Canning Thomas, Stewart Victoria, Harris Paul, Souraya Sally
Implemental Worldwide C.I.C., London, UK.
School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Griffith University, Logan, Queensland, Australia.
Health Promot J Austr. 2023 Apr;34(2):500-507. doi: 10.1002/hpja.607. Epub 2022 May 6.
Well-being intervention frameworks may help improve well-being. The Wheel of Well-being (WoW) is designed to empower individuals to understand and use the WoW framework for themselves, their communities and in workplaces. This paper evaluates the well-being impacts on participants of a well-being capacity building programme using WoW, in Australia.
The programme collected quantitative data from participants at two time points, once at the beginning of the programme (Time 1) and on the final session (Time 2). Surveys assessed well-being outcomes as well as life satisfaction, knowledge and understanding of well-being and behavioural changes.
Results of a total of 162 participants were included in this evaluation of the programme across nine cohorts. Between Time 1 and Time 2 the participants saw a small, but significant increase in well-being scores, with no difference between age groups. The number of participants regarded as having a "High" well-being score increased from 11% to 24%. Increases in knowledge, understanding and the implementation of actions and behaviours to improve well-being were also observed.
This evaluation provides evidence that participation in a short, intensive WoW programme can positively impact well-being, behaviour and knowledge and understanding regarding well-being. This suggests WoW may be an effective framework around which individuals can improve their well-being. SO WHAT?: Consideration should be given to the implementation of comprehensive health promotion frameworks, including WoW, to improve the well-being of individuals. Further evaluation is needed to see if improved well-being is maintained over longer time periods.
幸福干预框架可能有助于提升幸福感。幸福之轮（WoW）旨在使个人能够为自己、所在社区以及工作场所理解和运用幸福之轮框架。本文评估了在澳大利亚开展的一项使用幸福之轮的幸福能力建设项目对参与者幸福感的影响。
该项目在两个时间点收集参与者的定量数据，一次是在项目开始时（时间1），另一次是在最后一节课时（时间2）。调查评估了幸福感结果、生活满意度、对幸福感的认识和理解以及行为变化。
本项目评估纳入了来自九个队列的总共162名参与者的结果。在时间1和时间2之间，参与者的幸福感得分有小幅但显著的提高，不同年龄组之间没有差异。被视为拥有“高”幸福感得分的参与者人数从11%增加到了24%。还观察到在知识、理解以及为改善幸福感而采取行动和行为的实施方面有所增加。
该评估提供了证据，表明参与一个简短而密集的幸福之轮项目可以对幸福感、行为以及关于幸福感的知识和理解产生积极影响。这表明幸福之轮可能是一个有效的框架，个人可以围绕它来提升自己的幸福感。那又如何？：应考虑实施包括幸福之轮在内的全面健康促进框架，以提升个人的幸福感。需要进一步评估以确定幸福感的提升在更长时间段内是否得以维持。
