A study focused on middle-aged and older Americans by Harvard Pop Center postdoctoral fellow Justin Rodgers, faculty members David R. Williams, Ichiro Kawachi, and S V Subramanian, along with their colleague Adolfo G. Cuevas, sheds light on the eight behavioral, biological, and psychological pathways commonly thought to play a role in the association between stress and health.
Social isolation & low health literacy found to substantially & independently impact mortality risk
Harvard Bell Fellow Lindsay Kobayashi, PhD, is an author of a paper published in the journal Health Psychology that explores the relationship between social isolation, health literacy, and mortality risk. Photo: Yohann REVERDY on Flickr