http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/z_sys_PublicationDetail.aspx?pid=193 http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/z_sys_publicationdetail.aspx?pid=181 The New Economics Foundation (nef) published a report (A well-being manifesto for a flourishing society) which looks at what policy would look like if well-being were its aim. It calls on government to help UK citizens be happier and more fulfilled, not richer and more depressed. A previous publication (The power and potential of well-being indicators: Measuring young people's well-being in Nottingham) reported results of a pilot study which showed that measuring well-being is a powerful way in which local government can use its 'well-being powers' to join up different local services and gain important insights into the ultimate impacts of policy. nef recommended that government puts together a larger pilot which uses well-being measurement over five regions for several years and further explores the implications of well-being for a range of policy agendas including education and preventative health measures. ------------------- Problems/Questions? Send it to Listserv owner: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe, send the following message in the text section -- NOT the subject header -- to [log in to unmask] SIGNOFF SDOH DO NOT SEND IT BY HITTING THE REPLY BUTTON. THIS SENDS THE MESSAGE TO THE ENTIRE LISTSERV AND STILL DOES NOT REMOVE YOU. To subscribe to the SDOH list, send the following message to [log in to unmask] in the text section, NOT in the subject header. SUBSCRIBE SDOH yourfirstname yourlastname To post a message to all 1000+ subscribers, send it to [log in to unmask] Include in the Subject, its content, and location and date, if relevant. For a list of SDOH members, send a request to [log in to unmask] To receive messages only once a day, send the following message to [log in to unmask] SET SDOH DIGEST To view the SDOH archives, go to: http://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/sdoh.html