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Can technology help reduce isolation and loneliness?

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  • Duration: 1 min
  • Publication date: 30 Apr 2020
  • Part of series EngShorts

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With the world forced to change in response to COVID-19, can technology help with our social, physical and mental wellbeing? The rapid growth of technology allows us to speak, hear and even see people from around the world but can it really replace being with each other….

Join our conversation on tackling social isolation and loneliness with technology here.

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  • emotional health
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  • isolation
  • lockdown
  • loneliness
  • mental health
  • online fitness programme
  • pandemic
  • physical health
  • social isolation
  • technology
  • working from home

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