A new concept of health—implications for public health policy and practice: a qualitative analysis

BackgroundIn many developed countries ageing populations, growing health-care costs, and the rising burden of chronic diseases pose challenges for health systems and require innovations to improve and maintain population health. “Health as the ability to adapt and to self manage, in the face of social, physical and emotional challenges” was introduced as a new concept of health at an invitational conference in 2011, in reaction to the static...