Can Social Prescribing Foster Individual and Community Well-Being? A Systematic Review of the Evidence.

ABSTRACT: Social prescribing programmes (SP) are person-centred coaching schemes meant to help participants improve individual circumstances, thereby to reduce demand on health and social care. SP could be an innovative means to improve preventive and public health in the pursuit of universal financially sustainable healthcare. Given its potential, our systematic review assesses type, content, and quality of evidence available regarding SP effectiveness at the individual, system, and community levels. We examine the impact of SP on addressing loneliness, social isolation, well-being, and connectedness, as well as related concepts, which are not yet considered jointly in one study. Following PRISMA, we search: EBSCOHost (CINAHL Complete; eBook Collection; E-Journals; MEDLINE Full Text; Open Dissertat

SUBMITTER: Vidovic D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8156788 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature