Understanding social prescribing’s emergence in Victoria is the first report from the Victorian Social Prescribing Collective (VSPC). It outlines a shared vision and definition for social prescribing, articulates the problems that social prescribing may address, and describes next steps for developing a framework that supports the conditions of success for social prescribing in Victoria.

It is a foundational working document that brings together the thinking, expertise, and knowledge

Report
Social Prescribing; plan; findings; recommendations; case studies; Victoria

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

Report
economic evaluation, costs, UK

Social Prescribing in Rural Australia: A Mapping Review of Benefits, Challenges, and Implementation Strategies

Saddiq I, Simmons P, Osuagwu UL. Social Prescribing in Rural Australia: A Mapping Review of Benefits, Challenges, and Implementation Strategies. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5003949

SP is commonly but informally practiced by healthcare professionals in Australia, and there is limited empirical evidence of its effectiveness, particularly in rural contexts

Journal Articles (Australian)
rural health, social prescribing

Australian link worker social prescribing programs: An integrative review.

Baker JR, Bissett M, Freak-Poli R, Dingle GA, Zurynski Y, Astell-Burt T, et al. (2024) Australian link worker social prescribing programs: An integrative review. PLoS ONE 19(11): e0309783

This integrative review reports on the current state of evidence in Australia, with the potential to track changes and trends over time. Developing a core outcome set, incorporating stakeholder and consumer contributions

Journal Articles (Australian)
Link Worker; loneliness; social connection; social prescribing

EPIC‐CP Group. Development of a new social prescribing intervention for families of children with cerebral palsy.

Ostojic K, Karem I, Dee-Price BJ, Paget SP, Berg A, Burnett H, Scott TR, Strnadová I, Woolfenden SR; EPIC‐CP Group. Development of a new social prescribing intervention for families of children with cerebral palsy. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2024 Jul 19. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.16039.

Journal Articles (Australian)
social prescribing. children, cerebral Palsy

EPIC-CP pilot trial study protocol: a multicentre, randomised controlled trial investigating the feasibility and acceptability of social prescribing for Australian children with cerebral palsy

Ostojic K, Karem I, Paget S, et al. EPIC-CP pilot trial study protocol: a multicentre, randomised controlled trial investigating the feasibility and acceptability of social prescribing for Australian children with cerebral palsyBMJ Open 2024;14:e076304. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076304

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Journal Articles (Australian)
social prescribing, randomised controlled trial, link worker, cerebral palsy, children

Social Prescribing- Paradigms, Perspectives and Practice: 1st Edition 2024, Editor: Heather Henry, Publisher: Elsevier.

This new book provides the first comprehensive overview of the entire concept of social prescribing.

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social prescribing

Baker JR, Wells L, Bissett M, Aggar C, Dingle GA, Freak-Poli R. Extending the discussion and updating information on social prescribing in Australia. Health Policy 2024; 146:105111,

Journal Articles (Australian)
social prescribing

Gray T, Tracey D, Pigott F. Restorative and Regenerative Green Spaces for Vulnerable Communities in Social Housing: The impact of a Community Greening program. J Environmental Psychol 2024; 99:102448

Vulnerable communities represent the most at-risk populations facing inequities and negative health, economic and social wellbeing outcomes. Community gardening has emerged globally as a community-based remedy to reduce these inequities and enhance wellbeing.

Journal Articles (Australian)
nature presciptions

Hayes S, Sharman L, McNamara N, Dingle G. Link Workers’ and Clients’ Perspectives on How Social Prescribing Offers a Social Cure for Loneliness. J Health Psychol. 2024; doi:10.1177/13591053241274090

The present study adopted the Social Cure framework to provide an understanding of the psychosocial processes involved in helping participants to engage with social activities, from both the link workers’ and clients’ perspectives. Semi-structured interviews were conducted w

Journal Articles (Australian)
social cure approach; social identity theory; social prescribing, link worker

EPIC-CP Group Development of a new social prescribing intervention for families of children with cerebral palsy

Ostojic, K., Karem, I., Dee-Price, B.-J., Paget, S.P., Berg, A., Burnett, H., Scott, T.R., Strnadová, I., Woolfenden, S.R., EPIC-CP Group Development of a new social prescribing intervention for families of children with cerebral palsy. (2024) Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, . DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.16039

Journal Articles (Australian)
co design; social prescribing; pediatrics;

EPIC-CP GROUP Sociodemographic and clinical indicators of children and young people with cerebral palsy and reported unmet social needs

