Book contents
- Relational Health
- Relational Health
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Boxes
- Case Studies
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 How Social Relationships Matter for Health
- Chapter 3 The Relationship-Driven Factors in Obesity, Opioid Use Disorder, and Depression in Older Adults
- Chapter 4 Current Practices of Medical Intervention for Obesity, Opioids, and Social Isolation
- Chapter 5 Strategies for Relational Health Care
- Chapter 6 Relational Health Policy Priorities
- Chapter 7 Conclusions
- Index
Chapter 7 - Conclusions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 February 2023
- Relational Health
- Relational Health
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Boxes
- Case Studies
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 How Social Relationships Matter for Health
- Chapter 3 The Relationship-Driven Factors in Obesity, Opioid Use Disorder, and Depression in Older Adults
- Chapter 4 Current Practices of Medical Intervention for Obesity, Opioids, and Social Isolation
- Chapter 5 Strategies for Relational Health Care
- Chapter 6 Relational Health Policy Priorities
- Chapter 7 Conclusions
- Index
Summary
Chapter 7 concludes with the broad potential for relational health to improve health and wellbeing. It considers challenges and lessons from COVID-19 and what we have learned to improve population health in the future. Priorities of prevention, mitigation, and provision of care are emphasized along with reflections on obstacles to change.
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- Relational HealthHow Social Connection Impacts Our Physical and Mental Wellbeing, pp. 128 - 136Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023