Building the social prescribing student movement in Canada, HPCDP: Vol 44(6), June 2024 - Canada.ca

Caitlin Muhl, BSc, MPH Author reference footnote 1 Author reference footnote 2; Le-Tien Bhaskar, MPH Author reference footnote 1 Author reference footnote 3; Michelle Ruhigisha, BSc, MPH Author reference footnote 1 Author reference footnote 4; Ellen McGarity-Shipley, MScPT, PhD Author reference footnote 1 https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.44.6.06 Commentary by Muhl C et al. in the HPCDP Journal licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Keywords: social movement, social prescribing, students Social prescribing is defined as “a means for trusted individuals in clinical and community settings to identify that a person has nonmedical, health-related social needs and to subsequently connect them to nonclinical supports and services within the community by co-producing a social prescription—a nonmedical prescription, to improve health and well-being and to strengthen community connections.” Footnote 1,p.9 Globally, there is growing interest in social prescribing as

Caitlin Muhl, BSc, MPH Author reference footnote 1 Author reference footnote 2; Le-Tien Bhaskar, MPH Author reference footnote 1 Author reference footnote 3; Michelle Ruhigisha, BSc, MPH Author reference footnote 1 Author reference footnote 4; Ellen McGarity-Shipley, MScPT, PhD Author reference footnote 1 https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.44.6.06 Commentary by Muhl C et al. in the HPCDP Journal licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Keywords: social movement, social prescribing, students Social prescribing is defined as “a means for trusted individuals in clinical