This Week In Wellbeing Measurement

This week’s papers turn wellbeing into sharper instruments, from Life’s Essential 10 and flood-related discourse to loneliness, unemployment, and household time allocation. Covers 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-08; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers. What counts as progress, and who gets counted? Explore the tools, tradeoffs, and evidence behind wellbeing metrics, from GDP alternatives and resilience indicators to mental health, aging, climate, and care. Episode covers 2026-10-01 – 2026-10-08. Top papers A population-level assessment framework for flood-related wellbeing from public discourse in Ireland Associations of Life's Essential 10 with Mortality and Healthspan Free of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer: Findings in Two Nationwide Cohorts. Factors associated with loneliness and social capital in a large volunteer sample of adults in England Neighbourhood and school predictors of adolescent internalising symptoms and wellbeing: a scoping review 10 Years of BRAVE Self-Help Service Delivery for Child and Adolescent Anxiety in Australia: Open Effectiveness-Implementation Trial. Themes: wellbeing, mental health, emotion regulation, older adults, digital wellbeing, gender differences, elderly care, higher education Methods: qualitative, survey, quantitative, cross-sectional, RCT, longitudinal Premium NewsPremium also covers 10 related news stories, including ua.news — Mexico presents six well-being reports — Mexico News Daily, superkalam.com — Atal Vayo Abhyudaya Yojana: Eldercare & Silver Economy, and carbonbrief.org — Daily Briefing: Climate on agenda at UNGA | 'Release' oil reserves. Upgrade to PremiumThe premium version of this podcast covers all 40 research articles and 10 news stories selected for the episode. Subscribe to the premium podcast. Generated by paperboy.fm.

Wellbeing measures look sharper when they test lived access, durability, sustainability, and routine signals rather than counting only what is easy to observe. Covers 2026-09-24 to 2026-10-01; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers. What counts as progress, and who gets counted? Explore the tools, tradeoffs, and evidence behind wellbeing metrics, from GDP alternatives and resilience indicators to mental health, aging, climate, and care. Episode covers 2026-09-24 – 2026-10-01. Top papers Frameworks and methodologies for food policy evaluation: a systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature (2015–2026) Climate change is projected to widen global inequalities in ocean-derived wellbeing Experiencing medical desertification: A care-seeker-centered qualitative comparison across rural and urban sites in France and Slovenia. Social Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure (MIP) Indicators: Do They Matter? The Power of Data: Assessing Primary Care Performance Using Routinely Collected Emergency Department Data Themes: mental health, wellbeing, psychological wellbeing, sustainability, public health, loneliness, adolescents, older adults Methods: survey, qualitative, quantitative, cross-sectional, case-study, systematic review Premium NewsPremium also covers 10 related news stories, including ua.news — Mexico presents six well-being reports — Mexico News Daily, wageindicator.org — Living Wage and Mental Health: Understanding the Connection, and sundayguardianlive.com — Trump Plans Child Care Subsidies for Stay-at-Home Parents Using Federal Funds Meant for Working Families; JD Vance Pushes $9,000 Benefit for Married Couples. Upgrade to PremiumThe premium version of this podcast covers all 40 research articles and 10 news stories selected for the episode. Subscribe to the premium podcast. Generated by paperboy.fm.

New work from Uzbekistan inequality to European nature futures asks whether richer dashboards reveal burdens, risks, and trade-offs that single wellbeing scores miss. Covers 2026-09-17 to 2026-09-24; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers. What counts as progress, and who gets counted? Explore the tools, tradeoffs, and evidence behind wellbeing metrics, from GDP alternatives and resilience indicators to mental health, aging, climate, and care. Episode covers 2026-09-17 – 2026-09-24. Top papers Toward a multidimensional fitness paradigm: a critical review and agenda for science, practice, and policy Multidimensional Inequality in Uzbekistan Systems Thinking for Global Health: How Planetary Health and the Wellbeing Economy Can Restore the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’ Transformative Potential Intent to impact: United States case studies on equity measurement in energy efficiency programming ESG PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING FRAMEWORK FOR OIL AND GAS ORGANIZATIONS: A COMPREHENSIVE KPI CALCULATION MODEL Themes: wellbeing, wearable technology, mental health, student wellbeing, burnout, life satisfaction, psychometrics, patient-reported outcomes Methods: survey, cross-sectional, qualitative, quantitative, longitudinal, case-study Premium NewsPremium also covers 10 related news stories, including mexicobusiness.news — Mexico Joins PAHO's Regional Mental Health Survey, worldhappiness.foundation — Measuring What Matters? A Critical Review of the World, and news.inbox.lv — Members of the European Parliament call for EU law to ... Upgrade to PremiumThe premium version of this podcast covers all 40 research articles and 10 news stories selected for the episode. Subscribe to the premium podcast. Generated by paperboy.fm.

