Thomson LJM and Chatterjee HJ (2026), The role of community assets in tackling UK health inequalities through community engagement and partnerships in social prescribing. Frontiers in Public Health 14:1761446.
See full study: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1761446
Seven projects from the Mobilising Community Assets to Tackle Health Inequalities programme – including The Abundance Project, Arts4Us, ReCITE, Realities, Rural Health Equity, ARCHES & Connecting Roots - took part in an online survey to share the successes and challenges that arose from their work in social prescribing. In addition to the survey, the study used information shared quarterly by Mobilising projects on their academic and creative outputs, events, partnerships, posts, ways of working, and audiences or communities.
Based on these data, this study proposes an approach to social prescribing that combines models of recovery and peer support underpinned by self-determination theory to improve social inclusion and quality of life. Recommendations include a consortium-based approach to person-centered care working closely with local populations and public health, where provision is co-located and co-delivered in conjunction with relevant data concerning health conditions and the wider social determinants to address the root causes of health inequalities.
