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WHO evidence and gap map on digital interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness in older adults

Toolkit

2 September 2025

Overview

Evidence and gap maps are interactive tools that help researchers and decision makers discover existing evidence on a given topic, find solutions supported by evidence, and identify gaps in the evidence where more research is required. The World Health Organization is developing evidence and gap maps as part of a multi-year project to summarise, disseminate, and increase uptake of evidence towards deeper integration in policies and practices during the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing. This evidence and gap map examines the evidence on digital interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness in older adults.

Who is this toolkit for?

This tool is for researchers, practitioners, policy and decision makers, programme funders, and other professionals working in the area of social isolation and loneliness; digital interventions for healthy ageing; and evidence use, synthesis, and production.

Decade Action Areas

Age-friendly Environments

Combatting Ageism

Integrated Care

Long-term Care

Sector

Academia

UN Agency

Knowledge Characteristics

  • > Systematic Review

Other Information

evidence, evidence-based, policy, practice, #WhatWorks, #EGM

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