SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Can Social Prescribing Foster Individual and Community Well-Being? A Systematic Review of the Evidence.
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48 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- [PAPPS update on older people 2024].Atencion primaria · 2024Guideline
- The effectiveness of social prescribing in the management of long-term conditions in community-based adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical rehabilitation · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy of relational agents for loneliness across age groups: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled 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
- The impact of arts on prescription on individual health and wellbeing: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Social prescribing for suicide prevention: a rapid review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Critical components of social prescribing programmes with a focus on older adults - a systematic review.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of system navigation programs linking primary care with community-based health and social services: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2023Pooled it
- Experiences of Non-Pharmaceutical Primary Care Interventions for Common Mental Health Disorders in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Groups: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Social prescribing outcomes: a mapping review of the evidence from 13 countries to identify key common outcomes.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Pooled it
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- Systematic review of social prescribing and older adults: where to from here?Family medicine and community health · 2022Pooled it
- Benefits of an online group dance program for adolescents' social bonding and wellbeing.Journal of adolescence · 2024Trial
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- Occupational Therapists as Social Prescribers: Insights from Swedish Primary Care.Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy · 2026Article
- Harms and Negative or Unintended Consequences of Social Prescribing: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Linking Social Prescribing and Lifestyle RedesignCanadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapie · 2026Article
- Social prescribing for people recovering from treatment for cancer: a systematic scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Unpacking the early implementation of social prescribing in Swedish primary care: a theory-informed process evaluation.Health promotion international · 2026Article
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Abstract
Social prescribing programmes (SP) are person-centred coaching schemes meant to help participants improve individual circumstances, thereby to reduce demand on health and social care. SP could be an innovative means to improve preventive and public health in the pursuit of universal financially sustainable healthcare. Given its potential, our systematic review assesses type, content, and quality of evidence available regarding SP effectiveness at the individual, system, and community levels. We examine the impact of SP on addressing loneliness, social isolation, well-being, and connectedness, as well as related concepts, which are not yet considered jointly in one study. Following PRISMA, we search: EBSCOHost (CINAHL Complete; eBook Collection; E-Journals; MEDLINE Full Text; Open Dissertations; PsycARTICLES; PsycINFO); Web of Science Core Collection; and UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Excluding systematic reviews and articles without impact evaluations, we review 51 studies. Several studies do not distinguish between core concepts and/or provide information on the measures used to assess outcomes; exactly one peer-reviewed study presents a randomised controlled trial. If we wish to know the potential of social prescribing to lead to universal financially sustainable healthcare, we urge researchers and practitioners to standardise definitions and metrics, and to explore conceptual linkages between social prescribing and system/community outcomes.
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