Across 95 qualified entries, the episode follows a tension between what institutions can count and what wellbeing frameworks, homes, clinics, and environments need to reflect. Covers 2026-09-10 to 2026-09-17; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers. What counts as progress, and who gets counted? Explore the tools, tradeoffs, and evidence behind wellbeing metrics, from GDP alternatives and resilience indicators to mental health, aging, climate, and care. Episode covers 2026-09-10 – 2026-09-17. Top papers Measuring What Matters - or What Can Be Measured? Social Impact as Sensemaking Smart Cities, Artificial Intelligence, and Territorial Justice Evaluating seven nature-based therapy interventions to reduce stress in at-risk adults: protocol for a multicentre experimental study across four European countries (GreenME Project) Residential Crowding and Mental Health in Built Residential Environments: A Systematic Review of Evidence, Environmental-Psychological Mechanisms, and Design Implications First application of the conservation and human use index (CHUI) for the evaluation of coastal social-ecological conditions across ten european case studies Themes: mental health, wellbeing, physical activity, adolescents, burnout, leadership, university students, women's health Methods: survey, qualitative, quantitative, cross-sectional, longitudinal, RCT Premium NewsPremium also covers 10 related news stories, including link.springer.com — A comparative “report card” wellbeing assessment of 22 ..., mexicobusiness.news — Mexico Joins PAHO's Regional Mental Health Survey, and kiro7.com — Survey: How health tracking is affecting Americans' sleep and mental health. Upgrade to PremiumThe premium version of this podcast covers all 40 research articles and 10 news stories selected for the episode. Subscribe to the premium podcast. Generated by paperboy.fm.

From Nigeria’s 2012 floods to cool roofs and anesthesia alerts, the episode follows cases where wellbeing depends on the lens used before decisions are made. Covers 2026-09-03 to 2026-09-10; 5 free papers from 11 selected papers. What counts as progress, and who gets counted? Explore the tools, tradeoffs, and evidence behind wellbeing metrics, from GDP alternatives and resilience indicators to mental health, aging, climate, and care. Episode covers 2026-09-03 – 2026-09-10. Top papers A systematic review of frameworks for evaluating social equity in the food rescue program Measuring Exposure and Vulnerability to Nigeria’s 2012 Floods: Views from the Ground and Views from the Sky 'In Every River, in Every Lake': Impacts of Beaver Population Change on Indigenous Livelihoods and Wellbeing in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Western Canadian Arctic Assessing the Impact of Cool Roofs on Health and Wellbeing: A Scoping Review A quadruple bottom line sustainability assessment of the energy water waste nexus in Egyptian irrigated agriculture Themes: technology fatigue, cognitive load, clinician well-being, anesthesia practice, patient safety, cool roofs, health and wellbeing, urban heat island Methods: qualitative, scoping review, modeling study, narrative review, real-world outcomes, randomized controlled trials Premium NewsPremium also covers 10 related news stories, including frontiersin.org — Digital public services and subjective well-being in rural China, ground.news — Mexicans Are More Satisfied with Their Lives than Five Years Ago, but Encouragement and Safety Do Not Improve: INEGI - El Sol De México, and afro.who.int — Universal health & well-being - WHO | Regional Office for Africa. Upgrade to PremiumThe premium version of this podcast covers all 11 research articles and 10 news stories selected for the episode. Subscribe to the premium podcast. Generated by paperboy.fm.