Just as there are many types of drugs the prescription for each drug being determined by the needs of the individual so there are many types of social prescription. the principal types are
- involvement in music or art activities
- voluntary work, for example restoring footpaths for people who enjoy physical work and support for reading in schools for people whose skills and assets are suited to helping children learn
- physical activity in a gym or a fitness centre or by encouraging people to do moderate activity by themselves
Here is a set of articles produced as a consequence of a programme of work led by Anant Jani and published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
- Making social prescriptions mainstream
- Investing resources to address social factors affecting health: the essential role of social prescribing
- A social prescriptions formulary: bringing social prescribing on par with pharmaceutical prescribing
- Using technology-enabled social prescriptions to disrupt healthcare
- Reducing chronic stress to promote health in adults: the role of social prescriptions and social movements
- Precision social prescriptions to promote active ageing in older people