ArticleFrontiers in public health2020
Social Prescribing-An Effort to Apply a Common Knowledge: Impelling Forces and Challenges.
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- Social prescribing by community nurses in southeastern Australia: a qualitative study.Journal of research in nursing : JRN · 2026Article
- Determining the Intersection of Social Prescribing in Social Work Practice: Protocol for a Scoping Review.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- How to improve support for people with (complex) multiple-problems through social prescribing in a vulnerable neighborhood; professionals', experts-by-experience' and clients' perspectives.BMC primary care · 2025Article
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- Does social prescribing address social determinants of health?Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Social prescribing for socially isolated older adults in rural Japan: a qualitative case study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- A multidimensional analysis of older adults wellbeing and health literacy in Alentejo: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Interrogating green social prescribing in South Wales; A multi-stakeholder qualitative exploration.PloS one · 2025Article
- Building common understanding: seeking consensus and defining social prescribing across contexts - a collective commentary on a Delphi study.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Social prescription for the elderly: a community-based scoping review.Primary health care research & development · 2024Article
- Implement social prescribing successfully towards embedding: what works, for whom and in which context? A rapid realist review.BMC public health · 2024Review
- Barriers and facilitators to social prescribing in child and youth mental health: perspectives from the frontline.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Social Prescribing Competence among Community Pharmacists and Pharmacy Students in Norway.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A rapid review of opportunities and challenges in the implementation of social prescription interventions for addressing the unmet needs of individuals living with long-term chronic conditions.BMC public health · 2024Review
- The challenges and rewards of social prescribing in family medicine.Frontiers in health services · 2024Article
- Stakeholder views on addressing challenges to the implementation of social prescribing in the United Kingdom.Frontiers in health services · 2024Article
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- Social prescribing link workers-A qualitative Australian perspective.Health & social care in the community · 2022Article
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Abstract
In recent times, social prescribing has been introduced in some countries, and substantially in the U.K. The objective of this scheme is to offer non-medical care mainly to primary care patients. Although the idea of this scheme is not new, its formalization is. Using a narrative synthesis of peer-reviewed and gray literature, this article discusses the social prescribing scheme, some of its compelling aspects and challenges in offering non-medical care, particularly regarding referrals being made from primary care settings. The social prescribing scheme has several impelling forces that include its potential to turn primary care to primary healthcare, tackle social determinants of health and social needs, improve wellbeing and physical health, offer person-centered care, strengthen preventive care, and bridge healthcare organizations with the third sector. This scheme also faces several challenges including service standards and boundaries, sustainability, availability of appropriate services, low engagement of clients and insufficient evidence. While this scheme lacks validated evidence, it is theoretically compelling. Given that the demand for non-medical care is growing in most societies and that the usefulness of non-medical care is gaining prominence, social prescribing is likely to continue to proliferate.
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