Global developments in social prescribing

DF Morse, S Sandhu, K Mulligan, S Tierney… - BMJ Global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Social prescribing is an approach that aims to improve health and well-being. It connects
individuals to non-clinical services and supports that address social needs, such as those …

Establishing internationally accepted conceptual and operational definitions of social prescribing through expert consensus: a Delphi study

C Muhl, K Mulligan, I Bayoumi, R Ashcroft, C Godfrey - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective The aim of this study was to establish internationally accepted conceptual and
operational definitions of social prescribing. Design A three-round Delphi study was …

Screening and social prescribing in healthcare and social services to address housing issues among children and families: a systematic review

A Anderst, K Hunter, M Andersen, N Walker… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Housing is a social determinant of health that impacts the health and well-being
of children and families. Screening and referral to address social determinants of health in …

An evaluation of the role of social identity processes for enhancing health outcomes within UK‐based social prescribing initiatives designed to increase social …

CO Staras, JRH Wakefield… - … of Community & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The UK's National Health Service has introduced Social Prescribing initiatives to
tackle loneliness and ill‐health, yet it lacks a theoretical foundation and evidence base for …

[HTML][HTML] Financing approaches to social prescribing programs in England and the United States

S Sandhu, H Alderwick, LM Gottlieb - The Milbank Quarterly, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Health Organization (WHO) defines the social determinants of health as “the conditions in
which people are born, grow, live, and age,” which are “shaped by the distribution of money …

Constituting link working through choice and care: An ethnographic account of front‐line social prescribing

B Griffith, T Pollard, K Gibson, J Jeffries… - Sociology of Health & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Link worker social prescribing has become a prominent part of NHS England's
personalisation agenda. However, approaches to social prescribing vary, with multiple …

Social prescribing link workers—A qualitative Australian perspective

LS Sharman, N McNamara, S Hayes… - Health & social care in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Social prescribing (or community referral) is a model of healthcare designed to address
social needs that contribute to poor health. At the heart of social prescribing programs is the …

LGBTQ+ loss and grief in a cis-heteronormative pandemic: a qualitative evidence synthesis of the COVID-19 literature

JJ Lucas, SL Bouchoucha, R Afrouz… - Qualitative Health …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
LGBTQ+ people are no stranger to loss and grief, particularly during times of pandemic such
as the 1980s–90s HIV/AIDS pandemic and now, the COVID-19 pandemic. Current COVID …

Health empowerment scripts: Simplifying social/green prescriptions

JT Lawson, R Wissing, C Henderson-Wilson… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Social prescriptions are one term commonly used to describe non-pharmaceutical
approaches to healthcare and are gaining popularity in the community, with evidence …

Identifying enablers and barriers to referral, uptake and completion of lifestyle modification programmes: a rapid literature review

Y Zurynski, C Smith, J Siette, BNG Easpaig… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To identify current, policy-relevant evidence about barriers and enablers
associated with referral, uptake and completion of lifestyle modification programmes (LMPs) …