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Evidence-Based Practices for
Healthiest Wisconsin 2010

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Health priority: Social and economic factors that influence health

Objective: Between 2000 and 2010, increase the level of social connectedness of individuals within communities.


Sufficient Evidence for Effectiveness was found for the following interventions:

Insufficient Evidence to Determine Effectiveness was found for the following interventions:

Mixed Evidence was found for the following interventions:
(none)

Sufficient Evidence for Ineffectiveness was found for the following interventions:
(none)

Limitations/Comments:
As demonstrated by the lack of research, it remains unclear how to effectively improve social connectedness in order to improve health outcomes. Researchers in this field are still concerned with establishing the relationship between social connectedness and health. Perhaps once this relationship is proven, research into the effectiveness of interventions to improve social connectedness will commence.


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Last Revised: July 12, 2010