Using the La Planca et al (2013) Article as a base, Consider How the Knight McNaught Framework: Health And Wellness Essay, SMU, Singapore

Assignment Details:

Critically review, analyze, and reflect on the La Planca et al. (2013) article to discuss how the Knight McNaught framework for wellbeing can be applied to the recent Covid-19 restrictions in Singapore.

TASK DESCRIPTION

The unforeseen changes to society from the global response to the Covid-19 Pandemic have had wide-reaching consequences across many areas of the wellbeing dimensions. Using the La Planca et al (2013) article as a base, consider how the Knight McNaught framework can be linked to wellbeing concepts and the effects for people across the wellbeing dimensions.

This is a reflective essay, so when talking about yourself and your perception, it is acceptable to use the pronouns “I, we, me, my”.

STRUCTURE

Introduction

• Outline main ideas and author’s thesis, state own thesis statement, and your ideas about the article in relation to your topic

Summary

• Main ideas of the article – who, what, when, where, how, why

Analysis

• How does (or doesn’t) the information relate to the current situation?
• How does the framework apply during the Covid-19 Pandemic?

Reflection

• How has your wellbeing been affected by the social changes enforced with Covid-19?
• What resources have you found useful in supporting your wellbeing?
• Define wellbeing dimensions and use at least two within your reflection.

Conclusion

• Restate your thesis, summarise your main ideas, include a call for action or a takeaway thought for the reader.

Discourse on wellbeing in research and practice

The aim of this article is to consider debates around the contested nature of concepts of wellbeing in health and social science research and practice, given that government policy discourse centers on the importance of wellbeing as a tool for making policy and evaluating outcomes. It draws attention to the work of McNaught (2011). He has developed a definitional framework of wellbeing, in which wellbeing is perceived to be a macro concept or area of study concerned with the objective and subjective assessment of wellbeing as a desirable human state.

The framework broadens wellbeing to a range of different domains beyond individual subjectivity, which has been the traditional focus of concern and extracts it from customary affiliations with health to incorporate the family, community, and society as a whole. The framework reflects the conceptual complexity of ‘wellbeing’ and highlights its dependency upon a range of social, economic, and environmental forces that provide the resources and the contexts for the generation and maintenance of wellbeing at all levels of society.

The article argues that the framework provides a paradigm that facilitates further development and systemization of research and knowledge in the field of wellbeing. Firstly, the framework has the capacity to bring some clarity, inclusiveness, and holism to research and practice. Secondly, it is useful as a tool to enhance theoretical frameworks and to guide the design and development of both health and wellbeing interventions. Thirdly, it provides the philosophical underpinnings for wellbeing policy development.