Opportunities for social connection

‘On the one hand, millions of dollars are committed to alleviating ill-health through individual intervention. Meanwhile we ignore what our everyday experience tells us, i.e. the way we organize our society, the
extent to which we encourage interaction among the citizenry and the degree to which we trust and associate with each other in caring communities is probably one of the most important determinants of health’ (Lomas 1998, p. 1181 cited in Whiteford et al. 2005).

1. increase participation in physical activity
2. increase opportunities for social connection
3. reduce race-based discrimination and promote diversity
4. prevent violence against women by increasing participation in respectful relationships
5. build knowledge to increase access to economic resources./.../