Development of a community's self-efficacy scale for preventing social isolation among community-dwelling older people (Mimamori Scale)

• Main Authors: Etsuko Tadaka (Author), Ayumi Kono (Author), Eriko Ito (Author), Yukiko Kanaya (Author), Yuka Dai (Author), Yuki Imamatsu (Author), Waka Itoi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Among older people in developed countries, social isolation leading to solitary death has become a public health issue of vital importance. Such isolation could be prevented by monitoring at-risk individuals at the neighborhood level and by implementing supportive networks at the...