Connecting the Vital Conditions for COVID-19 Recovery and Renewal

Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash


The Seven Vital Conditions for Well-Being is a useful framework for conceptualizing holistic well-being and the Conditions that give rise to it.  It brings together major determinants of health, exposing how parts of a multi-faceted whole work as a system to produce population well-being. 


COVID-19 has upended our collective lives along every one of the Vital Conditions and brought to light just how important—and connected—the  Vital Conditions are for personal and community health.  


The following collection of stories and corresponding resources is the Community Commons lens into how COVID-19 has affected the Vital Conditions and what we all, as community stewards, can do for robust recovery and renewal. 


Hand with rainbow connections. Photo by Allie Smith on Unsplash
Cross-Cutting Themes: Working Across the Vital Conditions
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the bed of a homeless person on the street photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash
Humane Housing and COVID-19
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two people bicycling on a bike path Photo by Christina Hawkins on Unsplash
Reliable Transportation and COVID-19
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An empty grocery store shelf. Photo by Mick Haupt on Unsplash
Basic Needs and COVID-19
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empty school classroom Photo by Feliphe Schiarolli on Unsplash
Lifelong Learning and COVID-19
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Store with a COVID closed sign Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash
Meaningful Work & Wealth and COVID-19
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The Ninth Wave by Chinese-born artist Cai Guo-Qiang, image by the author, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, 2014
COVID-19, Climate Change and Stewarding a Thriving Natural World
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Public art on a seating space. One seat has text painted on it that reads
Belonging and Civic Muscle During COVID-19
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Cincinnati Mural Wall. Photo by Stacy Wegley
Health Equity and COVID-19
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