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

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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

Introduction 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 a holistic approach to health and well-being, with almost 30 countries involved in the social prescribing…

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