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Incorporating WellBeing and Mental Health Research to Improve Pandemic Response.

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Title
Incorporating WellBeing and Mental Health Research to Improve Pandemic Response.
Author
Michael Daly and Liam Delaney
Publication Type
Journal paper
Outlet
LSE Public Policy Review
Year
2021
Abstract
This paper discusses the potential for well-being research to be institutionalised into emergency response in the UK. We review the short and long-run well-being impacts of covid policies and argue for a wider scope of groups such as The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). The potential form of such response could be based both on emerging multi-dimensional societal well-being frameworks and on rapid and scalable policy appraisal capacities that incorporate well-being considerations.