Australian link worker social prescribing programs: An integrative review.

ABSTRACT: Link worker social prescribing programs are gaining recognition in Australia for addressing health and social needs outside routine medical care. The evaluation of these programs is essential for informing future social prescribing programs, research and evolving policy. However, diverse outcome evaluation measures present challenges for benchmarking across link worker social prescribing programs. An integrative review was conducted to identify and describe outcome domains and measures, and the methodological approaches and evaluation designs of link worker social prescribing programs in Australia. Comprehensive searches of the literature on link worker social prescribing programs in Australia were conducted across 14 electronic databases. In order to reduce the risk of bias, study selecti

SUBMITTER: Baker JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11554121 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature