Building common understanding: seeking consensus and defining social prescribing across contexts – a collective commentary on a Delphi study
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 reflect on the use and utility of the outputs of this work, and where we go from here.
Authors
- Daniela Rojatz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8782-8913)
- James Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8290-3996)
- Niall Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6682-334X)
- Tim Anfilogoff
- Dominik Alex Nowak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5017-8953)
- Rasmus Oestergaard Nielsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5757-1806)
- Kate Mulligan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7249-2823)
- Stephanie Tierney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2155-2440)
- Kiffer George Card (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6545-1249)
- G Palmer
- Juan Manuel Mendive (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8095-7707)
- Vivian Welch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5238-7097)
- Michelle Howarth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4521-024X)
- Halfdan Skjerning (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4932-0606)
- Marie Polley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3823-5668)
- Marcello Bertotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3356-7129)
- Caitlin Muhl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9878-3319)
- Kerryn Husk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5674-8673)
- Fausto David Acurio Páez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3258-2837)
- Daisuke Watanabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6817-3993)
- Daisy E. Fancourt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6952-334X)
- C Wallace (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3799-5748)
- Sarah Brand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5979-2442)
- Susanna Althini
- Siân Slade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1886-2875)
- Sonia Hsiung
- David Robinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0729-5011)
- Felix Holzinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8400-7757)
- Wolfram Herrmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9505-4911)
- Dragana Vidović (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3741-2896)
- Bogdan Chiva Giurca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8262-4682)
- Louíse Viecili Hoffmeister (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8858-5693)
- Alžběta Bártová (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9842-8683)
- Isabelle Wachsmuth
- Miriam Heijnders
- Hae Kweun Nam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3353-6990)
- Archibald Leitch
- Michelle Nelson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2002-0298)
- Kheng Hock Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5841-6277)
- Gary Bloch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7601-0956)
- Daniel Hayes
- Cristiano Figueiredo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4417-673X)
- Alan Siegel
- S. Everington
- Annkristin Jansson
- Y L Chen
- Michael J. Dixon
- Dame Helen Jayne Stokes-Lampard
- Darren Glyn Dooler
- Marie Anne Essam
- Laurie Hilsgen
- Emer Maeve McDaid
- Jill Bonehill
- Charlotte Osborn-Forde
Institutions
- University of Essex (GB)
- Birmingham City University (GB)
- University of South Wales (GB)
- St. Michael's Hospital (CA)
- Department of Health and Social Care (GB)
- Springer Nature (Germany) (DE)
- University of Hertfordshire (GB)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- University of East London (GB)
- SingHealth (SG)
- Edge Hill University (GB)
- Simon Fraser University (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- University of Cuenca (EC)
- Yonsei University (KR)
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Queen's University (CA)
- Trinity College Dublin (IE)
- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (CA)
- Charles University (CZ)
- Solihull College (GB)
- West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
- Watford General Hospital (GB)
- Scottish Government (GB)
- Hertfordshire County Council (GB)
- Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center (US)
- Taipei Medical University Hospital (TW)
- Australian Institute of Business (AU)
- University College Birmingham (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Bromley College of Further and Higher Education (GB)
- National School of Public Health (GR)
- Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (GB)
- Nieuwegein Fonds (NL)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- Administração Regional de Saúde de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo (PT)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- Scribe Biosciences (United States) (US)
- New Zealand Plant Protection Society (NZ)
- Gesundheit Österreich (AT)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Duke-NUS Medical School (SG)
- South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Primary Health Care (QA)
- The London College (GB)
- Bruyère (CA)
- Visby lasarett (SE)
- Solihull Hospital (GB)
- St. James's Hospital (IE)
- University College London (GB)
- Taipei Medical University (TW)
- Canadian Red Cross Society (CA)
- Seikei University (JP)
- Southern Cross University (AU)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- University of the Arts London (GB)
- University of Plymouth (GB)
- Writtle University College (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2024-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11603-x
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Art Therapy and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 17.60
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- University of Toronto