ArticleBMJ global health2022
Global developments in social prescribing.
Article in BMJ global health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 195 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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195 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Potential harms of social prescribing: a global umbrella review and dark logic model.BMJ open · 2026Pooled it
- Systematic literature review of economic studies on nature-based social prescribing for health improvement.BMC primary care · 2026Pooled it
- The health economics of social prescribing: systematic review of the international evidence.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- The use of social prescribing and community-based wellbeing activities as a potential prevention and early intervention pathway to improve adolescent emotional and social development: a systematic mapping review.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Working between systems: an umbrella review of care navigator roles and responsibilities.Frontiers in health services · 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
- Examining associations, moderators and mediators between childhood maltreatment, social functioning, and social cognition in psychotic disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychological medicine · 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
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of Social Prescribing: Comparing a Comprehensive Navigation Model With Signposting.Annals of family medicine · 2026Trial
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- Exploring General Practice Nurses' Experiences of an Intervention to Support Social Connectedness Among Older Adults: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Article
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- Social prescribing interventions in response to older adults' needs in community settings - nurses' perspectives: a qualitative study.Journal of research in nursing : JRN · 2026Article
- Broadening sources of finance for health promotion and disease prevention: Smart capacitating investment.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2026Article
- Cultural Prescribing: Concepts, Evidence, Implementation, and the Contribution of Socially Engaged Art.Yonago acta medica · 2026Review
- A Health Navigator intervention to identify and respond to the health-related social needs of an Australian population living with cancer: a mixed-methods feasibility study.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Japan's health system toward 2040: structural challenges and a renewed social contract.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2026Review
- Harms and Negative or Unintended Consequences of Social Prescribing: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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Abstract
Social prescribing is an approach that aims to improve health and well-being. It connects individuals to non-clinical services and supports that address social needs, such as those related to loneliness, housing instability and mental health. At the person level, social prescribing can give individuals the knowledge, skills, motivation and confidence to manage their own health and well-being. At the society level, it can facilitate greater collaboration across health, social, and community sectors to promote integrated care and move beyond the traditional biomedical model of health. While the term social prescribing was first popularised in the UK, this practice has become more prevalent and widely publicised internationally over the last decade. This paper aims to illuminate the ways social prescribing has been conceptualised and implemented across 17 countries in Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. We draw from the 'Beyond the Building Blocks' framework to describe the essential inputs for adopting social prescribing into policy and practice, related to service delivery; social determinants and household production of health; workforce; leadership and governance; financing, community organisations and societal partnerships; health technology; and information, learning and accountability. Cross-cutting lessons can inform country and regional efforts to tailor social prescribing models to best support local needs.
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