Just what the doctor recommended

Colombians in the 90s

Highest level of life satisfaction in the world

Highest rate of murders per capita in the world

Highest number of kidnappings in the world

Highest levels of random violence

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Personal well-being

Sense of control

CompetenceMeaning

My son Poor loser

Sir Michael Marmot and control over your life

Risk of Death by Employmentand Level of Control: 29,000 people, 30 years Marmot, Whitehall Studies

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Less likely to have heart attacks More likely to resist common cold virus Lower mortality Less degree of stress More positive outlook on life Resilience

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Organizational Well-Being: A three legged stool

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Miami: Last in volunteering

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Strengths

Prevention

“No mass disorder, afflicting humankind, has ever been eliminated, or brought under control, by treating the affected individual”

Prevention saves money

For every $1 invested in prevention, we get up to $17 in return, but we invest only 3% of our budget on prevention.

Empowerment

Empowerment can be a tool for social change and personal healing at the same time

Community Change

If Venice “is slowly being submerged, individual citizens cannot afford to ignore their collective fate, because, in the end, they all drown together if nothing is done.” (Badcock, 1982)

Miami SPEC project: www.specway.org

SPECWAYIsaac Prilleltensky isaac@miami.eduwww.education.miami.edu/isaac www.specway.org

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STRENGTHS

FOR PERSONAL WELL BEING (your own and others) Celebrate talent, initiative, motivation, small wins Avoid deficit oriented labels

FOR ORGANIZATIONAL WELL BEING Build on assets, achievements, engagement, motivation Reduce stereotyping, gossiping, put downs, segregation

FOR COMMUNITY WELL BEING Identify community assets, natural leaders, build respect Do not engage in stereotypical thinking

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PREVENTION AND PROMOTION FOR PERSONAL WELL BEING (your own and

others) Prevent stress, minimize risk factors, take small

steps Promote engagement, meaning making, social

support FOR ORGANIZATIONAL WELL BEING

Prevent burnout, fear, repetition, alienation Promote engagement, reflection, and support

FOR COMMUNITY WELL BEING Prevent drop out, child abuse, injustice, poverty Promote equality, universal health care, high quality

education

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EMPOWERMENT

FOR PERSONAL WELL BEING (your own and others) Sense of control over your life Voice and choice

FOR ORGANIZATIONAL WELL BEING Democratic participation Employee engagement and decision making

FOR COMMUNITY WELL BEING Name source of injustice, organize, lead Identify power inequalities, not blaming

community

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COMMUNITY CHANGE

FOR PERSONAL WELL BEING (your own and others) Volunteer, participate, vote, Organize, analyze

FOR ORGANIZATIONAL WELL BEING Meaning making, Participation in social change

FOR COMMUNITY WELL BEING Discover ecological roots of problems Think and act systemically and sustainably

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Sounds nice, now what?

GOAL SETTING (SMART principles) Specific Measurable Achievable Relevant Time bound

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Ok, but how do I do it?

Skills to promote SPEC (I VALUE IT) Inclusive host Visionary Asset seeker Listener Unique solution finder Evaluator Implementer Trend setter

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Is that all? Nope

Factors to achieve goal: BET I CAN Behaviors Emotions Thoughts Individual factors Contextual factors Analysis Next steps

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Summary

DRAIN approach to well being is ill founded

SPEC for personal, organizational, and community well-being

SMART goal setting I VALUE IT skills BET I CAN factors to achieve change

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True or False39

The best way to eliminate disease is through effective treatment

True or False40

Colombians are happier than Moldovans

True or False41

If doctors smoked CAMELS more than any other brand, Medicare fraud in Miami would be as bad as traffic and government corruption