Creating and sustaining enabling systems and communities to address social needs: protocol for a living lab social prescribing study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social needs - such as housing, income, food security, and social connectedness - have a significant effect on health and wellbeing. One way to address social needs is through social prescribing, which involves screening for unmet needs (e.g., during healthcare appointments) and providing referrals to social and community services. For social prescribing to be effective, it must address both individual needs as well as support the social and community services that are required to meet these needs. The objective of this study is to adopt a place-based framework that combines: (1) individual-level referral for social needs, with (2) community and stakeholder engagement to determine community assets, resources, networks, and need to inform model development.

Methods

SUBMITTER: Oster C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12505620 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature