Front Page [Unofficial]‘Social prescribing’ has doctors writing scripts for nature walks and art classes. It’s working.
Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦#SocialPrescribing "connects people with non-clinical support & services within their communities. While more commonly adopted in countries with govt health services, it is now gaining ground in the US. … covers a range of activities, including arts, culture, social groups, nature-based activities, & volunteer opportunities.
… It’s based on the idea that an individual’s health is directly related to their connection to the community in which they live, work, & grow."
https://glammr.us/@georgiamuseum/116329465358720096
Georgia Museum of Art (@[email protected])
Art can improve your mental health. The state of Georgia (our home state) just passed a surprising resolution affirming its benefits. https://stateoftheartist.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-arts-prescribing-from
souvlaki at KillBaitNature-based social prescribing boosts wellbeing and employment
Kelly Pardy, who suffers from juvenile macular degeneration, found relief during a tough period of unemployment through a 'blue' social prescribing scheme run by the Ocean Conservation Trust. The eight-week program involved nature activities like snorkelling, rock-pooling, and visits to the National... [More info]
Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧🖼️ Today at 1730 CET: #SocialPrescribing session at European Health Forum Gastein @gasteinforum.bsky.social #EHFG2025
What if your next prescription wasn’t a pill, but a painting class, a community garden, or a walking group?
Organised by @eurohealthnet.bsky.social
www.ehfg.org/conference/p...
Social, green, and arts prescr...
Social, green, and arts prescr...
🚨 One week to go: 2025 European Health Forum @gasteinforum.bsky.social
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#HealthInequalities
#WomensHealth, #PrimaryHealthcare, #SocialPrescribing, #AI, #LungHealth, #NCDs, #ClimateChange
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🆓 Free online registration
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Jo RhodesRealise there is a lot of dreadful stuff going on in the world.. but I just spent the day in Manchester with a bunch of inspiring people doing fantastic projects around #permaculture #SocialPrescribing #TherapeuticGardening #wildflowers #CommunityComposting #CommunityOrchard #MushroomGrowing and more... hosted by the folk from #Mud #ManchesterUrbanDiggers in Platt Fields Market Garden https://www.wearemud.org/
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️Doctors give "social prescriptions" for fitness, arts & socializing
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-s1-5434386/social-prescription-arts-exercise-loneliness
🇨🇦 Government of Canada (July 2024)
White Paper: A Healthier Canada. An Analysis of the Potential Economic and Social Impacts of Social Prescribing
https://irp.cdn-website.com/92bb31b3/files/uploaded/A_Healthier_Canada-An_Analysis_of_the_Potential_Economic_and_Social_Impacts_of_Social_Prescribing.pdf
Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing
https://www.socialprescribing.ca
#healthcare #SocialPrescribing #PublicHealth #loneliness #SocialIsolation #SocialInclusion
Oana#SocialPrescribing is something I came upon one or two weeks ago. Lovely!
It's what I acutely need after 11 years of Norway with kids and after Korona and no sports at all for years now (because of so much driving kids at their activities) and no fix office hours and my father passing away.
Just listening to this Podcast: ologies and the episode: salugenology.
https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/ologies-with-alie-ward/id1278815517?i=1000704566653
I always felt this: I connect best when I do something with people, or play something in a team.
🆕 Europe-wide research program on #SocialPrescribing launched
“Pathogens aren’t the only cause of illness: stress and social burdens can also make people unwell. Social prescribing has been developed in response to such situations”
www.charite.de/en/service/p...
Press reports: Charité – Unive...
Press reports: Charité – Unive...
Charité BerlinSocial problems can make you ill. This is why #SocialPrescribing was developed. Researchers led by #CharitéBerlin are now investigating whether help such as anti-stress courses or job counselling provided in GP practices contribute to better health.
