The Epidemic of Social Isolation and Loneliness

Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the Department of Undergraduate Medical Education Curricular Affairs.
 
Speaker: Adam Perrin, MD
Date: Thursday, June 25, 2026
Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm
Location: Massey Auditorium (or attend virtually on Microsoft Teams)
Meeting ID: 240 055 543 091 878
Passcode: GQ7AQ7yx
 
Session Attendance Code: FEBZAK
 
Session Description: Social isolation and loneliness have emerged as a major public health crisis with profound impacts on morbidity, mortality, and health equity. This session examines the epidemiology and health consequences of loneliness, introduces the concept of social health, and highlights Connecticut’s coordinated response through the Connecticut Collaborative to End Loneliness. Participants will explore practical, scalable strategies, such as screening, social prescribing, and community partnerships, to integrate social connection into primary care and health professions education.
 
Session Learning Objectives:  Participants will (be able to):
  1. Describe social isolation and loneliness as population health challenges, with a focus on prevalence, risk factors, and health outcomes.
  2. Describe its three vital components, the many factors that shape it, how it influences health outcomes, the six pillars to advance social connection, as it pertains to social connection.
  3. Identify the strategies being employed to encourage and equip healthcare providers to recognize social health, address loneliness, and promote meaningful social connections in patient care.
  4. Discuss the role of social prescribing, community partnerships, and referral pathways in addressing loneliness at scale.
  5. Identify opportunities to engage health professional learners in population-level interventions targeting social isolation across the lifespan.
Speaker Disclosure Statement: Dr. Adam Perrin, in their role as [speaker] for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated.
 
Speaker Off-label Statement: Dr. Adam Perrin will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device.

Target Audience:  Faculty, staff, and trainees at the UConn Health, School of Medicine.

Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of _ 1 _ AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

Activity Director & Planning Committee Disclosure Statement: Neither the activity director, the activity administrator, nor the planning committee members in their role as planning committee members for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated.

Commercial Support Statement: This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.

 

Session date: 
06/25/2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
Location: 
UConn Health
263 Famington Ave
Farmington, CT 06030
United States
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  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Participation
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