Social Cohesion Resource for Building Healthy Communities
This page contains a social cohesion resource for building healthy communities and its accompanying companion document created by the Centre for Healthy Communities' Social Cohesion Working Group in collaboration with the CHC's Health Equity Research Thematic Area.
Social cohesion is a concept that refers to the level of trust and connectedness within a community. Living within a socially cohesive community has been associated with a wide range of improved health outcomes for its members. As such, enhancing community social cohesion has the potential to be an avenue for health promotion efforts aimed at improving the health of community members.
This document presents research-informed health benefits associated with socially cohesive communities as well as numerous strategies designed to help strengthen community social cohesion in ß÷ßäÉçÇø.
This document provides more detailed information on each social cohesion strengthening strategy presented in the resource above and offers real-world examples of actions taken by communities in ß÷ßäÉçÇø that align with the proposed strategies.