DH, 6 February 2014
- Evidence on why wellbeing matters to health throughout someone’s life, and what policy makers can do about it.
- These documents give a flavour of some of the important issues and relationships between wellbeing and health throughout someone’s life.
- The main document- ‘Wellbeing and why it matters’ provides an overview and complements the factsheets:
- A summary of key points
- Starting well (pregnancy to 5 years)
- Developing well: 6 to 11 years
- Developing well: 11 to 19 years
- Living well
- Aging well
- The relationship between wellbeing and health
- Wellbeing and longevity
- Staff wellbeing, service delivery and health outcomes
- What works to improve wellbeing?
- International comparisons - where does the UK stand?
- Evidence gaps and current/on-going research
