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- Bridging the gap: environmental health literacy as key to adolescent well-being and sustainable behaviorsPublication . Matos, Margarida Gaspar de; Branquinho, Cátia; Domingos, Leonor; Guedes, Fabio Botelho; Cerqueira, Ana; Gaspar, TaniaAdolescents who possess environmental health literacy are more equipped to handle the effects of the environment on their health. This study uses data from Portugal’s 2022 HBSC survey to investigate the environmental health literacy (EHL) of teenagers. The Environmental Health Literacy Scale (EHLS) was verified by confirmatory component analysis. Within the framework of an ecosystem, this study investigates factors related to health and well-being. There are 7355 adolescents in the sample. EHLS_Social Norms and participation in volunteering activities were found to be significant predictors of EHL_Knowledge, which explained 25.2% of the variance in the final model. EHLS_Social Norms and EHLS_Knowledge accounted for 42.9% of the variance in EHL_Behaviors, while school grade was adversely connected with pro-environmental behavior. While actions and knowledge were major positive predictors, gender and school grades showed negative relationships, and EHL_Social Norms accounted for 46% of the variance. This study establishes a valid measure of environmental health literacy in adolescents, informing science education strategies and public health interventions.
- Wellbeing and Policy in BhutanPublication . Balogun, Kehinde; Weru, KariukiThis chapter offers insights into Bhutan’s internationally recognized Gross National Happiness (GNH) policy as a catalyst for the current thinking worldwide beyond Gross Domestic Product (GDP). In particular, it investigates the history and implementation of the GNH philosophy, index, and surveys, to assess the extent to which the government has achieved wellbeing for Bhutanese citizens. The chapter contextualizes the GNH framework within the Relational Wellbeing (RWB) approach, which holds that wellbeing arises through and from the balance of the interdependent relationships between the individual, society, and the environment. By considering GDP as only a means to achieve material wellbeing, the GNH policy has successfully oriented its economic and governance structures to increase people’s multidimensional wellbeing, while concurrently ensuring environmental sustainability. The chapter also highlights that the current focus on excessive material accumulation - inspired by the perception that GDP growth is the sole measure of wellbeing - negates the relationships at the center of social and psychological dimensions of wellbeing. With a rising number of mental health challenges in Bhutan and globally, the chapter recommends measuring inner or cultural poverty (a state or level of emotional or relational deficiencies, due to a lack of psychological or relational wealth within oneself) at national and global levels with the same importance that income poverty is assessed. It subsequently emphasizes that further research into Indigenous Knowledge and their relational approaches to wellbeing - like GNH - could provide the intellectual and cultural diversity needed for holistic wellbeing and sustainable development.