Meanings and Understandings of Wellbeing: An Exploration of Somali Refugees’ Conceptions of Human Wellbeing

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dc.contributor.authorBalyejjusa, Moses Senkosi
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-19T11:53:24Z
dc.date.available2018-02-19T11:53:24Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionThis article explores the meanings and understandings which Somali refugees in Kampala, Uganda attach to the concept.en_US
dc.description.abstractAlthough there is a substantial body of literature on human wellbeing, there is no universally agreed-upon meaning and understanding of the concept. This article explores the meanings and understandings which Somali refugees in Kampala, Uganda attach to the concept. Drawing on 14 in-depth individual interviews and seven focus group discussions with 70 Somali refugee study participants in Kisenyi, I argue that wellbeing is mainly understood in terms of having access to objective elements that result in having a good or comfortable life. Objective elements can be seen to represent human needs with respect to Doyal and Gough’s theory of human need. These objective elements were discussed as prerequisites for having a good life. They include peace and security, health, education, employment and housing. Adequate access to these objective elements is perceived as fundamentally important in promoting and guaranteeing human wellbeing.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBalyejjusa, Moses Senkosi, 2015. Meanings and Understandings of Wellbeing: An Exploration of Somali Refugees’ Conceptions of Human Wellbeingen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11951/141
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectMeaning of wellbeingen_US
dc.subjectHuman needsen_US
dc.subjectSomali refugeesen_US
dc.subjectConceptions of human wellbeingen_US
dc.titleMeanings and Understandings of Wellbeing: An Exploration of Somali Refugees’ Conceptions of Human Wellbeingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in the Africanus, Journal of Development Studies, Volume 45 | Number 2 | 2015 pp. 72–90.
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