This Week In Wellbeing Measurement

Wellbeing measures are treated less like neutral scorecards this week and more like tools that shift funding, authority, care, and whose lives count. Covers 2026-06-04 to 2026-06-11; 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 2026-06-04 – 2026-06-11. Top papers Escaping the metric-driven governance trap in global health: how DALYs and coverage indicators mislead policymakers in LMICs Street view-based exposure to greenspace and mortality: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. To What Extent Do Australian Government Metrics Align With Indigenous and Non‐Indigenous Conceptualisations of Wellbeing? A Scoping Review of Wellbeing Frameworks Digital biomarkers in chronic disease management: a systematic review of personalization and ethical challenges. HamCat: Ego‐Centric Relationship Exploration for Multidimensional Categorical Data Themes: Type 2 Diabetes, continuous glucose monitoring, diabetes management, mental health, Continuous Glucose Monitoring, type 1 diabetes, machine learning, digital health Methods: survey, longitudinal, qualitative, machine learning, cross-sectional, observational study Premium NewsPremium also covers 10 related news stories, including ntlegislativeassembly.ca — [PDF] Counting What Counts, greencentralbanking.com — What is GEP, the alternative to GDP that has taken off in China?, and who.int — World Health Statistics. 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.

This week asks how wellbeing measures become governance tools, from physician-facing blood pressure incentives to Dutch Broad Wellbeing and equity scoring in community oncology. Covers 2026-05-28 to 2026-06-04; 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 2026-05-28 – 2026-06-04. Top papers Impact measurement and management as governance infrastructure in development finance: Catalytic or extractive? Evaluating the Consequences of a Hypertension Management Incentive Explainable artificial intelligence techniques for measuring social value: a systematic review of machine learning methods Into the headwinds: key emotional intelligence capacities that predict women's workplace wellbeing across job roles Politicizing Expertise for Dutch Broad Wellbeing: Knowledge Accountability for Transformative Change Themes: mental health, quality of life, patient-reported outcomes, breast cancer, wellbeing, physical activity, cancer care, employee engagement Methods: survey, qualitative, quantitative, longitudinal, systematic review, RCT Premium NewsPremium also covers 10 related news stories, including ispp.org.in — Forgone Care: The Missing Metric in India's Health System, news.un.org — GDP up, satisfaction down: Why we need a new way to measure ..., and commonwealthfund.org — U.S. Health Care from Global Perspective 2026 Expanded Edition. 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 measurement gets practical as new work swaps blunt proxies for mechanisms: screen interaction, inhaled PM2.5 dose, neighbourhood satisfaction, and metric architecture. Covers 2026-05-21 to 2026-05-28; 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 2026-05-21 – 2026-05-28. Top papers Screen Interaction, Not Screen Time: Multidimensional Framework, Global Policy Evidence, and Clinical Recommendations for Children with Screen Addiction and Screen Trauma Comparative Analysis of Additive and Multiplicative BoD Models in Healthcare Performance Evaluation Public Value Under Constraint: Fiscal Austerity and the Conversion of Education Policy into Social Well-Being in Brazil Bridging Global Sustainability Objectives With Corporate Reporting Standards: Sustainable Development Goals Meet European Sustainability Reporting Standards From Nonfinancial Reporting to Management Control: A GRI ‐Based Sustainability Balanced Scorecard Themes: wellbeing, mental health, occupational health, public health, burnout, transdisciplinary research, education, psychometrics Methods: qualitative, survey, quantitative, case-study, systematic review, bibliometric analysis Premium NewsPremium also covers 10 related news stories, including healthdata.org — Global mental disorders have nearly doubled since 1990, now ..., news.frontierafricareports.com — GDP Not A Good Gauge of Living Standards, Well-Being, writes ..., and timesnownews.com — Lancet Warns India's Anxiety Cases Surged 123% Since 1990. 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.

Research papers related to the ISQOLS SIG "Measurement And Metrics"Episode covers 2026-05-14 – 2026-05-21.Top papersDesenvolvimento além do crescimento: limites dos indicadores econômicos tradicionais e a necessidade de métricas socioambientais nas políticas públicas.Italian regional variation in amenable mortality 2015/2019: impact of outsourcing, expenditures and socio-economic variablesMetrics for Adaptation and Resilience Risks for Non-Domestic Buildings: How Many People in Great Britain Will Be Affected by Flooding and Overheating Risks?Regional Inequalities and the Plea for Universalism: Evidence from the Finnish UBI ExperimentPollution to prevention: digital decision support for air pollution and exercise counselling in general practiceThemes: mental health, machine learning, wellbeing, higher education, social media, sustainability, mindfulness, quality of lifeMethods: qualitative, quantitative, survey, case-study, machine learning, mixed-methodsIn the newsssrs.com — Americans' views of China have grown somewhat more positive in ...jmir.org — Health Information Adoption Among Patients With Chronic Disease ...commonwealthfund.org — China - Commonwealth Funden.wikipedia.org — The Epoch Times - Wikipediapressgazette.co.uk — Most popular websites for news in the world: Monthly top 50 listingcommonwealthfund.org — India | Commonwealth FundUpgrade to PremiumThe premium version of this podcast covers all 40 research articles and 3 news stories selected for the episode. Subscribe to the premium podcast.Generated by paperboy.fm.

Research papers related to the ISQOLS SIG "Measurement And Metrics"Episode covers 2026-05-07 – 2026-05-14.Top papersAge-friendliness of a provincial city: Results from the validation of the AFCCQ for use in a New Zealand contextWomen’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS): Development and psychometric assessment of a face-to-face survey moduleKeeping Older people healthy, deSigning and evaluating effective HEalth Services to maintain functional AbIlity (KOSHESAI); study protocol for a multimethod, prospective, hybrid implementation-effectiveness studyTeacher wellbeing in schools: a systematic review of job demands and job resourcesHealth Data Literacy in Canada: The Missing Metric in a Data-Rich EraThemes: mental health, public health, machine learning, wellbeing, quality of life, older adults, depression, sustainable developmentMethods: survey, qualitative, quantitative, machine learning, RCT, systematic reviewIn the newssignal49.ca — Why We Need to Rebuild Work Around Wellbeingdeel.com — 9 Performance Management Trends and How They'll Boost ... - Deelglobalwellnesssummit.com — Neurowellness––One of the Biggest Wellness Trends of 2026globalwellnessinstitute.org — Music for Health and Wellbeing Initiative Trends for 2026shorensteincenter.org — Redefining Local: How Young Americans Engage with Television ...huntington-careers.com — Total Rewards Program Manager | Columbus, OH | HuntingtonUpgrade to PremiumThe premium version of this podcast covers all 40 research articles and 2 news stories selected for the episode. Subscribe to the premium podcast.Generated by paperboy.fm.