Delivering Inclusive Cultural Offers for Social Prescribing: A Realist Evaluation Involving Older People From Global Majority Backgrounds and Cultural Sector Providers in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Research shows cultural activities benefit older people's wellbeing, but little is known about why individuals from global majority (minority ethnic) groups engage less with the mainstream cultural sector, or how it could adapt to meet their needs and encourage engagement. The TOUS study (Tailoring cultural Offers with and for diverse older Users of Social prescribing) investigated the question: What tailoring is needed, how, when and for whom, to optimise cultural offers as part of social prescribing for older people (aged 60+) from global majority groups?

Methods

The TOUS study involved focused ethnographies with six cultural-sector organisations throughout the United Kingdom and 11 key informant interviews with cultural providers. A realist approach was adopt

SUBMITTER: Westlake D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12906276 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature