Interventions to reduce loneliness among youth
On May 12th 2022, the JRC organised an online seminar to bring together academics, practitioners and policy-makers to discuss interventions to reduce loneliness among youth. The objectives of the seminar were to a) Inform the EC’s work on loneliness; b) Exchange and share knowledge on loneliness interventions and what works to tackle loneliness among youth, and c) Build a network of intervention experts. Several lessons and recommendations were drawn from the meeting. First, the ongoing European Year of Youth is a key moment to engage and support the young generation at EU level after two challenging years of the global pandemic. Second, research on loneliness among youth has illustrated that loneliness becomes a problem when it becomes long-term. Therefore, interventions for youth are crucial to prevent and address the experience of chronic loneliness that can have negative implications for the future of young people. Third, good examples were presented of how to design and implement loneliness interventions for youth. These included prevention and mitigation strategies at city level and a mobile App to reduce loneliness among students.
CASABIANCA Elizabeth;
NURMINEN Minna;
2022-08-05
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC129905
978-92-76-53704-5 (online),
OP KJ-07-22-541-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC129905,
10.2760/793941 (online),
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