What does the literature mean by social prescribing? A critical review using discourse analysis.

ABSTRACT: Social prescribing (SP) seeks to enhance the role of the voluntary and community sector in addressing patients' complex needs in primary care. Using discourse analysis, this review investigates how SP is framed in the scientific literature and explores its consequences for service delivery. Theory driven searches identified 89 academic articles and grey literature that included both qualitative and quantitative evidence. Across the literature three main discourses were identified. The first one emphasised increasing social inequalities behind escalating health problems and presented SP as a response to the social determinants of health. The second one problematised people's increasing use of health services and depicted SP as a means of enhancing self-care. The third one stressed the deart

SUBMITTER: Calderon-Larranaga S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9321825 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature