Social prescription (Rx) enables healthcare professionals to refer patients to a link worker (community curator) to co-design a non-clinical intervention to improve their health and well-being.
Goals
reduce the rise of healthcare costs and ease pressure on general practice clinics
reduce levels of anxiety and depression
achieve a higher quality of life
Worldwide Practices
“Community means strength that joins our strength to do the work that needs to be done. Arms to hold us when we falter. A circle of healing. A circle of friends. Someplace where we can be free”
-Starhawk (Miriam Simos)
