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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Applying an Equity Lens to Social Prescribing
AU - Khan, Koser
AU - Tierney, Stephanie
AU - Owen, Gwilym
PY - 2024/6/25
Y1 - 2024/6/25
N2 - BackgroundSocial prescribing is often described as an intervention that can help reduce health inequalities yet there is little evidence exploring this. This study aimed to assess the feasibility of accessing and analysing social prescribing (SP) service user data to demonstrate the impact of SP on health inequalities.MethodsThe sample size consisted of records for 276 individuals in Site 1 and 1644 in Site 2. Descriptive analyses were performed to assess the characteristics of people accessing SP, the consistency of data collected and the missingness across both sites.ResultsBoth sites collected basic demographic data (age gender, ethnicity and deprivation). However, data collection was inconsistent; issues included poor recording of ethnicity in Site 2, and for both sites, referral source data and health and well-being outcome measures were missing. There was limited data on the wider determinants of health. These data gaps mean that impacts on health inequalities could not be fully explored.ConclusionsIt is essential that SP data collection includes information on user demographics and the wider determinants of health in line with PROGRESS Plus factors. Considering equity around who is accessing SP, how they access it and the outcomes is essential to evidencing how SP affects health inequalities and ensuring equitable service delivery.
AB - BackgroundSocial prescribing is often described as an intervention that can help reduce health inequalities yet there is little evidence exploring this. This study aimed to assess the feasibility of accessing and analysing social prescribing (SP) service user data to demonstrate the impact of SP on health inequalities.MethodsThe sample size consisted of records for 276 individuals in Site 1 and 1644 in Site 2. Descriptive analyses were performed to assess the characteristics of people accessing SP, the consistency of data collected and the missingness across both sites.ResultsBoth sites collected basic demographic data (age gender, ethnicity and deprivation). However, data collection was inconsistent; issues included poor recording of ethnicity in Site 2, and for both sites, referral source data and health and well-being outcome measures were missing. There was limited data on the wider determinants of health. These data gaps mean that impacts on health inequalities could not be fully explored.ConclusionsIt is essential that SP data collection includes information on user demographics and the wider determinants of health in line with PROGRESS Plus factors. Considering equity around who is accessing SP, how they access it and the outcomes is essential to evidencing how SP affects health inequalities and ensuring equitable service delivery.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Child
KW - Child, Preschool
KW - Female
KW - Health Services Accessibility/statistics & numerical data
KW - Health Status Disparities
KW - Humans
KW - Infant
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Social Work/statistics & numerical data
KW - Young Adult
U2 - 10.1093/pubmed/fdae105
DO - 10.1093/pubmed/fdae105
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 38918883
VL - 46
SP - 458
EP - 462
JO - Journal of public health (Oxford, England)
JF - Journal of public health (Oxford, England)
IS - 3
ER -