ArticleBMC health services research2024
Building common understanding: seeking consensus and defining social prescribing across contexts - a collective commentary on a Delphi study.
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- Changes in mental health during participation in Art Pharmacy: a longitudinal study of a U.S. arts-based social prescribing program.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Discussing spiritual health in primary care and the HOPE tool - a survey of social prescribers.BMC primary care · 2025Article
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Caitlin MuhlFaculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, 99 University Ave, Kingston, ON, Canada. caitlin.muhl@queensu.ca.
Kate MulliganDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. kate.mulligan@utoronto.ca.
Bogdan Chiva GiurcaArts and Sciences, University College London, London, UK.
Marie J PolleyMeaningful Measures Ltd, Bristol, UK.
Gary BlochDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Dominik Alex NowakDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Charlotte Osborn-FordeNational Academy for Social Prescribing, London, UK.
Sonia HsiungCanadian Institute for Social Prescribing, Canadian Red Cross, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Kheng Hock LeeOffice of Education and Community Partnerships, SingHealth Community Hospitals, Singapore, Singapore.
Wolfram J HerrmannInstitute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
James Robert BakerAustralian Social Prescribing Institute of Research and Education (ASPIRE), Surry Hills, NSW, Australia.
Dame Helen Jayne Stokes-LampardCollege of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK.
Sir Sam EveringtonBromley By Bow Health Centre, London, UK.
Michael DixonCollege of Medicine, London, UK.
Isabelle WachsmuthIntegrated Health Services, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Cristiano FigueiredoPublic Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Centre, NOVA National School of Public Health, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
Halfdan Thorsø SkjerningResearch Unit for General Practice, Aarhus, Denmark.
Daniela RojatzCompetence Centre for Health Promotion and Healthcare, Austrian National Public Health Institute, Vienna, Austria.
Yu-Da ChenDepartment of Family Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Miriam L HeijndersLandelijk Kennisnetwerk Welzijn Op Recept, Nieuwegein, Netherlands.
Carolyn WallaceWales School for Social Prescribing Research (WSSPR), University of South Wales, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, UK.
Michelle HowarthFaculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK.
Daisuke WatanabeFaculty of Humanities, Seikei University, Musashino, Tokyo, Japan.
Marcello BertottiInstitute for Connected Communities, University of East London, London, UK.
Anu Helena JanssonFinnish Association for the Welfare of Older Adults, Helsinki, Finland.
Susanna AlthiniGeneral Practice, Visby, Gotland, Sweden.
Felix HolzingerInstitute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Darren Glyn DoolerSouth West Yorkshire NHS Partnership Foundation Trust, Wakefield, UK.
Siân BrandSocial Prescribing Network, London, UK.
Tim James AnfilogoffSocial Prescribing Network, London, UK.
Daisy FancourtDepartment of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, UK.
Michelle L A NelsonScience of Care, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Stephanie TierneyNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK.
Alison LeitchScottish Social Prescribing Network, Edinburgh, UK.
Hae-Kweun NamDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Gangwon State, Wonju, Republic of Korea.
Kiffer G CardFaculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Daniel HayesDepartment of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, UK.
Siân SladeNossal Institute for Global Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Marie Anne EssamGeneral Practice, Watford, Hertfordshire, UK.
Gay Anthia PalmerImproving Health Limited, London, UK.
Vivian Andrea WelchBruyere Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
David RobinsonMedical Gerontology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Laurie HilsgenCarers New Zealand - NZ Carers Alliance, Auckland, New Zealand.
Niall TaylorScottish Government, Population Health Directorate, Edinburgh, UK.
Rasmus Østergaard NielsenResearch Unit for General Practice, Aarhus, Denmark.
Dragana VidovicDepartment of Government, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, UK.
Emer Maeve McDaidSPRING Social Prescribing, Derry, UK.
Louíse Viecili HoffmeisterPublic Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Centre, NOVA National School of Public Health, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
Jill BonehillCitizens Advice Solihull Borough, Solihull, UK.
Alan SiegelSocial Prescribing USA, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Alžběta BártováDepartment of Psychosocial Sciences and Ethics, Hussite Theological Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
David Acurio-PáezFacultad Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador.
Juan Manuel MendiveLa Mina Primary Health Care Academic Centre, Catalan Institute of Health, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Spain.
Kerryn HuskFaculty of Health, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK.
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World Health Organization 001
Abstract
Social prescribing has become a global phenomenon. A Delphi study was recently conducted with 48 social prescribing experts from 26 countries to establish global agreement on the definition of social prescribing. We reflect on the use and utility of the outputs of this work, and where we go from here.
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ConsensusDelphi TechniqueHumansCommentary, Global definition, Social prescribing
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