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Lonely for Touch? A Narrative Review on the Role of Touch in Loneliness (2022)
Journal Article
Noone, C., & McKenna-Plumley, P. E. (2022). Lonely for Touch? A Narrative Review on the Role of Touch in Loneliness. Behaviour Change, 39(3), 157-167. https://doi.org/10.1017/bec.2022.12

Loneliness is an increasingly ubiquitous topic in academic, policy, and healthcare domains. This work typically focuses on its negative physical and mental health consequences, generally employing a singular cognitive definition of loneliness. In doi... Read More about Lonely for Touch? A Narrative Review on the Role of Touch in Loneliness.

Community‐based responses to loneliness in older people: A systematic review of qualitative studies (2021)
Journal Article
Noone, C., & Yang, K. (2022). Community‐based responses to loneliness in older people: A systematic review of qualitative studies. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(4), e859 - e873. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13682

In many countries across the world, older people are one of the groups most vulnerable to loneliness. Community-based responses are well placed to support and enhance pre-existing coping strategies in older people. However, the evidence base of these... Read More about Community‐based responses to loneliness in older people: A systematic review of qualitative studies.

Social Workers’ Sensual Bodies during COVID-19: The Suspended, Displaced and Reconstituted Body in Social Work Practice (2021)
Journal Article
Kong, S., Noone, C., & Shears, J. (2022). Social Workers’ Sensual Bodies during COVID-19: The Suspended, Displaced and Reconstituted Body in Social Work Practice. The British Journal of Social Work, 52(5), 2834-2853. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab207

After more than a year living with COVID-19 restrictions, the UK Governments have now published their ‘recovery strategies’ in which social care has been considered as key to plans for post-COVID-19 recovery in England and the devolved nations. Emerg... Read More about Social Workers’ Sensual Bodies during COVID-19: The Suspended, Displaced and Reconstituted Body in Social Work Practice.