Social Prescribing for Climate Resilience: Connecting People to Nature and Community
Studies have shown that being active and spending time in nature improves physical and mental resilience, thereby mitigating the negative health impacts associated with climate change.
Key factors such as purposeful activity, health, social support and self-esteem were seen to build individual and community resilience by supporting mental well-being.
Social prescribing initiatives can counter the social determinants of health inequity by offering purposeful activities that encourage social interaction and develop individual and community resources.
Rx Community: Social Prescribing in Ontario Community Health Centres
Using Self-Determination theory to understand the social prescribing process: a qualitative study
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Background: Social prescribing assists patients to engage insocial activities and connect to community supports as part of a holistic approach to primary care. Rx: Community was a social prescribing project, implemented within 11 community health centres situated across Ontario, Canada.