Building the social prescribing student movement in Canada
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in CanadaIntroductionSocial prescribing is defined as “a means for trusted individuals in clinical and community settings to identify that a person has nonmedical, health-related social needs and to subsequently connect them to nonclinical ...
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Financial well-being advice delivered within the context of social prescribing in the UK and the Republic of Ireland [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionThe disparity between income and rising prices has pushed many households across the UK into poverty. Social prescribing has the potential to support individuals to improve their financial well-being and address socioeconomic factors that are
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Educational standards for Australian social prescribing link workers: a modified Delphi study [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundSocial prescribing integrates comprehensive health and wellbeing outcomes into routine medical care, addressing social determinants alongside biomedical treatment to support prevention and quality of life.
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Social Prescribing in der Primärversorgung: Eckpunkte eines Idealmodells für Österreich
Monitor VersorgungsforschungSocial Prescribing gilt als innovativer Ansatz, um gesundheitsrelevante psychosoziale und emotionale Anliegen systematisch zu adressieren. Um ein gemeinsames Verständnis von Social Prescribing in der österreichischen Primärversorgung zu unterstützen ...
Dr. phil. Daniela Rojatz +2 more
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What is social prescribing? [PDF]
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 2015 This article outlines research into social prescribing provision in one Clinical Commissioning Group area in England. Based on primary data collected from focus groups with social prescribing practitioners (n=8), local council/Public Health employees (n=6) and GPs (n=4) and interviews with 40 social prescription practitioners and 22 patients from 23 ...
Kimberlee, Richard
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Inequalities in referrals to social prescribing from primary care in England: A retrospective observational study. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackgroundSocial prescribing is a growing community health intervention and has been associated with improved patient outcomes. However, the evidence around inequalities in referrals shows varying patterns.
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Social Prescribing the Smart City [PDF]
Electronic Workshops in Computing, 2021 Our research explores the potential role of social prescribing in a smart city context positioned at the crossroads of digitally enabled health, community care and social engagement of older adults. Findings suggest social prescribing is ideally suited to be considered in an age-friendly smart city discussion on ...
Sonja Pedell, Ann Borda
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Enhancing Student Wellbeing Through Social Prescribing: A Rapid Realist Review
Public Health Reviews, 2023 Objectives: A Rapid Realist Review of social prescribing in Higher Education (HE) was undertaken to determine what works, for whom, how, why, and within what circumstances. The review resulted in the development of a Realist Programme Theory articulating
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Identifying and classifying social prescribing terminology in Wales - A group concept mapping study [PDF]
, 2023 Within Wales, social prescribing is defined as ‘connecting citizens to community support to better manage their health and wellbeing’ (Rees et al., 2019).
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Social Prescribing as ‘Social Cure’: A longitudinal study of the health benefits of social connectedness within a Social Prescribing pathway [PDF]
Journal of Health Psychology, 2020 We examined whether the Social Cure (SC) perspective explains the efficacy of a Social Prescribing (SP) pathway which addresses healthcare needs through enhancing social connections. Data were collected at pathway entry from patients with long-term health conditions, or who felt isolated/lonely/anxious ( N = 630), then again 4 months later ( N = 178 ...
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