Australian link worker social prescribing programs: An integrative review [PDF]
PLoS ONELink worker social prescribing programs are gaining recognition in Australia for addressing health and social needs outside routine medical care. The evaluation of these programs is essential for informing future social prescribing programs, research and
James R. Baker +10 more
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Patterns and predictors of outcome monitoring amongst link workers: Learnings from the National Social Prescribing Link Worker Survey 2025. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackgroundEffective outcome monitoring by Social Prescribing Link Workers (SPLWs) is critical for understanding the impact of social prescribing (SP) interventions.
Daisy Fancourt, Feifei Bu
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Teleworking: The Link between Worker, Family and Company
Systems, 2022 Telework is presented as a model of work organisation that changes the paradigms of business culture in many organisations, reshaping established management and social systems.
Juan Herrera +3 more
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Service-users’ perspectives of link worker social prescribing: a qualitative follow-up study [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2019 Background Social prescribing enables health-care professionals to address non-medical causes of ill-health by harnessing the resources of the voluntary and community sectors in patient care.
Josephine M. Wildman +5 more
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Barriers and facilitators to implementing social prescribing in child and adolescent mental health services: a qualitative analysis using the consolidated framework for implementation research [PDF]
Frontiers in Health ServicesIntroductionInterventions are urgently needed for young people waiting for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in England. Long waits can worsen mental health, increase distress for young people and families, and place additional pressure
Alexandra Bradbury +8 more
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Worker wellbeing and productivity in advanced economies: Re-examining the link [PDF]
Ecological Economics, 2021 Labour productivity is a key concept for understanding the way modern economies use resources and features prominently in ecological economics. Ecological economists have questioned the desirability of labour productivity growth on both environmental and social grounds.
Simon Mair, Amy Isham, Tim Jackson
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General practitioners’ awareness, use, and perceptions of social prescribing in Austria [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionSocial prescribing (SP) is increasingly recognized as an approach to address patients’ nonmedical needs in primary care, yet evidence on general practitioners’ (GPs’) perspectives in Austria is limited.
Christina Radl-Karimi +6 more
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The Cerebral Palsy Link Worker (CP LINK) study: Protocol for a feasibility study with integrated process evaluation. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackgroundCerebral palsy (CP) is the most common lifelong physical disability in the UK and is linked to multiple social, psychological and health inequalities which are often amplified as this group ages.
Kimberley J Smith +9 more
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Implementing a General Practice-Based Link Worker Intervention for People with Multimorbidity During the Covid-19 Pandemic- a Mixed Methods Process Evaluation of the LinkMM RCT [PDF]
International Journal of Integrated CareBackground: Social prescribing link workers support patients to connect with community resources to improve their health and well-being. These roles are prominent in policy, but there is limited evidence on what support is provided by link workers and ...
Bridget Kiely +12 more
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Improving understanding of social prescribing by potential referrers [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundSocial prescribing (SP) connects people with non-clinical, community resources to address social determinants of health and improve wellbeing.
Jason Su +5 more
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