The seven domains of well-being, as defined by Veterans Affairs Canada, represent key areas that influence the overall quality of life for Canadian Veterans. Supporting Veterans across these domains helps ensure they can live healthy, meaningful, and fulfilling lives after service.
The Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans(CPCoE) is working with researchers to identify existing tools, scales, and questionnaires that measure Veteran well-being within each of the seven domains.
These domains include:
· Employment and meaningful activity
Engagement in work and other meaningful activities that contribute to a sense of purpose.
· Finance
This focuses on the stability that comes from householdincome and financial security.
· Health
Health includes not just physical, but also mental, social, and spiritual well-being.
· Life skills and preparedness
Life skills, such as education and coping skills, can help manage everyday life and support resilience for Veterans.
· Social integration
Being in supportive and meaningful relationships withfamily, friends, or community.
· Housing and physical environment
This focuses on the place of residence, includingsustainable housing, air quality, and more.
· Cultural and social environment
This includes the values and beliefs of the culture and society, such as the society’s attitudes towards Veterans, which can impact their sense of belonging.
This research will provide guidance to policymakers and researchers about which tools, if any, are appropriate to be adopted or adapted for assessing Canadian Veterans’ well-being during their transition to civilian life. If there are no available instruments that show promise for this purpose, the researchers will recommend the development of a new instrument.
By understanding how well-being can be measured across these seven domains, we can better identify gaps, guide future research, and improve supports for Veterans transitioning to life after service.
👉 Learn more about the seven domains of Veteran well-being and explore the full resource on our website.
Well-being measurement tools directory
The Well-Being Measurement Tools Directory was developed in collaboration with the Atlas Institute for Veterans and Families. It is designed to measure the well-being of Canadian Veterans.
The Well-Being Measurement Tools Directory can be used by researchers, policy makers and others to identify tools — including surveys, questionnaires and scales.
