Background Loneliness is a public health challenge, associated with premature mortality
and poorer health outcomes. Social connections can mitigate against loneliness, and there …

Background:“Convivial encounter” provides a new lens for understanding social inclusion of
people with intellectual disabilities, characterised by shared activity and friendly interactions …

Objectives This study investigated how adults in the United Kingdom perceived their arts
and cultural engagement to facilitate social connectedness over two phases in the first year …

This study investigates the synergistic impacts of online and offline social participation on
older adults' subjective well-being outcomes. By drawing on the socio-emotional selectivity …

This study examined the piloting of a literacy, arts and wellbeing (LAB) project in a rural
school in Queensland, Australia. The research involved a Year 1 class (n= 24) participating …

Accessible Summary● Lisa Scott became an artist after she joined a supported studio in
Sydney, Australia.● The studio is like her second family, and the staff have always told her …

Urban geographers and sociologists use ideas about “encounter” and “conviviality” to
understand ways of engaging with difference in cities and ways of enabling people to step …

People with intellectual disabilities fare badly on all indicators of social inclusion compared
to the general community. The reasons for this stem from the complex interaction of their …

Community participation is a difficult concept to pin down. It takes many forms—going out
with friends to an exhibition, the cinema or for lunch; playing sport; volunteering in a charity …

Background: Environmental factors have a significant role in facilitating and limiting
participation of individuals with intellectual disabilities in everyday activities. Creating …