Can social prescribing provide the missing link? [PDF]
, 2008 Background: The voluntary sector has long been recognised as making an important contribution to individual and community health. In the UK, however, the links between primary health care services and the voluntary and community sector are often ...
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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).
Newstead, Simon +4 more
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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 ...
Wakefield, J +7 more
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Knowledge among Drug Dispensers and Antimalarial Drug Prescribing Practices in Public Health Facilities in Dar es Salaam. [PDF]
, 2013 Irrational prescribing and dispensing of antimalarials has been identified as a contributing factor in the emergence of malaria parasites resistant to existing antimalarial drugs.
Kamuhabwa AA +3 more
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A social prescriptions formulary: bringing social prescribing on par with pharmaceutical prescribing [PDF]
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2019 Social prescribing is a way of linking patients in primary care with sources of support within the community to help improve their health and well-being[...] Schemes commonly use services provided by the voluntary and community sector and can include an extensive range of practical information and advice, community activity, physical activities ...
Jani, Anant +5 more
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Social prescribing in general practice [PDF]
British Journal of General Practice, 2019 Social prescribing is a health pathway which enables GPs and others to refer patients with psychosocial challenges onto non-clinical support and activities within their local community. This is usually facilitated by a social prescribing link worker who may also offer one-to-one support to the patient in the form of a brief coaching intervention.
Caroline, Frostick, Marcello, Bertotti
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Prescribing by mental health nurses: the UK perspective [PDF]
, 2009 PURPOSE. This article aims to discuss the growth of mental health nurse (MHN) prescribing in the United Kingdom as an exemplar for readers to compare progress in their own countries and context.
Hemingway, Steve, Ely, Val, Ely, Valerie
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Social determinants of prescribed and non-prescribed medicine use [PDF]
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2010 AbstractBackgroundThe aim of the present study was to describe the use of prescribed and non prescribed medicines in a non-institutionalised population older than 15 years of an urban area during the year 2000, in terms of age and gender, social class, employment status and type of Primary Health Care.MethodsCross-sectional study. Information came from
García-Altés Anna +6 more
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Making Sense of Social Prescribing [PDF]
, 2017 This report is a guide to commission, running and evaluating social prescribing ...
Polley, M.J. +3 more
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An international survey of daily disposable contact lens prescribing
, 2013 Free to read\ud \ud Purpose\ud \ud The aim was to determine the extent of daily disposable contact lens prescribing worldwide and to characterise the associated demographics and fitting patterns.\ud \ud Methods\ud \ud Up to 1,000 survey forms were sent ...
Morgan, Philip B. +3 more
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