[HTML][HTML] Social connection as a public health issue: the evidence and a systemic framework for prioritizing the “social” in social determinants of health

J Holt-Lunstad - Annual Review of Public Health, 2022 - annualreviews.org
There is growing interest in and renewed support for prioritizing social factors in public
health both in the USA and globally. While there are multiple widely recognized social …

Why social relationships are important for physical health: A systems approach to understanding and modifying risk and protection

J Holt-Lunstad - Annual review of psychology, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Social relationships are adaptive and crucial for survival. This review presents existing
evidence indicating that our social connections to others have powerful influences on health …

On the promotion of human flourishing

TJ VanderWeele - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Many empirical studies throughout the social and biomedical sciences focus only on very
narrow outcomes such as income, or a single specific disease state, or a measure of positive …

The potential public health relevance of social isolation and loneliness: Prevalence, epidemiology, and risk factors

J Holt-Lunstad - Public Policy & Aging Report, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Our social relationships are widely considered crucial to emotional well-being; however, the
possibility that social connection may be a biological need, vital to physical wellbeing and …

The major health implications of social connection

J Holt-Lunstad - Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The influence of social relationships extends beyond emotional well-being to influence long-
term physical-health outcomes, including mortality risk. Despite the varied measurement …

Advancing social connection as a public health priority in the United States.

J Holt-Lunstad, TF Robles, DA Sbarra - American psychologist, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
A robust body of scientific evidence has indicated that being embedded in high-quality close
relationships and feeling socially connected to the people in one's life is associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Gender differences in the consequences of divorce: A study of multiple outcomes

T Leopold - Demography, 2018 - read.dukeupress.edu
In this study, I examined gender differences in the consequences of divorce by tracing
annual change in 20 outcome measures covering four domains: economic, housing and …

Outcome-wide longitudinal designs for causal inference: a new template for empirical studies

TJ VanderWeele, MB Mathur, Y Chen - 2020 - projecteuclid.org
Outcome-Wide Longitudinal Designs for Causal Inference: A New Template for Empirical
Studies Page 1 Statistical Science 2020, Vol. 35, No. 3, 437–466 https://doi.org/10.1214/19-STS728 …

Losing life and livelihood: a systematic review and meta-analysis of unemployment and all-cause mortality

DJ Roelfs, E Shor, KW Davidson, JE Schwartz - Social science & medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
Unemployment rates in the United States remain near a 25-year high and global
unemployment is rising. Previous studies have shown that unemployed persons have an …

Positive epidemiology?

TJ VanderWeele, Y Chen, K Long, ES Kim… - …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The Dictionary of Epidemiology 1 defines epidemiology as “the study of the distribution and
determinants of health-related states and events.” The definition given by the WHO appends …