M3
Slide 22
CONTENT
Community as Health Infrastructure
COMMUNITY SUPPORT INFLUENCES:
Mental health recovery
Substance use trajectories
Tenancy sustainment
Employment engagement
Long-term wellbeing
LONELINESS AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION ARE ASSOCIATED WITH:
Depression
Anxiety
Increased mortality
Reduced resilience
Higher relapse risk
Conversely, belonging and participation strengthen recovery orientation and psychological stability.
From an Integrated Health and Social Care perspective, community is not an abstract value — it functions as a protective social infrastructure.