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Evaluation | The Impact of Social Prescribing on Health Service Use and Costs- Examples of Local Evaluations in Practice
The Impact of Social Prescribing on Health Service Use and Costs- Examples of Local Evaluations in Practice
This report summarises the analysis of social prescribing evaluation data from nine local health systems. The data is drawn from publicly available evaluations of social prescribing in England and case studies identified through NASP’s ongoing work with Integrated Care Systems. We acknowledge that the evaluations vary in methodology and quality, and we have excluded evaluations
Other (Evaluation)
economic evaluation, costs, UK
Report | The Art of Wellbeing: Evaluating the Impact of the ManPAC Social Prescribing Creative Café and Arts Programs on Participant Wellbeing
In 2022, the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre (ManPAC) worked with GPs, health and social organisations to create an arts-based, social prescribing program called the ‘Art of Wellbeing’. The program ran for 26 weeks (i.e. 13 distinct, artist led, ‘Creative Café’ workshops plus specific, bespoke arts workshops developed at the request of participants). This report describes the program, evaluation methodology, results, conclusion and recommendations.
Davies C (2023) The Art of We
Program/Service Evaluation Results
social prescribing; creative arts; evaluation; creative cafe;
Report | Living Our Best Life Project Report: Trialling Social Prescribing in the City of Knox. The Community Houses Association of the Outer-eastern Suburbs (CHAOS).
Fitzgerald, L (2020). Living Our Best Life Project Report: Trialling Social Prescribing in the City of Knox. The Community Houses Association of the Outer-eastern Suburbs (CHAOS).
The Living our best life project was funded as an Ageing Innovation Challenge 2019. It sought to trial a model of social prescribing inspired by the work of Mendip Health Connections and the Bromley by Bow Centre in the United Kingdom.
Social prescribing is the practice where health professionals provid
Program/Service Evaluation Results
social prescribing service; community connector; evaluation report
Report | Evaluation of the Improving Social Connectedness of Older Australians project pilot: Informing future policy considerations. Centre for Health Service Development, Australian Health Services Research Institute, University of Wollongong
Thompson C, Morris D and Bird S (2022) Evaluation of the Improving Social Connectedness of Older Australians project pilot: Informing future policy considerations. Centre for Health Service Development, Australian Health Services Research Institute, University of Wollongong.
This report draws on findings and lessons learned through the Australian Government funded evaluation of the Improving Social Connectedness of Older Australians (ISCOA) pilot. It summarises what has worked in the
Program/Service Evaluation Results
Evaluation; Social Prescribing; Older Adults
Report | Living Our Best Life : An update on social prescribing in the City of Knox 2024
This report is a supplement to the first report on Living Our Best Life social prescribing program offered in City of Knox, Melbourne.
The report provides progress on the program including expansion across the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne and replication in two rural/regional areas of Victoria.
Includes: Aims and model; Project update; 2022-2023 successes; referral sources; Activity and communications; Measurement and evaluation and Participant Stories.
The model incl
Program/Service Evaluation Results
community connector; social prescribing; talking cafe; outcomes; report
Eval Other | Evidence and methods required to evaluate the impact for patients who use social prescribing: a rapid systematic review and qualitative interviews. Southampton (UK)
Al-Khudairy L, Ayorinde A, Ghosh I, Grove A, Harlock J, Meehan E, Briggs A, Court R, Clarke A. Evidence and methods required to evaluate the impact for patients who use social prescribing: a rapid systematic review and qualitative interviews. Southampton (UK): National Institute for Health and Care Research; 2022 Sep. PMID: 36198023.
Other (Evaluation)
Literature Review; evaluation; data; outcomes; methods
Eval Other | Evaluating Social Prescribing. Insights Series of Evidence Summaries. University of Highlands and Islands. June 2020
Munoz S-A, Terje A, Bailey H. Evaluating Social Prescribing. Insights Series of Evidence Summaries. University of Highlands and Islands. June 2020
Other (Evaluation)
review; evaluation; methods; evidence; Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS); recommendations
Community Connectors Outcomes to Measure
This framework illustrates how health and community care professionals can tap into the boundary spanning activities of ‘community connectors’ to improve access to health and community services. Outcomes to measure are grouped under individuals; connectors; organisations; community
Other (Evaluation)
Personal Wellbeing Index
The PWI scale contains seven items of satisfaction, each one corresponding to a quality of life domain as: standard of living, health, achieving in life, relationships, safety, community-connectedness, and future security. Developed by The Australian Centre on Quality of Life.
Other (Evaluation)