Love Pettina, Moore Melissa, Warburton Jeni
School of Public Health and Human Biosciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Wodonga, Victoria, Australia.
John Richards Initiative, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Wodonga, Victoria, Australia.
Australas J Ageing. 2017 Sep;36(3):179-185. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12284. Epub 2016 Mar 11.
The meaning of spiritual well-being as a health dimension is often contested and neglected in policy and practice. This paper explores spiritual well-being from both an Indigenous and a non-Indigenous perspective.
We drew on Indigenous and non-Indigenous methodologies to explore the existing knowledge around spiritual well-being and its relationship with health.
The Indigenous perspective proposed that spiritual well-being is founded in The Dreaming, informs everyday relationships and can impact on health. The non-Indigenous perspective suggested that spiritual well-being is shaped by culture and religion, is of increased importance as one ages, and can improve coping and resilience stressors.
Situating these perspectives side by side allows us to learn from both, and understand the importance of spirituality in people's lives. Further research is required to better address the spiritual well-being/health connection in policy and practice.
精神健康作为一个健康维度的意义在政策和实践中常常受到争议且被忽视。本文从原住民和非原住民的视角探讨精神健康。
我们运用原住民和非原住民的研究方法，探索关于精神健康及其与健康关系的现有知识。
原住民视角提出，精神健康源于“梦幻时代”，影响日常人际关系，并能对健康产生影响。非原住民视角表明，精神健康受文化和宗教塑造，随着年龄增长愈发重要，且能增强应对压力和恢复力。
将这些视角并列有助于我们相互学习，理解精神性在人们生活中的重要性。需要进一步开展研究，以便在政策和实践中更好地处理精神健康与健康的关联。
