Leveraging Community Assets to Tackle Social Isolation and Loneliness: A Needs Assessment of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Executive Summary Dissertation by: Mr Hao Yang Pang, Master of Public Health (MPH) Co-Supervisors: Drs Marize Bakhet & Shamini Gnani Supervisor & Principal Investigator: Dr Austen El-Osta (ICREC #19IC5385) This study is an investigation of factors that influence the routine adoption & diffusion of evidence-based asset-based community development (ABCD) initiatives to tackle social isolation & loneliness (using LBH&F as a case study) INTRODUCTION · Social isolation may affect people of all ages, but it does not equate to loneliness and vice versa. Although acknowledged to be different concepts, social isolation and loneliness (SI&L) are often considered together. · SI&L is a rising problem in society and has negative impacts to individual
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