Overview
- Is the first book on social prescribing by researchers with first-hand knowledge of its progress since its inception
- Includes research, evaluation, case studies, and policy debates from England as well as other countries
- Highlights its strengths and weaknesses to encourage theory, evaluation & practical development across various countries
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Social prescribing in Europe
- Social prescri*
- Community prescribing
- Community navigation
- Referral facilitation
- Health inequalities
- Social determinants of health
- Salutogenesis
- Community health
- Primary care
- Link workers
- Community connectors
- Personalized care
- Health coaches
- Health trainers
- Occupational therapy
- Care coordination
- Patient activation
- Social capital
- Bio-psycho-social model
About this book
The book discusses the strengths and weaknesses in the design, implementation, evaluation, policy, and practice of social prescribing. Each chapter has a framework structured around three key themes: the key policies underpinning social prescribing, the evaluation and research evidence base, and practice including the design and implementation of social prescribing. Country-based chapters focus on the development of social prescribing and include case studies of different social prescribing models in England, Wales, Portugal, Germany, Republic of Ireland, Canada and Singapore. Three chapters are dedicated to England given the wide-ranging contribution of this country to the development of social prescribing. Among the topics covered:
- An international perspective on social prescribing: introduction
- The role of social prescribing in addressing health inequalities
- Implementing social prescribing schemes
- Conclusion: The present and future of social prescribing
Social Prescribing Policy, Research and Practice: Transforming Systems and Communities for Improved Health and Wellbeing encapsulates the wide-ranging evidence on social prescribing in a single volume. The book should appeal to a broad and diverse audience including researchers interested in the evaluation and effective design and implementation of social prescribing and community health intervention more generally; researchers and commissioners of public health interventions; healthcare professionals involved in the development of health interventions in primary, secondary and tertiary care; the local health economy which includes local government departments (e.g., public health, housing, employment, social services); professionals working in the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector; policy makers; and university students (including medical students).
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Marcello Bertotti, PhD is a reader in community health and deputy director of the Institute for Connected Communities at the University of East London in England. He has 20 years of work experience in the research and evaluation of community health interventions, social enterprise, asset-based approaches to health, and social prescribing. Marcello has led research projects for a range of national (e.g., NHS), regional (Greater London Authority) and local government (Redbridge council) institutions as well as UK research councils (NIHR, ESRC, AHRC) and is now leading the evaluation of a major European Commission-funded project using a social prescribing model to support young people in Italy and Portugal.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Prescribing Policy, Research and Practice
Book Subtitle: Transforming Systems and Communities for Improved Health and Wellbeing
Editors: Marcello Bertotti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52106-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-52105-8Published: 27 March 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-52108-9Due: 12 April 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-52106-5Published: 11 March 2024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 186
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Health, Health Care Management, Employee Health and Wellbeing, Social Care, Primary Care Medicine, Occupational Therapy