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N1  - © 2025 Genevieve A. Dingle et al. Health & Social Care in the Community published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
AV  - public
VL  - 2025
Y1  - 2025///
TI  - Australian and UK Perspectives on Social Prescribing Implementation Research: Theory, Measurement, Resourcing and Discovery to Ensure Health Equity
A1  - Dingle, Genevieve A
A1  - Aggar, Christina
A1  - Arslanovski, Nikita
A1  - Astell-Burt, Thomas
A1  - Baker, JR
A1  - Baxter, Ruthanne
A1  - Bissett, Michelle
A1  - Bowe, Mhairi
A1  - Brymer, Eric
A1  - Burton, Alexandra
A1  - Byng, Richard
A1  - Elston, Julian
A1  - Fancourt, Daisy
A1  - Feng, Xiaoqi
A1  - Fino, Emmanuel
A1  - Freak-Poli, Rosanne
A1  - Harkin, Lydia
A1  - Hayes, Daniel
A1  - Hazeldine, Emma
A1  - Kellezi, Blerina
A1  - McNamara, Niamh
A1  - Sharman, Leah
A1  - Stevenson, Clifford
A1  - Wakefield, Juliet
A1  - Warran, Katey
A1  - Wells, Leanne
A1  - Wright, Laura
A1  - Zurynski, Yvonne
A1  - Husk, Kerryn
JF  - Health & Social Care in the Community
PB  - Wiley
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1155/hsc/2650302
N2  - There has been a rapid increase in the delivery of social prescribing globally in recent years. However, a lack of theoretical framework, the diversity of social prescribing interventions and outcome measures, a lack of ongoing resources to provide services equitably and a lack of coordinated research agenda make it challenging for practitioners to know how best to put social prescribing into practice. This paper summarises perspectives from 29 UK and Australian authors and sets a course for future social prescribing implementation in four key areas: theory, measurement, resourcing and equity, and discovery (big questions on the research agenda). Eight recommendations are made: (1) multilevel or systems theory frameworks should inform programme design and implementation; (2) methods should be developed in collaboration with participants and service providers; (3) a core set of outcome measures should be developed and complemented by framework?specific measures; (4) factors at multiple levels should be included to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the experience and value of social prescribing; (5) funding models should ensure that community sector organisations providing the programmes and services are well supported; (6) social prescribing stakeholders could advocate for equitable funding through dialogue and knowledge translation; (7) future research could focus on understanding barriers and enablers of engagement in social prescribing in marginalised populations; and (8) future research should focus on link workers? and community workers? experiences of social prescribing. Emphasising health equity and asset?based community development, our perspective positions social prescribing not merely as a response to individual health needs but as a catalyst for a broader societal transformation.
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