Building common understanding: seeking consensus and defining social prescribing across contexts - a collective commentary on a Delphi study
Muhl C., Mulligan K., Giurca BC., Polley MJ., Bloch G., Nowak DA., Osborn-Forde C., Hsiung S., Lee KH., Herrmann WJ., Baker JR., Stokes-Lampard DHJ., Everington SS., Dixon M., Wachsmuth I., Figueiredo C., Skjerning HT., Rojatz D., Chen YD., Heijnders ML., Wallace C., Howarth M., Watanabe D., Bertotti M., Jansson AH., Althini S., Holzinger F., Dooler DG., Brand S., Anfilogoff TJ., Fancourt D., Nelson MLA., Tierney S., Leitch A., Nam HK., Card KG., Hayes D., Slade S., Essam MA., Palmer GA., Welch VA., Robinson D., Hilsgen L., Taylor N., Nielsen RØ., Vidovic D., McDaid EM., Hoffmeister LV., Bonehill J., Siegel A., Bártová A., Acurio-Páez D., Mendive JM., Husk K.
Social prescribing has become a global phenomenon. A Delphi study was recently conducted with 48 social prescribing experts from 26 countries to establish global agreement on the definition of social prescribing. We reflect on the use and utility of the outputs of this work, and where we go from here.