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Social Wellness · Practice
15 sources: 6 meta-analyses, 9 systematic reviews
Explore Social Prescribing and Community Referrals
A referral or link-worker contact into local groups and activities: one way to carry out what the social-prescribing reviews studied. Dubbeldeman 2024 reports a positive influence on mental health and wellbeing; Cooper 2022 reports that robust conclusions cannot yet be made.
Feel less lonelyFeel more connected to peopleFeel part of a community
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Social Wellness · Practice
13 sources: 2 cohort studies, 1 cross-sectional study, 2 non-randomised trials, 4 randomised controlled trials, 1 systematic review, 3 with design not recorded
Get Involved in Your Local Community
Joining neighbourhood and community activities: one way to carry out what the sources on group identification and community belonging studied (Haslam 2019; Fong 2021).
Feel more connected to peopleFeel part of a community
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Social Wellness · Practice
18 sources: 10 meta-analyses, 1 narrative review, 7 systematic reviews
Join a Group, Club, or Class
Regular participation in a shared-interest group: one way to carry out what the loneliness-intervention reviews studied. Dickens 2011 reports that group-format and participatory programs more often reported improved outcomes, and Shekelle 2024 that group-based treatment was associated with lower loneliness in older adults.
Feel less lonelyFeel more connected to peopleFeel part of a community
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Social Wellness · Practice
15 sources: 6 meta-analyses, 9 systematic reviews
Use Technology to Stay Connected (Wisely)
Regular interactive contact by video call, messaging or a moderated group, with passive scrolling limited: one way to carry out what the digital-connection reviews studied. Hansen 2025 reports that digital programs can reduce loneliness under certain conditions; Bermúdez Endrino 2025 reports limited effects on social isolation.
Feel less lonelyFeel more connected to people
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