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ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Rapid Review on the Concept of Positive Health and Its Implementation in Practice.

Marja van Vliet, Miriam de Kleijn, Karolien van den Brekel-Dijkstra, Tim Huijts, Sandra van Hogen-Koster, Hans Peter Jung, Machteld Huber

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Review in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Making sense of PROM outcomes: a mixed method study to optimize graphical visualization formats for children.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026
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  6. [The Context-Sensitive Positive Health Questionnaire (CPHQTSG : tijdschrift voor gezondheidswetenschappen · 2026
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  11. Response to Comments on "Designing a Positive Health Dialogue Tool for Adolescents and Young Adults: A Mixed Methods Study".Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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  15. Designing a Positive Health Dialogue Tool for Adolescents and Young Adults: A Mixed Methods Study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Marja van VlietInstitute for Positive Health, 3521 AL Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0178-2046
Miriam de KleijnInstitute for Positive Health, 3521 AL Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Karolien van den Brekel-DijkstraPositive Health International, 3572 JC Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Tim HuijtsResearch Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA), School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, 6211 LM Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Sandra van Hogen-KosterHealth Care Academy, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, 7513 AB Enschede, The Netherlands.ORCID 0009-0002-3127-0268
Hans Peter JungAfferden Centre for Primary Care, 5851 AS Afferden, The Netherlands.
Machteld HuberInstitute for Positive Health, 3521 AL Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Positive health (PH) has been described as a promising transformative innovation to address the challenges of promoting well-being and reducing the burden of disease. For this study, we conducted a scientific literature review of the current state of knowledge about PH as introduced by Huber and colleagues, following the Cochrane Rapid Review recommendations. Three databases were searched (PubMed, Google Scholar, and CINAHL). Data were extracted and synthesised using a narrative approach. A total of 55 articles were included. The initial evaluation revealed promising results at both the individual and collective levels. However, several articles gave reason for further refinement of the conceptualisation of PH and of ways to measure the effects of PH interventions in greater detail. Professionals also expressed a desire for a more informed application and elaboration of the PH method, in various settings and populations, to increase its effectiveness in practice. The results from the rapid review highlight the transformative potential of PH in shifting from a disease-oriented to a health-oriented paradigm of healthcare. This underlines the need for continued research regarding further development of the concept and its practical method, along with the necessity for methodological innovation.

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healthhealth conceptpositive healthrapid reviewshared decision-makingsustainable healthcaretransition

Identifiers

PMID38540636
PMCPMC10970180

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