Self-Care 2030: What does the future of health & wellbeing look like & how do we get there?
Author(s)
Skinner, David
Smith, Peter
El-Osta, Austen
Type
Report
Abstract
Self-care is the oldest & most widely practiced type of care, but it was nearly forgotten in the last three centuries with the rise of the surgery & biomedicine movement. Academicresearch on self-care had also stalled for decades. It is thanks to the advocacy & diligent work of the International Self-Care Foundation & the Self-Care Forum UK that self-care maintained a voice. The Self-Care Academic Research Unit (SCARU) at Imperial College London was established in 2017 as a tripartite collaboration between Imperial School of Public Health, ISF & SCF. To date, SCARU remains as the only university academic unit in the world dedicated to the study of self-care. Our mission is to make the absolute case for self-care. We will do this by ensuring self-care is everybody’s business.
Shortly after the establishment of SCARU, interest in self-care exploded & in particular following the publication of WHO Guideline on Self-Care Interventions in 2019. We now have an extensive international network of self-care stakeholders, culminating in the United for Self-Care Coalition spearheaded by the Global Self-Care Federation in 2023.
It’s an exciting time for self-care & this report is the first in a series that will be published to celebrate the Seven Pillars of Self-Care & International Self-Care Day 24/7 (24th July) which was established by ISF & is now celebrated worldwide.
Shortly after the establishment of SCARU, interest in self-care exploded & in particular following the publication of WHO Guideline on Self-Care Interventions in 2019. We now have an extensive international network of self-care stakeholders, culminating in the United for Self-Care Coalition spearheaded by the Global Self-Care Federation in 2023.
It’s an exciting time for self-care & this report is the first in a series that will be published to celebrate the Seven Pillars of Self-Care & International Self-Care Day 24/7 (24th July) which was established by ISF & is now celebrated worldwide.
Date Issued
2023-07-17
Citation
2023
Identifier
https://cdn.researchfeatures.com/External/SCARU/SC2030Insights/index.html