AN AUTHOR-DEVELOPED INTEGRAL MODEL OF HEALTH AS AN OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT IN THE "HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT" SYSTEM
Authors
- Taras Bebeshko Principal Co-founder, Foundation for Future, Ukraine Author
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Kostiantyn Nadutyi
Board Member, Ukrainian Medical Association (NGO), Ukraine
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https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4826-0719
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Igor Naida
Ph.D. (Medical Sciences), Board Member, Ukrainian Medical Expert Community (NGO), Ukraine
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https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8175-5435
- Valentyn Pidvysotskyi Head, Public Association "Humanity Movement", Ukraine Author
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Yuriy Yekhanurov
Ph.D. (Economics), Professor, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv; Director, Scientific Research Institute for Advanced Defence Technologies, Ukraine
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https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2985-1167
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.69635/mssl.2026.2.3.59Keywords:
Health, Integral Model, Biopsychosocial Approach, Salutogenesis, Health in All Policies, Viability, Self-Realization, Generativity, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Health, Human Asset, BlockchainAbstract
This article presents an author-developed integral model of health as a contemporary conceptual and operational framework applicable to strategic planning, assessment, and health management at the levels of the individual, organization, community, and public policy. It identifies the limitations of the World Health Organization's (WHO) classical definition of health as normatively idealized and insufficiently operationalized. The proposed model conceptualizes health as a dynamic state of integral human existence shaped through the coherent interaction of biological, psychological, sociocultural, environmental, and spiritual dimensions; the capacity of the human-environment system to adapt to change and maintain and restore individual balance; and an orientation toward viability, self-realization, and the generativity of life.
The model's methodological compatibility with the biopsychosocial approach, salutogenesis, and the Health in All Policies principle is substantiated. An approach to operationalizing the model through a system of criteria, measures, and indicators is proposed.
Potential applications of artificial intelligence, digital data analytics, and blockchain-based approaches are outlined for assessing the effects of various interventions on human potential, viability, and social generativity within the human-environment system.
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