Healthcare transformation as
Socio-ecological resilience

A transition towards a public health sector that intentionally contributes to social-ecological health in an age of global change.

Key concepts
  • Resilience
  • Global change
  • Ecological DoH
  • Planetary Health
  • One Health
  • Health for All
  • Planetary boundaries
  • Life-support systems
  • Transdisciplinarity
Enablers & Barriers
Systems literacy
Disciplinary siloes
Policy siloes
Worldview

Ecocentric.

This worldview acknowledges the interdepedence of all life forms and ecosystems, guiding decision- making and actions towards the preservation and enhancement of ecological uman entities.

View of health

Social-Ecological System Health (SESH) reflects the capacity of a system to sustainably deliver health to its different compo-nents. This links to the concept of the resilience which acknow-ledges the existence of multiple stable states. Resilience reflects how actors navigate systems changes across these states.

Actors & agency
Individual patient
Individual citizen
Community
HC professional
Researcher
Corporations
Governments