Weekly Wrap-Up
October 22, 2021
ANNOUNCEMENTS
On Global Peer Support Celebration Day, Mental Health America Launches New Peer-to-Peer Networking Site to Combat Loneliness and Isolation
We are facing a loneliness epidemic that is impacting mental health and well-being. Research shows that 3 in 5 Americans feel lonely. Additionally, Mental Health America’s (MHA) screening data continues to show that loneliness and isolation are major concerns for people seeking help for their mental health. 71% of people in 2020 reported that loneliness or isolation was one of the top three things contributing to their mental health problems.

We need to address this issue now. This is why MHA created a platform specifically designed to help this current need. When people have strong social relationships, they are 50% more likely to live longer! MHA’s I Am Not Alone site focuses on building meaningful relationships. We are an online digital community, created to help people build genuine connections and combat feelings of loneliness.
The NIH Common Fund’s Transformative Health Disparities Research Initiative Community

Listening Sessions

To catalyze transformation in how communities are engaged in research to address health disparities and advance health equity, the NIH Common Fund is developing a new program planned to launch in the Fiscal Year 2023. If successful, this new program would have a major impact in developing, disseminating, or implementing innovative and effective interventions that prevent, reduce, or eliminate health disparities and health inequities. These efforts align with other NIH efforts to end structural racism and stimulate health equity research. This potential program may involve multiple initiatives through which awardees work together on collective goals within ten years.
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