HSIIP Knowledge Mobilization Summary – Year 3
The HSIIP website and social media knowledge mobilization data illustrates the reach of the HSIIP project, both within our Hamilton community, and beyond.
Project Overview
Social isolation is a growing problem among seniors in Canada. The Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario is undertaking a ground-breaking project to help understand and address that trend.
The project will link community partners and stakeholders – including older people themselves – in a participatory research initiative aimed at understanding, addressing, and reducing social isolation among seniors in the Greater Hamilton area. The aims of the project are as follows:
- to build capacity with regards to seniors’ social isolation at the community level;
- to work together to identify the unique nature of social isolation in Hamilton;
- to provide teams with the best available knowledge and research about target, audiences, risks, methods, and interventions to help combat social isolation of at-risk seniors; and
- to guide and facilitate knowledge exchange across sites and projects.
Collaboration
This project is being supported by the McMaster Institute for Healthier Environments.
Project Focus
Objectives
- Locate and co-create, through a participatory process, research-based knowledge that can be used to inform interventions, local frameworks, research, and policies.
- Supports for isolated seniors in the targeted regions.
- Draw on leading knowledge exchange models to develop and implement interventions that raise public awareness and concern about seniors’ social isolation.
RESEARCH OUTPUTS
A variety of materials from the Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging can be found below, including policy briefs, blog posts, tool kits, journal articles, conference contributions, project success stories, and more.
New materials are uploaded regularly, so be sure to check back often for updates.
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Insights from Community Stakeholders on Social Isolation
Learn more about stakeholders’ perspectives on social isolation and the four priorities they identified to prevent unnecessary emergency room visits & hospital admissions.
Insights from Seniors on Social Isolation
Learn more about seniors’ perspectives on social isolation and the four priorities they identified to support independence and engagement in the community.