THE SOCIAL HEALTH TOOLKIT
There is a movement underway to see health as not only physical or mental, but also social.
Welcome to the Social Health Toolkit.
Explore the resources below to better understand social health, discover best practices, and reap the benefits of meaningful relationships.
Getting Started
Best Practices
Inspiration
Resources
Getting started with social health.
What is Social Health?
Introducing the third pillar to overall well-being, how it differs from mental health and social determinants, and why connection is not a nice-to-have.
READ ARTICLE | Psychology Today
Why is Social Health Important?
Hint: Loneliness is widespread with serious health consequences. But social health matters for everyone, not just those who are lonely.
READ ARTICLE | Scientific American
How is Your Social Health?
Follow these 3 simple steps and 5 journaling prompts to understand, assess, and start improving your social health.
READ ARTICLE | Psychology Today
How Can You Be More Socially Healthy?
Uncover 5 research-backed tips for exercising your social muscles, deepening your relationships, and connecting with your community.
READ ARTICLE | Psychology Today
Goodbye Loneliness, Hello Social Health
The Future of Health is Social
Discover more resources on the basics of social health.
This is for you if you are new the idea of social health and want to join the conversation.
Best practices in social health.
If you work in technology as an entrepreneur, designer, or investor, you are shaping how people connect. Learn about the social tech innovation landscape and ways to both build and use tech for more meaningful relationships.
Social Health in Tech
Students spend nearly 20% of their waking hours at school each year. Classrooms, playgrounds, and campuses present an important opportunity to lay the foundation for a lifetime of social health.
Social Health in Education
Research shows that loneliness can be as harmful as smoking cigarettes or being obese, so it makes sense for doctors and other medical practitioners to address it. But how? Discover evidence-based suggestions.
Social Health in Healthcare
The physical places where we live, work, and play influence our social health whether we realize it or not. Learn about innovative approaches to designing the built environment to facilitate connection and community.
Social Health in Design
Why did both the UK and Japan appoint Ministers of Loneliness? What is the government’s role in social health and how can legislation at the federal level support relationships at the individual level? Find out.
Social Health in Government
Social Health Inspiration
Our sense of connection and community changes with different stages of life, from making friends in childhood to staying engaged after retirement.
Aging
Teens using social media, older adults learning digital skills, employees collaborating over Zoom—technology plays a key role in our relationships.
Social Media
For introverts, being socially healthy might look a little different but is equally as important. How much and what kind of connection do you need?
Introversion
Developing meaningful relationships can be easy and fun, with research showing that simply saying hello or helping someone in need goes a long way.
Kindness & Volunteering
Disconnection is widespread, with a mortality risk similar to that of smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day. What can you do to prevent and reduce loneliness?
Loneliness & Isolation
When people connect across ages, everyone benefits. Learn more about this growing trend and ways you can make friends of different generations.