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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2022

Health empowerment scripts: Simplifying social/green prescriptions.

Justin T Lawson, Ross Wissing, Claire Henderson-Wilson, Tristan Snell, Timothy P Chambers, Dominic G McNeil, Sonia Nuttman

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Justin T LawsonHealth Nature Sustainability Research Group, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC, Australia.
Ross WissingHealth Nature Sustainability Research Group, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC, Australia.
Claire Henderson-WilsonHealth Nature Sustainability Research Group, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC, Australia.
Tristan SnellHealth Nature Sustainability Research Group, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC, Australia.
Timothy P ChambersSchool of Psychology, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC, Australia.
Dominic G McNeilInstitute of Health and Wellbeing, Federation University, Ballarat, VIC, Australia.
Sonia NuttmanHealth Nature Sustainability Research Group, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC, Australia.
Deakin University · AUFederation University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Social prescriptions are one term commonly used to describe non-pharmaceutical approaches to healthcare and are gaining popularity in the community, with evidence highlighting psychological benefits of reduced anxiety, depression and improved mood and physiological benefits of reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and reduced hypertension. The relationship between human health benefits and planetary health benefits is also noted. There are, however, numerous barriers, such as duration and frequencies to participate in activities, access, suitability, volition and a range of unpredictable variables (such as inclement weather, shifting interests and relocating home amongst others) impeding a comprehensive approach to their use on a wider scale. From a multidisciplinary perspective, this commentary incorporates a salutogenic and nature-based approach to health, we also provide a range of recommendations that can be undertaken at the patient level to assist in shifting the acknowledged systemic barriers currently occurring. These include using simple language to explain the purpose of health empowerment scripts, ensuing personal commitment to a minimum timeframe, enabling ease of access, co-designing a script program, providing ongoing motivational support and incorporating mindfulness to counter unexpected disruptions.

Indexed as

green mind theorygreen prescriptionshealth interventionshealth promotionnature-based therapiessalutogenesisself-determination theorysocial prescriptions

Identifiers

PMID36405192
PMCPMC9669645
OpenAlexW4308414448

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