eprintid: 10205984 rev_number: 6 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/20/59/84 datestamp: 2025-03-13 15:45:42 lastmod: 2025-03-13 15:47:07 status_changed: 2025-03-13 15:45:42 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Dingle, Genevieve A creators_name: Aggar, Christina creators_name: Arslanovski, Nikita creators_name: Astell-Burt, Thomas creators_name: Baker, JR creators_name: Baxter, Ruthanne creators_name: Bissett, Michelle creators_name: Bowe, Mhairi creators_name: Brymer, Eric creators_name: Burton, Alexandra creators_name: Byng, Richard creators_name: Elston, Julian creators_name: Fancourt, Daisy creators_name: Feng, Xiaoqi creators_name: Fino, Emmanuel creators_name: Freak-Poli, Rosanne creators_name: Harkin, Lydia creators_name: Hayes, Daniel creators_name: Hazeldine, Emma creators_name: Kellezi, Blerina creators_name: McNamara, Niamh creators_name: Sharman, Leah creators_name: Stevenson, Clifford creators_name: Wakefield, Juliet creators_name: Warran, Katey creators_name: Wells, Leanne creators_name: Wright, Laura creators_name: Zurynski, Yvonne creators_name: Husk, Kerryn title: Australian and UK Perspectives on Social Prescribing Implementation Research: Theory, Measurement, Resourcing and Discovery to Ensure Health Equity ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: D12 divisions: J96 note: © 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/). abstract: 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. date: 2025 date_type: published publisher: Wiley official_url: https://doi.org/10.1155/hsc/2650302 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2369560 doi: 10.1155/hsc/2650302 lyricists_name: Burton, Alexandra lyricists_id: ABURT01 actors_name: Burton, Alexandra actors_id: ABURT01 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Health & Social Care in the Community volume: 2025 number: 1 article_number: 2650302 editors_name: Chen, Qing-Wei citation: Dingle, Genevieve A; Aggar, Christina; Arslanovski, Nikita; Astell-Burt, Thomas; Baker, JR; Baxter, Ruthanne; Bissett, Michelle; ... Husk, Kerryn; + view all <#> Dingle, Genevieve A; Aggar, Christina; Arslanovski, Nikita; Astell-Burt, Thomas; Baker, JR; Baxter, Ruthanne; Bissett, Michelle; Bowe, Mhairi; Brymer, Eric; Burton, Alexandra; Byng, Richard; Elston, Julian; Fancourt, Daisy; Feng, Xiaoqi; Fino, Emmanuel; Freak-Poli, Rosanne; Harkin, Lydia; Hayes, Daniel; Hazeldine, Emma; Kellezi, Blerina; McNamara, Niamh; Sharman, Leah; Stevenson, Clifford; Wakefield, Juliet; Warran, Katey; Wells, Leanne; Wright, Laura; Zurynski, Yvonne; Husk, Kerryn; - view fewer <#> (2025) Australian and UK Perspectives on Social Prescribing Implementation Research: Theory, Measurement, Resourcing and Discovery to Ensure Health Equity. Health & Social Care in the Community , 2025 (1) , Article 2650302. 10.1155/hsc/2650302 <https://doi.org/10.1155/hsc%2F2650302>. 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