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Social Connectedness and Health: A Literature Review

Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: This literature review forms part of the first stage of the Social Connectedness Project. Its aim is: - To undertake a review of the literature focusing on the link between social isolation and well-being in potential target groups such as the elderly, young people, people with disabilities, and the seriously ill; - To give an overview of strength-based community development strategies and, in particular, Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD); - To provide an overview over community development projects that employed such a strategy; and to - To elaborate possible themes that could encapsulate the spirit of the project.
Authors: Goetz Ottmann, John Dickson, Paula Wright
Language: English
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1562961364
FWCI: 0.618
Cites: 98
Cited by: 14
Related to: 20