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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Matthew CooperORCiD, Dr Darren Flynn, Dr Jason Scott, Kirsten Ashley, Dr Leah Avery
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Copyright © 2024 Matthew Cooper et al. Objective. To elicit the barriers and facilitators experienced by social prescribing service providers when designing and delivering social prescribing services to support adult mental health. Design. Semistructured interviews were conducted with social prescribing service providers across England and Wales in the third sector. Data were analysed in accordance with the Teoretical Domains Framework (TDF) and Tematic Framework Analysis (TFA). Results. Twenty-one providers (15 females and 6 males) from 17 social prescribing services agreed to participate. Nine analytical themes were identifed across seven TDF domains associated with the design of services (e.g., skills and environmental context and resources). Tirteen analytical themes across nine TDF domains were associated with the delivery of services (e.g., beliefs about consequences and optimism). Key recommendations for future social prescribing services were increasing public knowledge of social prescribing; clearly communicating the role of a social prescriber to the public and professionals; providing training to providers on how to safely and efectively lived experiences; adopting a person-centred approach, including use of person-centred measures of mental health and well-being; and strategies to address sustainability of social prescribing services. Conclusions. Service providers are an essential part of the design and delivery of social prescribing services. Person-centred care, sustainable funding, and improved knowledge of social prescribing all warrant further research. Sustainable funding for social prescribing remains a salient policy-level barrier.
Author(s): Cooper M, Flynn D, Scott J, Ashley K, Avery L
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Health and Social Care in the Community
Year: 2024
Volume: 2024
Online publication date: 30/09/2024
Acceptance date: 12/09/2024
Date deposited: 06/11/2024
ISSN (print): 0966-0410
ISSN (electronic): 1365-2524
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/5581012
DOI: 10.1155/2024/5581012
Data Access Statement: The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
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