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Publications of the
Special Interest Groups

Below you can find recent publications from some of the key Special Interest Groups within the expanding research and practice of Social Prescribing in Australia.

📄 2025 Article "How social prescribing can support holistic wellbeing"

📄 2025 Article "Australian link worker social prescribing programs: An integrative review"

📄 2024 Article "Link workers’ and clients’ perspectives on how social prescribing offers a social cure for loneliness"

📄 2024 Article "Extending the discussion and updating information on social prescribing in Australia"

📄 2024 Article "Tackling loneliness together: A three-tier social identity framework for social prescribing"

📄 2024 Article "Australian and UK perspectives on social prescribing implementation research: Theory, measurement, resourcing and discovery to ensure health equity"

📄 2024 Article "Connect Local : protocol for the evaluation of a codesigned whole of community approach to promote social connection in older adults"

📄 2024 Article "Potential lateral and upstream consequences in the development and implementation of social prescribing in Australia"

📄 2023 Article "Codesigning a social prescribing pathway to address the social determinant of health concerns of children with cerebral palsy and their families in Australia: a protocol for a mixed-methods formative research study"

📄 2023 Report "The Social Prescribing Library"

📄 2023 Report "18 Month Evaluation of Social Prescribing in Queensland"

📄 2023 Article "Nature prescriptions should address motivations and barriers to be effective, equitable, and sustainable"

📄 2023 Article "Nature prescriptions: practical progress"

📄 2022 Study "Exploring social connectedness in older Australians with chronic conditions: Results of a descriptive survey"

📄 2022 Research Article "Social prescribing link workers - A qualitative Australian perspective"

📄 2022 Review "Social Prescribing: A Review of the Literature"

📄 2022 Study "The effect of social prescribing programs on loneliness for adults in Queensland"

📄 2022 Research Article "Prevention and management of delirium in older Australians: The need for the integration of carers as partners in care"

📄 2021 Report "Infrastructure for Social Connection: Researching the existing assets for creating social connectedness and identifying interventions"

📄 2021 Report "More than Medicine: Exploring Social Prescribing in Australia"

📄 2020 Research Article "Social prescribing as an intervention for people with work-related injuries and psychosocial difficulties in Australia"

📄 2020 Research Article "Social Prescribing for Individuals Living with Mental Illness in an Australian Community Setting: A Pilot Study"

📄 2020 Report "Social Participation Among Older Adults Receiving Community Care Services"

📄 2020 Review "Social prescribing: A rapid literature review to inform primary care policy in Australia"

📄 2019 Report "An Evaluation of the Clinical, Social and Economic Impacts of the Plus Social® Program"

📄 2019 Report Excerpt "icare Foundation Social and Economic Impact ... Plus Social® Program"

📄 2019 Report "RACGP & CHF Social Prescribing Roundtable"

📄 2024 Article "Nature-based Physical Activity Prevents Several Diseases Including Depression and Type 2 Diabetes"

📄 2022 Evidence Summary "Measuring Outcomes for Individuals Receiving Support Through Social Prescribing"

📄 2020 Qualitative Study "Social prescribing for individuals with mental health problems: barriers and enablers experienced by general practitioners"

📄 2017 Report "Evaluation of the Rotherham Mental Health Social Prescribing Service 2015/16-2016/17"

📄 2017 Report "Evaluation of how Ways to Wellness social prescribing is improving the health and wellbeing of people with long term conditions"

📄 2017 Study "Link Worker social prescribing to improve health and well-being for people with long-term conditions: qualitative study of service user perceptions"

📄 2016 Study "Primary-care-based social prescribing for mental health: an analysis of financial and environmental sustainability"

📄 2016 Report "Evaluation of Community Link Worker Service in Wigan"

📄 2015 Review "Social Prescribing Community Referral Schemes" (86 schemes)

📄 2015 Review "Understanding the effectiveness of linking schemes from healthcare providers to community resources to improve the health and well-being of people with long-term conditions"
(7 schemes)

📄 2015 Review "Exploring the components and impact of social prescribing"

📄 2013 Report "Developing a Social Prescribing Approach for Bristol"

📄 2024 Report "A Healthier Canada. The Potential Economic and Social Impacts of Social Prescribing"

📄 2024 Report "Social Prescribing Around the World" - Global

📄 2023 Handbook "Integrating the social determinants of health into health workforce education and training" - Global

📄 2023 Article "Promoting Social Prescribing in Psychiatry" - USA

📄 2022 Toolkit "How to Implement Social Prescribing" - WHO, Manila

📄 2022 Research Article "Global developments in social prescribing" - Global

📄 2021 Study "Social Isolation Associated with Future Health Care Utilization" - USA

📄 2020 Report "Social Prescribing pilot project evaluation" - South Dublin, Ireland

📄 2020 Final Report "Rx Community - Social Prescribing in Ontario" - Canada

📄 2019 Factsheet "What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being" - WHO, Europe

📄 2018 Study "Effects of loneliness on illness perception in persons with a chronic disease" - USA

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