Humour seen from a public health perspective.
Humour is to be regarded as a salutogenic factor. As with other such factors there are reasons to believe that humour is a part of the individual's personality with the possibility of being strengthened by influences from the family, school, and workplace. The use of humour in population-based health promotive intervention strategies is a field lacking evidence-based knowledge.
Cernerud
Lars
L
Nordic School of Public Health, Sweden. lars.cernerud@nhv.se
Olsson
Henny
H
D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011634:Public Health; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D013548:Sweden; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic