The idea in plain words
Paneugenesis is the intentional creation of all good. It asks what a better outcome would look like, then builds the conditions that make that outcome likely. Start with the future you want. Create the precursors. Let the benefit spread.
And it does spread. A better choice you make for yourself can be good for the people around you and for the world you share. When action is designed that way on purpose, improvement multiplies instead of staying private. The conditions you build now become part of the world others inherit, including people not yet born.
Everything is interconnected: you, other people, the wider community, and the environment we all share. That is not a slogan. It is the design constraint the framework works within, and the reason the practice asks a simple question of each day: what would make things a little better than before, for everyone and everything?
Paneugenesis works by creating more good, on purpose, every day. It starts with the better outcome you want, then builds the conditions that make it likely. That is a different starting point than most of health has used: instead of beginning with a problem to reduce, it begins with a good to create.
The next natural step
Paneugenesis represents the next step in health promotion, beyond pathogenesis, prevention, and salutogenesis, toward the intentional creation of good for self, others, and the environment at the same time.
Where it comes from
Paneugenesis is a published, peer-reviewed framework, grounded in salutogenesis, behavioral science, systems science, and quality improvement. Aspiration, grounded in evidence. The article is open access: free for anyone to read.
Becker CM, Hoglund L, Chaney B, Lee JGL, Stellefson M and Davis A (2026) Paneugenesis: a regenerative systems hypothesis for advancing health promotion. Front. Public Health 14:1823318. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1823318
From principle to practice
The principle is the map. Welliam guides. You walk, you choose, and together we create.

