ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Social Return on Investment Analysis of the Health Precinct Community Hub for Chronic Conditions.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
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- The health economics of social prescribing: systematic review of the international evidence.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- An Updated Systematic Literature Review of the Economic Costs of Loneliness and Social Isolation and the Cost Effectiveness of Interventions.PharmacoEconomics · 2025Pooled it
- Outcomes and instruments used in social prescribing: a modified umbrella review.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2024Pooled it
- Social prescribing outcomes: a mapping review of the evidence from 13 countries to identify key common outcomes.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Systematic review of social prescribing and older adults: where to from here?Family medicine and community health · 2022Pooled it
- A Systematic Review to Examine the Evidence in Developing Social Prescribing Interventions That Apply a Co-Productive, Co-Designed Approach to Improve Well-Being Outcomes in a Community Setting.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Evaluating the social return on investment of nature-based social prescribing to alleviate loneliness: a randomized controlled trial in Barcelona.Frontiers in public health · 2026Trial
- Capturing the wider benefits from football participation: a social return on investment (SROI) evaluation of a community based football intervention.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The impact of loneliness on healthcare costs and service utilisation and the cost-effectiveness of loneliness interventions: systematic review.BJPsych open · 2025Review
- Social Return on Investment (SROI) Evaluation of Citizens Advice on Prescription: A Whole-Systems Approach to Mitigating Poverty and Improving Wellbeing.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Hospital in-reach family-centred social prescribing pilot for children with neurodisability: mixed methods evaluation with social return on investment analysis.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Intersectoral Partnerships Between Local Governments and Health Organisations in High-Income Contexts: A Scoping Review.International journal of health policy and management · 2024Article
- "An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure": Proposal for a Social Prescribing Strategy for Obesity Prevention and Improvement in Health and Well-being.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Community-informed, integrated, and coordinated care through a community-level model: A narrative synthesis on community hubs.Healthcare management forum · 2022Article
- The impact of improving haemophilia A management within the Spanish National Healthcare System: a social return on investment analysis.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- A Social Return on Investment Analysis of Improving the Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Within the Spanish National Healthcare System.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2022Article
- 'What You See is All There is': The Importance of Heuristics in Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) and Social Return on Investment (SROI) in the Evaluation of Public Health Interventions.Applied health economics and health policy · 2021Review
- The Role of Prevention in Reducing the Economic Impact of ME/CFS in Europe: A Report from the Socioeconomics Working Group of the European Network on ME/CFS (EUROMENE).Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Local governments and Health Boards are seeking to develop integrated services to promote well-being. Social participation and physical activity are key in promoting well-being for older people. The Health Precinct is a community hub in North Wales that people with chronic conditions are referred to through social prescribing. To improve community-based assets there is a need to understand and evidence the social value they generate. Data collection took place October 2017-September 2019. Social Return on Investment (SROI) analysis was used to evaluate the Health Precinct. Stakeholders included participants aged 55+, participants' families, staff, the National Health Service and local government. Participants' health and well-being data were collected upon referral and four months later using the EQ-5D-5L, Campaign to End Loneliness Scale and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Family members completed questionnaires at four months. Baseline data were collected for 159 participants. Follow-up data were available for 66 participants and 38 family members. The value of inputs was £55,389 (attendance fees, staffing, equipment, overheads), and the value of resulting benefits was £281,010; leading to a base case SROI ratio of £5.07 of social value generated for every £1 invested. Sensitivity analysis yielded estimates of between 2.60:1 and 5.16:1.
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