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Understanding Young Women's Experiences of Loneliness and Isolation During Covid-19 and Beyond: Participatory Research to Envision a Way Forward

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020
    2022

  • Funder

    Making The Shift Inc

  • Principal Investigator

    Erin Dej

  • Research Location

    Canada

  • Lead Research Institution

    Wilfrid Laurier University

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Social impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Adults (18 and older)

  • Vulnerable Population

    Women

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

To prevent youth homelessness it is crucial that we address the unique needs of housing insecure young women. This research explores how loneliness and isolation that occurs before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic impacts young women-identifying people's housing stabilization. Objectives: Determine changes in service provision and the role of informal support in managing isolation during the pandemic to make recommendations on how these integral supports can be formalized. Likewise, develop and implement peer-designed and peer-led workshops to determine recommendations and actionable items to improve the conditions for housing insecure young women.