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Prevent and Reduce Social Isolation
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Prevent and Reduce Social Isolation

Published
December 2022
Topics
Age-Friendly Communities, Social Connection
Type
Issue Brief
Author
Risa Wilkerson
Healthy Places by Design
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Issue Brief Summary 

Isolation is affected by community design, social norms, public policy, and institutions that make it hard for people to build strong social connections.

With strategic investments, however, we can create places where people of all ages know and trust their neighbors, feel welcomed and represented, and have a strong sense of community. We can create socially connected communities.

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