Yeoh, A., Ostojic, K., Berg, A., Garg, A., Mcintyre, S., Scott, T., Eapen, V., Woolfenden, S.,(shared last author) Paget, S., EPIC-CP GROUP Sociodemographic and clinical indicators of children and young people with cerebral palsy and reported unmet social needs. (2024) Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.16041

Journal Articles (Australian)
unmet social needs; pediatrics; cerebral palsy

EPIC-CP pilot trial study protocol: A multicentre, randomised controlled trial investigating the feasibility and acceptability of social prescribing for Australian children with cerebral palsy

Ostojic, K., Karem, I., Paget, S., Berg, A., Burnett, H., Scott, T., Martin, T., Dee-Price, B.-J., McIntyre, S., Smithers-Sheedy, H., Mimmo, L., Masi, A., Scarcella, M., Azmatullah, S., Calderan, J., Mohamed, M., Olaso, A., Van Hoek, M., Van Hoek, D., Woodbury, M., Wilkinson, A., Chambers, G., Zw

Journal Articles (Australian)
Social Prescribing; Health Equity; Health Services Accessibility; PAEDIATRICS.

Nature prescriptions should address motivations and barriers to be effective, equitable, and sustainable.

Astell-Burt T, Pritchard T, Francois M, Ivers R, Olcoń K, Davidson PM, Feng X. Nature prescriptions should address motivations and barriers to be effective, equitable, and sustainable. Lancet Planet Health. 2023 Jul;7(7):e542-e543. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00108-0. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(23)00108-0/fulltext

Journal Articles (Australian)
nature; nature prescriptions; codesign; barriers; green space; blue space

A comparison of social prescribing approaches across twelve high-income countries.

Scarpetti G, Shadowen H, Williams GA, Winkelmann J, Kroneman M, Groenewegen PP, De Jong JD, Fronteira I, Augusto GF, Hsiung S, Slade S, Rojatz D, Kallayova D, Katreniakova Z, Nagyova I, Kylänen M, Vracko P, Jesurasa A, Wallace Z, Wallace C, Costongs C, Barnes AJ, van Ginneken E. A comparison of social prescribing approaches across twelve high-income countries. Health Policy 2024 Apr; 142: 104992. doi: 1

Journal Articles (Australian)
Social prescribing; Community referral; Link worker; Person-centred care; Social determinants of health

Dash SR, McNamara S, de Courten MP, Calder RV. Social Prescribing for Suicide Prevention: A Rapid Review. Front Public Health 2024; 12: doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1396614 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1396614/abstract

Journal Articles (Australian)
Suicide, Social prescribing, efficacy, prevention, review, evidence

Yadav, U.N., Paudel, G., Ghimire, S. et al. A rapid review of opportunities and challenges in the implementation of social prescription interventions for addressing the unmet needs of individuals living with long-term chronic conditions. BMC Public Health 24, 306 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17736-2

Journal Articles (Australian)
long term chronic conditions; challenges; opportunities; social prescription; primary health care

The process of co-designing a model of social prescribing: An Australian case study

Oster C, Powell A, Hutchinson C, Anderson D, Gransbury B, Walton M, O’Brien J, Raven S, Bogomolova S. The process of co-designing a model of social prescribing: An Australian case study. Health Expect. 2024 Jun;27(3):e14087. doi: 10.1111/hex.14087. PMID: 38783775; PMCID: PMC11116944.

Journal Articles (Australian)
co‐design; health services; methods; social prescribing; social services.

Promotion of a social prescribing pathway to general practitioners in a rural area (a feasibility study protocol)

Ridge, A., Peterson, G., Seidel, B. and Nash, R. (2024), “Promotion of a social prescribing pathway to general practitioners in a rural area (a feasibility study protocol)”, Journal of Integrated Care, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICA-01-2024-0005

Journal Articles (Australian)
social inclusion; integrated health and social care; care partnerships; self directed care; chronic care; integrated care

“Connect Local”: protocol for the evaluation of a codesigned whole of community approach to promote social connection in older adults

Ogrin R, Robinson E, Rendell K, Alrababah S, Fineberg D, Fiddes K, Yerolemou A, Lim MH, Engel L and Lowthian JA (2024) “Connect Local”: protocol for the evaluation of a codesigned whole of community approach to promote social connection in older adults. Front. Public Health. 12:1342562. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1342562

Journal Articles (Australian)
loneliness, social isolation, community, prevention, early intervention, evaluation, older adults, protocol