Advancing social prescribing with implementation science

L Gottlieb, EK Cottrell, B Park, KD Clark… - The Journal of the …, 2018 - Am Board Family Med
A wealth of emerging evidence on the associations between social determinants of health
(SDH)(eg, food, housing, transportation, and education) and health outcomes1–7 has fueled …

Social prescribing in the US and England: emerging interventions to address patients' social needs

HAJ Alderwick, LM Gottlieb, CM Fichtenberg… - American journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
There is growing interest in the role of healthcare systems in addressing patients' social
needs. This is no surprise; evidence on the impact of social factors on population health is …

[HTML][HTML] Financing approaches to social prescribing programs in England and the United States

S Sandhu, H Alderwick, LM Gottlieb - The Milbank Quarterly, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Health Organization (WHO) defines the social determinants of health as “the conditions in
which people are born, grow, live, and age,” which are “shaped by the distribution of money …

[HTML][HTML] Social prescribing in National Health Service primary care: what are the ethical considerations?

RCH Brown, K Mahtani, A Turk, S Tierney - The Milbank Quarterly, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Social prescribing is an effort to recognize and address the broader, nonclinical contributors
to health and well-being made by social and economic factors, while maintaining the clinical …

[PDF][PDF] Social prescribing-transforming the relationship between physicians and their patients

M Roland, S Everington… - New England Journal of …, 2020 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Such critiques lie at the heart of the Choosing Wisely and Too Much Medicine campaigns in
the United States and United Kingdom, respectively, which seek to promote conversations …

Social prescribing in pharmacies: What is it, does it work and what does it mean for Canadian pharmacies?

T Hussein, N Cartright, J Kirschner… - … Journal/Revue des …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
In the United Kingdom, the National Health Service (NHS) 1 defines social prescribing as an
initiative enabling the referral of patients to nonclinical support services; it focuses on a …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of social prescribing programs in the primary health-care context: a systematic literature review

A Costa, CJ Sousa, PRC Seabra, A Virgolino, O Santos… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Social prescribing (SP) is an approach that promotes the use of local non-clinical activities
by people. The referral is usually made by primary health-care professionals, in a process …

[HTML][HTML] Models of social prescribing to address non-medical needs in adults: a scoping review

C Oster, C Skelton, R Leibbrandt, S Hines… - BMC Health Services …, 2023 - Springer
Background The health and wellbeing consequences of social determinants of health and
health behaviours are well established. This has led to a growing interest in social …

[HTML][HTML] Social prescribing outcomes: A mapping review of the evidence from 13 countries to identify key common outcomes

J Sonke, N Manhas, C Belden, J Morgan-Daniel… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
As a means for supporting a range of health and wellbeing goals, social prescribing
programs have been implemented around the world. Reflecting a range of contexts, needs …

[HTML][HTML] Social prescribing—an effort to apply a common knowledge: impelling forces and challenges

MM Islam - Frontiers in Public Health, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In recent times, social prescribing has been introduced in some countries, and substantially
in the UK The objective of this scheme is to offer non-medical care mainly to primary care …