Mapping loneliness prevention and alleviation interventions: a comparative survey of Basel, Bern, Zurich, and Dublin
High-income cities host many LPAIs, but without coordinated public-health strategies they fall short of preventive potential. Governments should mainstream, subsidise and modernise interventions to meet the multidimensional challenge of urban loneliness.
Authors
- Bernice S. Elger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4249-7399)
- Michael Rost (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6537-9793)
- Stephen R. Milford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7325-9940)
- Roos Vernooij
- B. Zara Malgir
- Charlotte Gehlen
Institutions
- University of Geneva (CH)
- University of Basel (CH)
- North-West University (ZA)
- University Centre of Legal Medicine (CH)
- Institute for Reproductive Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2026-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1712906
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung