The state of loneliness and social isolation research: current knowledge and future directions

Harry Owen Taylor; Thomas K M Cudjoe; Feifei Bu; Michelle H Lim

doi:10.1186/s12889-023-15967-3

The state of loneliness and social isolation research: current knowledge and future directions

BMC Public Health. 2023 Jun 1;23(1):1049. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15967-3.

Authors

Harry Owen Taylor¹, Thomas K M Cudjoe², Feifei Bu³, Michelle H Lim^{4

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¹ Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. harry.taylor@utoronto.ca.
² Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
³ Research Department of Behavioural Science and Health, Insititute of Epidemiology & Health Care, University College London, London, England.
⁴ Prevention Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁵ Iverson Health Innovation Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria, Australia.

Abstract

In this editorial, we consider the current state of loneliness and social isolation research around the world, including knowledge gaps in the empirical literature.

The state of loneliness and social isolation research: current knowledge and future directions

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