellness.
https://www.healthfuturesfoundation.com/


ASSISTED LIVING CENTERS – A COMMUNITY OF WELLNESS

The general approach to these environments have shifted to being communities of wellness and positive environments to promote health and safety for all of its residents
https://hazelnews.com/assisted-living-centers-a-community-of...


What is communal wellness?
Community Wellness is a process-oriented program that encompasses community-based program planning; facilitates interventions based on an assessment of community-specific health needs; encourages empowerment of the community; and develops a community-wide support system.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1932460/#:~:text=Community W...

This one is close to the ST:

American Detox
The Myth of Wellness and How We Can Truly Heal
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/American_Detox/-b9BEA...

My Community
I want to start a group with people that have mental health illness. Going to hold it in are community drop in center.I have to start making this happen.
https://nikkie-creatingcommunitiesofwellness.blogspot.com/#:...


Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you so much, Daryo, for your useful links! Actually, one of them has made me think that the emphasis may be on "programs", "initiatives" directed to local communities (that can be, for instance, the youth, the elderly.. the addicted.. ecc.) to improve their wellness in a broad sense and to prevent health problems...


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: You can't define 'wellness' as 'wellness'.
23 mins
  -> True, but I was more looking at the "community" part.
neutral  AllegroTrans: You need other word/s for "wellness" if you are going to provide an explanation /// maybe, but asker needs some sort of an explanation, not just a repeat of the word!
9 hrs
  -> The way it's used "wellness" is very vague - just about anything that would make you "feel well" // How would you define "just about anything"?
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Reference comments


6 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: see

Reference information:
https://globalwellnessinstitute.org/initiatives/wellness-com...

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Note added at 10 Min. (2024-01-30 16:50:22 GMT)
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https://www.dictionary.com/browse/wellness
wellness
[ wel-nis ]
See synonyms for wellness on Thesaurus.com
noun

the quality or state of being healthy in body and mind, especially as the result of deliberate effort.

an approach to healthcare that emphasizes preventing illness and prolonging life, as opposed to emphasizing treating diseases.

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Note added at 16 Min. (2024-01-30 16:55:58 GMT)
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https://www.technogym.com/us/newsroom/wellness-community-hea...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Note to reference poster
Asker: Thank you so muc, Liz, for your help!


Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  philgoddard
15 mins
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27 mins
Reference: https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/city-project/creative-wellbeing/

Reference information:
I think the term you're looking for needs to denote groups of people, rather than local centres and health care providers. A community in this sense is a group of/for people who need something else in their lives, who do stuff together, give each other moral support, etc.
I did a bit of googling and found the page linked below, which explicitly refers to "communities of wellness" in L.A., and describes what they are and what they offer.


    https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/city-project/creative-wellbeing/
Robert Farren
Ireland
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note to reference poster
Asker: Thank you very much, Robert, for your useful link!


Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: could be but depends on location, which we don't have
22 hrs
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