Delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require the promotion of wellbeing for all. The pandemic has profoundly affected communities, revealing inequalities often missed by conventional GDP measures. Community wellbeing provides a powerful alternative lens to understand and seek to promote more resilient and inclusive societies. This working paper, commissioned by the Johnson & Johnson Foundation, explores the current literature and pioneering practices that promote community health as a further mechanism for delivering improved health outcomes, with a particular focus on community mental health across Western Europe.
