Canadian Association of
Nurses for the Environment
Association canadienne des infirmières
et infirmiers pour l'environnement
Canadian Association of
Nurses for the Environment
Association canadienne des infirmières
et infirmiers pour l'environnement
May 29 at 9am PT | 12pm ET | 1pm AT
Social prescribing is one name for a set of practices that enable “trusted individuals in clinical and community settings to identify that a person has non-medical, health-related social needs and subsequently connect them to non-clinical supports and services within the community”.
People who experience structural marginalization are disproportionately affected by extreme weather events, loss of access to land, food insecurity, chronic stress, and other direct impacts of climate change. Social prescribing has great potential to address the health and social needs of patients and to strengthen community and climate resilience.
By improving health and wellbeing through nonclinical services, social prescribing can also play a role in reducing the carbon footprint of the health system. Addressing the social determinants of health improves health outcomes and may, in turn, reduce the overall demand for carbon-intensive healthcare activity. When used to treat existing conditions, social prescriptions can present a lower-carbon form of care.
In this session of the Sustainable Primary & Community Care Implementation Series, we will hear from a multi-disciplinary team who are putting social prescribing concepts into practice, learn more about building community engagement and resilience, and co-creating programs.