ReviewJournal of general and family medicine2022
Social prescribing from the patient's perspective: A literature review.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Social prescribing outcomes: a mapping review of the evidence from 13 countries to identify key common outcomes.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Pooled it
- A qualitative investigation of stakeholders' perceptions of social prescribing for families with infants through the lens of a creative play on prescription programme for 0-2-year-olds and their carers.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Effects of Social Prescribing for Older Adults: An Evidence and Gap Map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2026Review
- Digital social prescribing: a concept analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Loneliness, Food Practices, and Ageing: The Inclusion of Qualitative Evidence in Health Promotion Programmes.Nutrients · 2025Article
- General Practitioners' Perceptions on Prescribing Coastal Visits for Mental Health in Flanders (Belgium).Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The association between loneliness, suicidal ideation, and psychological distress considering family compositions: a cross-sectional study in a Japanese rural area.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Barriers and facilitators to implementing nature prescriptions for child and youth health: a scoping review.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Influence of general practitioners' perceptions on social prescription of arts, nature, and physical activity for psychosocial health and well-being: a structural equation model approach.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Social prescribing for socially isolated older adults in rural Japan: a qualitative case study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Coproduction in Social Prescribing Initiatives: Protocol for a Scoping Review.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
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- "You get out of the house, you talk to each other, you laugh…And that's fantastic" - a qualitative study about older people's perceptions of social prescribing in mainland Portugal.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Association between social support and ambulance use among older people in Japan: an empirical cross-sectional study.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Community-based social healthcare practices in China for healthy aging: a social prescription perspective analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Social prescribing from the patient's perspective: A literature review.Journal of general and family medicine · 2022Review
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Abstract
Social prescribing (SP) has aroused widespread interest across countries. SP is a way of linking patients in primary care with sources of support within the community by empowering patients to coproduce solutions to improve their health and well-being. While previous research has demonstrated that SP contributes to reducing the total cost of the National Health Service, the analysis of its effects on patients is still inadequate. This literature review critically evaluated SP from the patient's perspective through the lens of medical anthropology. The review was made with respect to the three key concepts: treatment evaluation, coproduction, and empowerment. The study revealed that SP services in the UK enabled patients to feel comfort in many cases, but general practitioners, link workers, and patients should be collaborative with each other, and their interrelationships should not be hierarchical. Nevertheless, certain modifications may be needed to introduce SP in other healthcare systems.
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