Overview
Social isolation and lack of support can significantly harm both physical and mental health. People who are socially isolated are at higher risk for heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, depression, and anxiety. They are also more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
Goal
Reduce the proportion of adults who rarely or never get needed social or emotional support from 12.0% to the Healthy People 2030 target of 7.7% by December 31, 2029.
Target Population
Adults
Rarely or Never Gets Needed Social and Emotional Support chart description: Chart shows that 12% of randomly surveyed adults rarely or never get needed social and emotional support, compared to the Health People 2030 target of 7.7%.
Coming soon
Coming soon
Coming soon
- Healthy People 2030 (HP2030) sets data-drive national objectives to improve health and well-being over the next decade. HP2030 includes 359 core- or measurable- objectives as well as developmental and research objectives. HP2030 objective – Increase the proportion of adults who talk to friends of family about their health HC/HIT-04. (TFHS is looking at the inverse of this metric)
