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Social Prescribing and Lifestyle Medicine—A Remedy to Chronic Health Problems?

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  • Alicja Baska

    (Department of Lifestyle Medicine, School of Public Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, 01-826 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Donata Kurpas

    (Department of Family Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 51-141 Wrocław, Poland
    The European Rural and Isolated Practitioners Association (EURIPA), 92200 Nuilly-sur-Seine, France)

  • Joyce Kenkre

    (Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, University of South Wales, Pontypridd CF37 1DL, UK)

  • Josep Vidal-Alaball

    (Health Promotion in Rural Areas Research Group, Gerència Territorial de la Catalunya Central, Institut Català de la Salut, Unitat de Suport a la Recerca de la Catalunya Central, 08272 Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain
    Fundacio Institut, Universitari per a la Recerca a l’Atencio Primaria de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina, 08272 Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia, 08500 Vic, Spain)

  • Ferdinando Petrazzuoli

    (The European Rural and Isolated Practitioners Association (EURIPA), 92200 Nuilly-sur-Seine, France
    SNAMID (National Society of Medical Education in General Practice), 81100 Caserta, Italy
    Center for Primary Health Care Research, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden)

  • Miriam Dolan

    (Maple Healthcare, Lisnaskea, Enniskillen BT92 0GT, UK
    Royal College of General Practitioners, Belfast BT7 2JD, Northern Ireland, UK)

  • Daniel Śliż

    (Department of Lifestyle Medicine, School of Public Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, 01-826 Warsaw, Poland
    Polish Society of Lifestyle Medicine, 00-388 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Joanne Robins

    (Shropshire Council, Midlands NHS England, Shrewsbury SY2 6ND, UK)

Abstract

Social prescribing has been identified as a chance to take a holistic approach to people’s health and wellbeing, especially for people with one or more long-term conditions. Its systemic implementation was a part of the recent United Kingdom National Health Service Long Term Plan. With a lifestyle medicine focus on equipping patients in tools necessary for self-care and self-management of their lifestyle-related health problems that coexists with the need for creating an environment supporting healthy choices, a social prescribing model seems to offer a promising strategy for advancing lifestyle medicine. This idea was discussed during a meeting hosted by the Polish Society of Lifestyle Medicine in collaboration with European Rural and Isolated Practitioners Association, Polish Society of Young Family Doctors (“Młodzi Lekarze Rodzinni”), British Society of Lifestyle Medicine and European Lifestyle Medicine Council in June 2020. The aftermath—this position statement is an Authors’ attempt at summarizing the common ground for social prescribing and lifestyle medicine. It collects experiences of practitioners and researchers from five European countries as well as making recommendations for applying this model in Poland. Despite referring to local conditions, it might provide universal takeaway messages for any healthcare providers interested in combining social prescribing with lifestyle medicine practice.

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  • Alicja Baska & Donata Kurpas & Joyce Kenkre & Josep Vidal-Alaball & Ferdinando Petrazzuoli & Miriam Dolan & Daniel Śliż & Joanne Robins, 2021. "Social Prescribing and Lifestyle Medicine—A Remedy to Chronic Health Problems?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(19), pages 1-9, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:19:p:10096-:d:643268
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    1. Roxana Surugiu & Mihaela Adela Iancu & Anca Maria Lăcătus & Carmen Adriana Dogaru & Mioara Desdemona Stepan & Irina Anca Eremia & Andrea Elena Neculau & Gheorghe Gindrovel Dumitra, 2023. "Unveiling the Presence of Social Prescribing in Romania in the Context of Sustainable Healthcare—A Scoping Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-13, July.

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