Resources

This page provides resources and information about whole person health and whole person research.

Whole Person Health Research Articles

Cibelli Hibben K, Ryan VM, Nadreau R, et al. Assessing the Structural Validity and Measurement Invariance of the Whole Person Health Index. Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health. 2026;15. doi: 10.1177/27536130261453376.
Pitcher MH, Langevin HM. The Whole Person Health Index: A Self-Reported Tool to Assess Whole Person Health. Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health. 2026;15. doi: 10.1177/27536130261455354.

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) Resources

NCCIH One-Pagers PDFs:

NCCIH The Organization One Pager: NCCIH - The Need and the Role of the NCCIH
NCCIH Research One Pager: NCCIH - Research Highlights

Website Links:

National Institute for Health (NIH) Resources

Catalogue

Organized by reverse chronological (date, name of institution, title):

2025-09-18: NCCIH – Messages from the Director: Leaving NCCIH – and Whole Person Health Research – in Good Hands
2025-04-04: NCCIH – Messages from the Director: Advancing Research on Whole Person Health
2025-03-04: NCCIH – Concept: Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches To Promote Whole Person Health Restoration via Emotional Well-Being Mechanisms
2025-03-04: NCCIH – Concept: The Role of Hormesis in Whole Person Health
2025-02-19: NCCIH – The Whole Person Health Index: An Integrated Self-Reported Measure Capturing Essential Components of Health
2025-01-06: NCCIH – Messages from the Director: Can We Live Healthier and Spend Better on Health Care?
2024-12-20: NCCIH – Messages from the Director: Coalition Kickoff for Whole Person Health
2024-09-30: NCCIH – Messages from the Director: The Promise of Applying a Whole Person Framework to Pain
2024-06-10: NCCIH – Messages from the Director: New Coalition is Another Stepping Stone Toward Whole Person Health
2024-01-31: NCCIH – NIH analysis reveals a significant rise in use of complementary health approaches, especially for pain management
2024-01-09: NCCIH – Messages from the Director: A Whole Person Focus on Heart Disease
2023-02-15: NASEM – U.S. Should Scale and Spread Whole Health Care Through VA and HHS Leadership, Create Federal Center for Whole Health Innovation, Says New Report
2022-10-25: NCCIH – Messages from the Director: Imaging That Helps Us Build a Picture of Whole Person Health
2022-08-08: NCCIH – Messages from the Director: Emotional Well-Being and Whole Person Health
2022-09-27: NCCIH – Zeroing In on the Factors That Determine Whole Person Health
2022-09-08: NCCIH – Important Opportunity To Participate in a Stakeholder Meeting on Whole Person Health
2022-04-19: NCCIH – Messages from the Director: An Opportunity To Weigh In and Advance Whole Person Research
2022-09-17: NCCIH – Messages from the Director: Building the Methodological Infrastructure for Whole Person Research
2020-10-27: NCCIH – Interconnected Challenges Require Research That Recognizes the Whole Person
2020-04-27: NCCIH – Messages from the Director: Considering Whole Person Health as We Develop NCCIH’s Next Strategic Plan