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. 2023 Oct 25;24(1):220.
doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-02164-9.

Social Prescribing Schemes in Primary Care in Spain (EvalRA Project): a mixed-method study protocol to build an evaluation model

M Pola-Garcia  1   2 , A M Carrera Noguero  3   4   5 , M P Astier-Peña  3   4   6   7   8   9 , J J Mira  10   11   12   13 , M Guilabert-Mora  10   12 , V Cassetti  14   15   16 , E Melús-Palazón  3   4   17   18 , A Gasch-Gallén  17   19   20 ; Consortium EvaLRA; C B Benedé Azagra  3   4   5   17   21
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Social Prescribing Schemes in Primary Care in Spain (EvalRA Project): a mixed-method study protocol to build an evaluation model

M Pola-Garcia et al. BMC Prim Care. .

Abstract

Background: Social Prescribing is a Primary Health Care service that provides people with non-clinical care alternatives that may have an impact on their health. Social Prescribing can be more or less formal and structured. Social Prescribing Schemes are formal Social Prescribing of health assets by Primary Health Care teams in coordination and follow-up of patients with providers. The emerging evidence suggests that this service can improve people's health and well-being, create value and provide sustainability for the healthcare system. However, some evaluations note that the current evidence regarding social prescribing is insufficient and needs further investigation. The EvaLRA project aims to elaborate an evaluation model of Social Prescribing Schemes in Primary Health Care based on a set of structure, process, and outcomes indicators.

Methods: In the region of Aragon, the Community Health Care Strategy aims to promote the development of social prescription schemes in Primary Health Care teams. This study is divided into two stages. Stage 1: identification of primary health care teams that implement social prescribing schemes and establish a first set of indicators to evaluate social prescribing using qualitative consensus techniques with experts. Stage 2 evaluation of the relevance, feasibility and sensitivity of selected indicators after 6 and 12 months in primary health care teams. The results will provide a set of indicators considering structure, process and outcomes for social prescribing schemes.

Discussion: Current evaluations of the application of social prescribing schemes use different criteria and indicators. A set of agreed indicators and its piloting in primary health care teams will provide a tool to evaluate the implementation of social prescription schemes. In addition, the scorecard created could be of interest to other health systems in order to assess the service and improve its information system, deployment and safety.

Keywords: Community health services; Community networks; Evaluation studies; Primary health care; Social prescribing.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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