Open AccessPublic perspectives of social prescribing
Author(s) -
Koser Khan,
Fiona Ward,
Emma Halliday,
Vivien Louise Holt
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdab067
Subject(s) - public relations , service delivery framework , government (linguistics) , focus group , project commissioning , social work , public health , perception , service (business) , medicine , nursing , business , political science , psychology , publishing , marketing , linguistics , philosophy , neuroscience , law
There is a strong national drive within the UK government and National Health Service for social prescribing. Previous research studies have mainly focused on service user perspectives and evaluating their experiences. There is limited evidence on how the general public perceive and understand what social prescribing is and how these views could influence service planning and delivery. This paper seeks to understand perceptions of social prescribing within the wider community.