QuInN cOhEn BlOg post 8

1. How does social isolation effect ones health

2.Waite, Linda J. "Social Disconnectedness, Perceived Isolation, and Health among Older     Adults∗."Http://hsb.sagepub.com/. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Mar. 2009. Web. 18 Nov. 2015.

3. This article goes in depth on the reason why social isolation should be avoided as well as the health problems that can be a result of this isolation. The article talks about how there can be multiple forms of isolation but it is hard to study each form at the same time. There can be isolation of living by yourself, or having infrequent social interactions, having feelings of loneliness and having small social networks. This article discusses how they collected samples of data from each of these categories of isolation and combined them into a study to determine the exact health issues associated with each of these problems. They then go in depth on the variety of issues such as mental health, depression, low self esteem, lack of excersise and problems attributed to that and so on. 

4. This article connects to the health issues that can be associted with isolation. Just as will smith is the only one left in the world in "i am legend"