Psychological Resilience and Community Health Recovery in Post-Pandemic Societies: A Policy-Based Review
Keywords:
Psychological Resilience, Community Health Recovery, Post-Pandemic Policy, Multilevel Governance, Mental Health Equity.Abstract
Post-pandemic societies face enduring psychological and structural challenges that extend beyond immediate epidemiological containment, necessitating integrative frameworks linking resilience to community health recovery. This policy-based integrative review synthesizes interdisciplinary scholarship from public health, psychology, governance, and sustainability studies to construct a multilevel analytical model of resilience-driven recovery. Thematic and comparative conceptual mapping identify four interdependent domains: individual regulatory capacity, relational social capital, institutional coherence, and environmental governance. Findings indicate that resilience mediates the translation of socioeconomic disruption into either adaptive or maladaptive health trajectories, while policy integration amplifies cumulative recovery effects. Evidence further suggests that digital transformation, labor market stabilization, participatory governance, and healthy urban planning enhance psychosocial stability and reduce disparities. The review advances resilience from a descriptive construct to a policy-operational framework capable of guiding systemic health reform. By integrating biological, relational, and structural determinants, the proposed model offers a comprehensive foundation for designing sustainable, equity-oriented community health strategies in post-pandemic contexts characterized by uncertainty and systemic risk.
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