Kiffer Card

What? Chronic loneliness has the same impact as smoking 15 cigarettes/day?! 🤯

But there's help: FHS Assistant Prof @kiffercard.bsky.social and team have developed social connection guidelines for individuals & communities. Check it out:

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#SFUFHS #SFUResearch #PublicHealth

Blanche and Charlie never went to college, but they were examples of the entrepreneurial spirit.

I believe that same spirit is needed to drive innovation in public health and to meet our modern needs.

As a #firstgen uni grad, Im proud to be a Blanche and Charlie Public Health Innovation Scholar.

Social connection is crucial to well-being: New public health guidelines aim to build healthier lives and communities New public health guidelines offer research-backed steps for individuals and communities to strengthen social bonds, combat loneliness and build healthier lives.

“Children are experiencing record-breaking prevalence of mental health crises…. Our society has never been more polarized, and many are losing faith in democracy…

We need to turn these trends around…[That’s why]…we developed public health guidelines for social connection.”