Healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards social prescribing in specialist children’s weight management services
Healthcare professionals working in children's weight management services felt social prescribing could be beneficial for the families they worked with. However, to support implementation in their services, there is a need for further resource, such as staff time and training, to help develop relationships between clinical services and community-based services.
Authors
- Neil Wright (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0524-594X)
- Christopher Dayson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2402-1183)
- Katie Pickering (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1534-1775)
- Catherine Homer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2571-6008)
- Megan Garside (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5250-2326)
- Lorna Dowrick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4247-8004)
Institutions
- Sheffield Children's Hospital (GB)
- Sheffield Hallam University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Primary Care
- Published
- 2025-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-025-02753-w
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Art Therapy and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.15
Funders
- Sheffield Hallam University