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WELCOME! HAVE YOU MET THE PERSON IN THE ROW BEHIND YOU? MAY 29 NEW YORK CITY LONELINESS WHY IT MATTERS AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT Symposium chair JEREMY NOBEL, MD, MPH FACULTY, CENTER FOR PRIMARY CARE, HARVARD

  1. WELCOME! HAVE YOU MET THE PERSON IN THE ROW BEHIND YOU?

  3. MAY 29 • NEW YORK CITY LONELINESS WHY IT MATTERS AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT

  4. Symposium chair JEREMY NOBEL, MD, MPH • FACULTY, CENTER FOR PRIMARY CARE, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL • PRESIDENT, FOUNDATION FOR ART & HEALING, FOUNDER OF THE UNLONELY PROJECT • POET

  5. LONELINESS CORRESPONDS TO THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN DESIRED AND ACTUAL SOCIAL RELA TIONS 5

  6. LONELINESS: NOT THAT EASY TO FIX…WHY? We’re all part of the problem… especially in an era of “continuous partial attention”

  7. 43% Americans report sometimes or often feeling lonely or left out

  8. 48% Gen Z has the highest rate of loneliness

  9. 9 WHY CARE ABOUT LONELINESS? “IT WON’T JUST MAKE YOU MISERABLE, IT WILL KILL YOU” • Loneliness is linked to poor outcomes… • Psychiatric well-being (e.g., depression) • Cognitive health (e.g., dementia) • Cardiometabolic health (e.g., obesity, hypertension) • Stress physiology (e.g., hormones, inflammation) • Health behaviors (e.g., diet, exercise, drinking) • Comparable to the effects of high blood pressure, smoking, obesity, or lack of exercise

  10. SOCIAL CONNECTIONS HAVE A PROFOUND EFFECT ON RISK FOR MORTALITY (Holt-Lunstad, Robles, Sbarra, 2017)

  11. WARNING: LONELINESS IS AS LETHAL AS SMOKING 15 CIGARETTES PER DAY.

  12. WHO IS LONELY? YES, OLDER ADULTS… AGING EXACERBATES LONELINESS’ HEALTH EFFECTS 12

  14. AND HOW ABOUT ON CAMPUS?

  15. AND NOTING A PARTICULAR CONCERN: CAREGIVER LONELINESS IS INCREASING

  16. ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A SOLUTION EFFECTIVENESS SCALABILITY SUSTAINABILITY

  17. OUR TIME TOGETHER FILM: SO TIERED ADDRESSING LONELINESS IN VARIOUS SETTINGS WHAT WORKS? FILM: THE SWIMMING CLUB COMBATTING SOCIAL ISOLATION AND LONELINESS WHAT SCALES? MOVE & REFRESH: GERMAUL BARNES | BREAK FILM: ECHOES GROWING URGENCY AND NEW STAKEHOLDERS WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE? ABOUT THE UNLONELY PROJECT YOUR TURN

  18. Film Clip So Tiered

  19. Addressing Loneliness in various settings: What Works? • JENNY MAHLUM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR STUDENT HEALTH CENTER, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY • MARK MERIDY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DOROT • CONSOLATA MOGENI WORKWELL NYC, HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAM COORDINATOR, ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN’S SERVICES, CITY OF NEW YORK • SHEILA PONTIS LECTURER, CREATIVITY AND INNOVATIVE DESIGN, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

  20. Film Clip The swimming club

  21. Combatting Social Isolation and Loneliness: What Scales? • TOMER BEN-KIKI CO-FOUNDER AND CEO, HAPPIFY • MARC MCDONALD VICE PRESIDENT, GRANTS & EXTERNAL INITIATIVES, AARP FOUNDATION • SMITA PILLAI CHIEF DIVERSITY & INCLUSION OFFICER FOR DOW JONES • ALEX STARK ADVISOR AT DISABILITY AND LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER, SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO; ARTIST AND CURATOR

  22. Move & Refresh Germaul Barnes FORMER BILL T. JONES DANCER JOFFREY BALLET SCHOOL CHOREOGRAPHER

  23. See you back here at 3:15 TIME TO TWEET, POST, AND TAG US! TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM: @UNLONELYPROJECT FACEBOOK: /FOUNDATIONFORARTANDHEALING

  24. WELCOME BACK

  25. Film Clip echoes

  26. Growing Urgency and New Stakeholders: What is sustainable? • ANDY CRIGHTON CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, INC. • ELIZABETH DEVITA-RAEBURN SENIOR EDITOR, EVERYDAY HEALTH • NIYUM GANDHI EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF POPULATION HEALTH OFFICER, MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM • DOUG NEMECEK CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER-BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, CIGNA

  27. ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A SOLUTION EFFECTIVENESS SCALABILITY SUSTAINABILITY

  28. • A multi-faceted initiative that seeks to reduce the burden of loneliness and its stigma. • Pursuing a three-fold goal: to promote awareness, reduce stigma, activate programming 28

  29. GOALS OF THE UNLONELY PROJECT 1 2 3 Activate Reduce Increase Programming Stigma Awareness

  31. LAUNCHING TODAY! Filmfest3 • Generate general awareness and reduce stigma around loneliness. • Streams for a year, 24x7 • Tell your friends and colleagues!

  33. BRINGING UNLONEL YSUPPORT TO THE COMMUNITY

  34. SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES WITH EFFECTIVE, SCALABLE AND SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMS

  35. your turn

  36. WANT TO KEEP THE Momentum GOING? CONTACT@ARTANDHEALING.ORG Let us know and we’ll share news about upcoming events and activities to keep us connected for addressing the issues.

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