Social support interventions were linked to weight loss at the end of intervention and 3- and 6-month follow-ups. Social support may have a significant effect on weight loss interventions, according ...

It now is widely recognized that social factors such as unstable housing, employment instability, and lack of healthy food, have a substantial impact on health outcomes and spending, particularly for ...

Support interventions such as group meetings and family sessions that promoted healthy behaviors resulted in a 29% increased probability of survival over time. Research from BYU professors Timothy ...

Social relations are part of the complex set of factors affecting health and well-being in old age. This systematic review seeks to uncover whether social interventions have an effect on social and ...

As the United States commemorates 50 years of mass incarceration, researchers and experts call for a comprehensive reimagining of the public safety infrastructure to prevent another 50 years of this ...

Although it’s difficult to generalize the impact of social determinants of health, addressing them is fundamental to improving overall healthcare quality for member populations. This article was ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the introduction to “Housing as Intervention: Architecture towards Social Equity,” a 17-essay volume of Architectural Design (AD), guest edited by Next City Vanguard ...

Developing a child's social and emotional learning skills in early childhood is seen as a key to the child's success in school, but researchers are still working to understand which interventions most ...

In response to a patient population in dire need of assistance with the social determinants of health, providers in Houston formed an intervention center to better connect those people with services ...

Kang'ata cited bursaries, hospital drugs, Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) feeding programmes and other social interventions that directly improve livelihoods.