Building common understanding:: seeking consensus and defining social prescribing across contexts – a collective commentary on a Delphi study

Caitlin Muhl; Kate Mulligan; Bogdan Chiva Giurca; Marie Polley; Gary Bloch; Dominik Alex Nowak; Charlotte Osborne-Ford; Sonia Hsiung; Kheng Hock Lee; Wolfram J Herrmann; James Robert Baker; Helen Jane Stokes-Lampard; Sam Everington; Michael Dixon; Isabelle Wachsmuth; Cristiano Figueiredo; Halfdan Thorsø Skjerning; Daniela Rojatz; Yu-Da Chen; Miriam J. Heijnders; Carolyn Wallace; MICHELLE HOWARTH; Daisuke Watanabe; Marcello Bertotti; Anu Jansson; Susanna Lovisa Althini; Felix  Holzinger; Darren  Glyn Dooler; Siân  Brand; Tim James  Anfilogoff; Daisy  Fancourt; Michelle  L. A. Nelson; Stephanie  Tierney; Alison Leitch; Hae-Kweun  Nam; Kiffer G.  Card; Daniel  Hayes; Siân  Slade; Marie Anne  Essam; Gay Anthia  Palmer; Vivian Andrea  Welch; David  Robinson; Laurie  Hilsgen; Niall  Taylor; Rasmus  Østergaard Nielsen; Dragana Vidovic; Emer Maeve  McDaid; Louíse  Viecili Hoffmeister; Jill  Bonehill; Alan  Siegel; Alžběta  Bártová; David  Acurio-Páez; Juan  Manuel Mendive; Kerryn  Husk

doi:10.1186/s12913-024-11603-x

Building common understanding: seeking consensus and defining social prescribing across contexts – a collective commentary on a Delphi study

Caitlin Muhl^*
, Kate Mulligan
, Bogdan Chiva Giurca
, Marie Polley
, Gary Bloch
, Dominik Alex Nowak
, Charlotte Osborne-Ford
, Sonia Hsiung
, Kheng Hock Lee
, Wolfram J Herrmann
, James Robert Baker
, Helen Jane Stokes-Lampard
, Sam Everington
, Michael Dixon
, Isabelle Wachsmuth
, Cristiano Figueiredo
, Halfdan Thorsø Skjerning
, Daniela Rojatz
, Yu-Da Chen
, Miriam J. Heijnders

Carolyn Wallace, MICHELLE HOWARTH, Daisuke Watanabe, Marcello Bertotti, Anu Jansson, Susanna Lovisa Althini, Felix Holzinger, Darren Glyn Dooler, Siân Brand, Tim James Anfilogoff, Daisy Fancourt, Michelle L. A. Nelson, Stephanie Tierney, Alison Leitch, Hae-Kweun Nam, Kiffer G. Card, Daniel Hayes, Siân Slade, Marie Anne Essam, Gay Anthia Palmer, Vivian Andrea Welch, David Robinson, Laurie Hilsgen, Niall Taylor, Rasmus Østergaard Nielsen, Dragana Vidovic, Emer Maeve McDaid, Louíse Viecili Hoffmeister, Jill Bonehill, Alan Siegel, Alžběta Bártová, David Acurio-Páez, Juan Manuel Mendive, Kerryn Husk

^*Corresponding author for this work

Queen's University Kingston
University of Toronto
Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing, Canadian Red Cross, Toronto
University College London
National Academy for Social Prescribing
Meaningful Measures Ltd, Bristol, UK
St. Michael’s Hospital
SingHealth Community Hospitals
Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Australian Social Prescribing Institute of Research and Education (ASPIRE)
Southern Cross University
University of Birmingham
Bromley By Bow Health Centre
College of Medicine & Integrated Health
Integrated Health Services World Health Organization
Public Health Research Centre & Comprehensive Health Research Centre
Family Health Unit of Baxia
Research Unit for General Practice, Aarhus
Austrian National Public Health Institute
Taipei Medical University Hospital
Landelijk Kennisnetwerk Welzijn Op Recept, Nieuwegein
University of South Wales
Seikei University
University of East London
Finnish Association for the Welfare of Older Adults
General Practice
Region Gotland
Region Kalmar County
South West Yorkshire NHS Partnership Foundation Trust
Social Prescribing Network
Writtle University College
Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board
Science of Care Institute
University of Oxford
Scottish Social Prescribing Network
Yonsei University
Simon Fraser University
Nossal Institute for Global Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
General Practice, Watford, Hertfordshire, UK
Improving Health Limited
Bruyere Research Institute
University of Ottawa
Trinity College Dublin
Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing, St James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Carers New Zealand
Population Health Directorate
Aarhus University
University of Essex
SPRING Social Prescribing
Citizens Advice Solihull Borough
Social Prescribing USA
Kaiser Permanante Medical Center
Charles University
Universidad de Cuenca
Catalan Institute of Health
University of Plymouth

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Abstract

Social prescribing has become a global phenomenon. A Delphi study was recently conducted with 48 social prescribing experts from 26 countries to establish global agreement on the definition of social prescribing. We refect on the use and utility of the outputs of this work, and where we go from here.

Original language	English
Article number	1280
Pages (from-to)	1-6
Number of pages	6
Journal	BMC Health Services Research
Volume	24
Issue number	1
Early online date	24 Oct 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11603-x
Publication status	Published - 24 Oct 2024

Keywords

social prescribing
Global definition
Delphi study
Healthcare system transformation
health equity
Community health
Non-medical needs
CUSP (Common Understanding of Social Prescribing) framework
Holistic health approach
Integrated care
person-centered care
Healthcare policy development
Humans
Commentary, Global definition, Social prescribing
Consensus
Delphi Technique

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Muhl, C., Mulligan, K., Chiva Giurca, B., Polley, M., Bloch, G., Nowak, D. A., Osborne-Ford, C., Hsiung, S., Lee, K. H., Herrmann, W. J., Baker, J. R., Stokes-Lampard, H. J., Everington, S., Dixon, M., Wachsmuth, I., Figueiredo, C., Skjerning, H. T., Rojatz, D., Chen, Y.-D., ... Husk, K. (2024). Building common understanding: seeking consensus and defining social prescribing across contexts – a collective commentary on a Delphi study. BMC Health Services Research, 24(1), 1-6. Article 1280. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11603-x

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