Tag Archives: Social Prescribing
New job: Green social prescribing research trial manager post!
We are looking for a research fellow to help us manage the next stage of our NIHR funded GREENGAGE. We have successfully done our feasibility and are now working on a pilot of the randomised control trial and process evaluation of a nature-based intervention for people with mental ill health. The overall aim of the […]
BMJ editorial: Nature prescribing
Ruth Garside, Becca, and Kerryn Husk, with Georgie Sowman and Edward Chapman, co-authored a BMJ editorial for the Christmas edition of the journal. The editorial dicussed the evidence and investment that are needed to ensure green social prescribing supports health and aids nature recovery. We argue that in additon to being used to benefit the […]
Developing an intervention and acceptability/feasibility study of a greenspace programme for mental health and problem substance use
Becca has joined a new project, led by Dr Wendy Masterton at the Unversity of Stirling, which aims to develop, and then begin the processes of testing, a nature based programme designed for people with lived experience of poor mental health and problem substance use. With rising levels of poor mental health and substance-related harm, […]
Nature on prescription for mental health trial: Feasibility stage
Ruth, Becca, Kerryn and a team from Exeter and Plymouth Universities have been awarded funds by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to conduct a feasibility study of nature based activities reached through social prescribing. The work will help prepare for a full Randomised Controlled Trial which will help clarify whether such activities are […]
New Green Social Prescribing Resources
We have begun to collate a set of resources to support the evidence needs of Green Social Prescribing practitioners. On the pages you will find (hopefully) helpful evidence and resources to support green social prescribing. The topics are: Social prescribing Nature and health Mental health Health promotion Health inequalities Evaluation methods Volunteering Communities Systems working […]
Therapeutic nature project report published
The final report, and research briefing, for the Defra funded Therapeutic Nature: Nature-based social prescribing for diagnosed mental health conditions in the UK project has been published. The 12 month project aimed to identify what works in the use of nature-based therapeutic interventions for people with an identifiable mental illness. Background The Therapeutic Nature project […]
Nature on Prescription Handbook published
The nature based social prescribing team, led by James Fullam and Ruth Garside, have published a new “Nature on Prescription Handbook” aimed at providers of group nature-based interventions that target common mental health conditions, and that are (or will be) delivered via social prescribing schemes. The content will also be of interest to link workers, […]
Evaluating the Green Social Prescribing test and learn pilots
Working with researchers at The University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University, and the University of Plymouth we have been funded to evaluate the Government’s flagship Green Social Prescribing test and learn pilots programme. Social prescribing and community-based support enables GPs, other health and care practitioners and local agencies to refer people to a link worker […]
PhD opportunity: Social prescribing, pharmaceutical disposal and water quality
Becca is a co-supervisor on a NERC GW4+ DTP PhD Studentship opportunity now open for applications ‘Developing sustainable options for reducing the concentration of pharmaceuticals entering the environment’ This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the NERC Great Western Four+ Doctoral Training Partnership (GW4+ DTP) for entry in […]
Realist review of what approaches to social prescribing work, for whom, and in what circumstances.
Our review of what approaches to social prescribing work, for whom, and in what circumstances, led by Kerryn Husk at the University of Plymouth and Ruth Garside here at ECEHH, has been published in the journal Health and Social Care in the Community! The aims of the review were to explore what is known about […]
Beyond Greenspace 