Frontiers in Public Health (Sep 2024)

A project co-created with the community to mitigate loneliness in midlife women

  • Nadia Corsini,
  • Fiona Dorman,
  • Jodie Scott,
  • Amanda Wright,
  • Deborah Turnbull,
  • Carmel Williams,
  • Carmel Williams,
  • Deborah Bates,
  • Bernadette Reading,
  • Hayley Everuss,
  • Fanke Peng,
  • Rachael Pearse,
  • Marion Eckert

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1425641
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12

Abstract

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This paper describes how a team of researchers, policy stakeholders and community members came together to co-create prevention-oriented and community-informed solutions to address loneliness in women—The Loneliness Project. Our aim is to encourage community partnerships and collective effort to address public health approaches to loneliness by developing a shared understanding of the issue from multiple perspectives and through the co-creation process, highlighting the key factors for co-creating a funding application for a community demonstration project.

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