Hello RTWO Subscribers!
Happy New Year!
The American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA) released a position statement on social prescribing! Check out the new literature that was added to RTWO today on social prescribing:
Cooper, M., Avery, L., Scott, J., Ashley, K., Jordan, C., Errington, L., & Flynn, D. (2022). Effectiveness and active ingredients of social prescribing interventions targeting mental health: A systematic review. BMJ Open, 12, e060214.
Foster, A., Thompson, J., HOlding, E., Ariss, S., Mukuria, C., Jacques, R., Akparido, R., & Haywood, A. (2021). Impact of social prescribing to address loneliness: A mixed methods evaluation of a national social prescribing programme. Health and Social Care in the Community, 29(5), 1439-1449.
Gordon, K., Gordon, L., & Basu, A. (2023). Social prescribing for children and young people with neurodisability and their families initiated in a hospital setting: A systematic review. BMJ Open, 13(12), e078097.
Sadio, R., Henriques, A., Nogueira, P., & Costa, A. (2024). Social prescription for the elderly: A community-based scoping review. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 25, e46.
Scarpetti, G., Shadowen, H., Williams, G., Winkelmann, J., Kroneman, M., Groenewegen, P., De Jang, J., Fronteira, I., Augusto, G., Hsiung, S., Slade, S., Rojatz, D., Kallayova, D., Katreniakova, Z., Nagyova, I., Kylanen, M., Vracko, P., Jesurasa, A., Wallace, Z., Wallace, C., & van Ginneken, E. (2024). A comparison of social prescribing approaches across twelve high-income countries. Health Policy, 142, 104992.
Wakefield, J., Kellezi, B., Stevenson, C., McNamara, N., Bowe, M., Wilson, I., Halder, M., & Mair, E. (2020). Social prescribing as ‘social cure’: A longitudinal study of the health benefits of social connectedness within a social prescribing pathway. Journal of Health Psychology, 27(2), 386-396.
Wilson, A., Noble, H., Galway, K., & Doherty, J. (2025). Social prescribing for people living with long-term health conditions: A scoping review. BMC Systematic Reviews, 14(114), 1-17.
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