International Resources

What is social prescribing

• What is Social Prescribing - Two minute video (UK)
• Information for social prescribing link workers - National Academy for Social Prescribing (UK)
• Personalized Care & Social Prescribing - National Academy for Social Prescribing (UK)
• What is social prescribing - The Kings Fund, February 2017
• Social prescribing animation - Healthy London Partnership
• SMaking Sense of Social Prescribing - University of Westminster

How-to guides and case studies

• Toolkit on how to implement social prescribing - World Health Organization
• Social prescribing – a guide for local authorities
• Quality Assurance for Social Prescribing - The National Lottery Community Fund

Evidence and reports

• What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and wellbeing? A scoping review Nov 2019 - World Health Organisation, November 2019
• A review of the evidence assessing impact of social prescribing on healthcare demand and cost implications - University of Westminster

USA Resources

Evidence

• A slide deck outlining the evidence for community-based activities on people’s health and wellbeing: Arts, Nature, Volunteering
• Parks Rx America: Evidence briefs demonstrating the role of nature on health and wellbeing

Policy

• National Academies of Medicine: Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care: Moving Upstream to Improve the Nation's Health (2019)

Implementation

• Link worker job description - key competencies and roles for a social prescribing link worker role
• Template presentation for Cleveland Clinic

Movement making

• Overview - includes links to evidence
• Unique Value of Social Prescribing
• 2016 UK convening that spurred their movement
• Links on movement making