European Perspective on How Social Prescribing Can Facilitate Health and Social Integrated Care in the Community

Donata Kurpas; Juan Manuel Mendive; Josep Vidal-Alaball; Ferdinando Petrazzuoli; Mohammed Morad; Thomas Kloppe; Wolfram Herrman; Nataša Mrduljaš-Đujić; Joyce Kenkre

doi:10.5334/ijic.7636

European Perspective on How Social Prescribing Can Facilitate Health and Social Integrated Care in the Community

Int J Integr Care. 2023 May 5;23(2):13. doi: 10.5334/ijic.7636. eCollection 2023 Apr-Jun.

Authors

Donata Kurpas^{1

2

3}, Juan Manuel Mendive^{4

5}, Josep Vidal-Alaball^{6

7

8}, Ferdinando Petrazzuoli^{9

10

11}, Mohammed Morad^{12

13

14}, Thomas Kloppe^{15

16}, Wolfram Herrman^{15

17}, Nataša Mrduljaš-Đujić^{18

19

20}, Joyce Kenkre^{21

22

23}

Affiliations

¹ Health Sciences Faculty, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland.
² WONCA Europe Social Prescribing and Community Orientation Special Interest Group, Poland.
³ European Rural and Isolated Practitioner Association (EURIPA), Poland.
⁴ European Rural Isolated Practitioner Association, WONCA Europe Social Prescribing and Community Orientation Special Interest Group, Spain.
⁵ Institut Català de la Salut, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
⁶ WONCA Europe Social Prescribing and Community Orientation Special Interest Group, Spain.
⁷ European Rural and Isolated Practitioner Association (EURIPA), Spain.
⁸ Institut Català de la Salut and University of Vic, Cataluña, Spain.
⁹ WONCA Europe Social Prescribing and Community Orientation Special Interest Group, Sweden.
¹⁰ European Rural and Isolated Practitioner Association (EURIPA), Sweden.
¹¹ Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Centre for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.
¹² WONCA Europe Social Prescribing and Community Orientation Special Interest Group, Israel.
¹³ European Rural and Isolated Practitioner Association (EURIPA), Israel.
¹⁴ Department of family medicine, Community Health Division, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
¹⁵ WONCA Europe Social Prescribing and Community Orientation Special Interest Group, Germany.
¹⁶ Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.
¹⁷ Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
¹⁸ WONCA Europe Social Prescribing and Community Orientation Special Interest Group, Croatia.
¹⁹ European Rural and Isolated Practitioner Association (EURIPA), Croatia.
²⁰ Department of Family Medicine, University of Split, School of Medicine, Croatia.
²¹ WONCA Europe Social Prescribing and Community Orientation Special Interest Group, UK.
²² European Rural and Isolated Practitioner Association (EURIPA), UK.
²³ University of South Wales, UK.

Abstract

Social Prescribing is a mechanism by which primary care team members can refer patients to community groups to improve their health and well-being. It integrates health, social care, and community, allowing patients to actively improve their health and well-being by participating in community initiatives and activities. These activities have traditionally been part of community life in European countries, and the benefits need to be consistently recognized.

Keywords: Social Prescribing; assets; community; integrated care; needs; primary care.