Publications

WSSPR publications are listed below

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Publications 2024

Development and preliminary validation of the South Wales Social Well-being Scale (SWSWBS).
Yu J, Ganesh S, Smith SR, Wallace C. BMC Public Health 24, 2510 (2024). Journal article.

Speaking the same language - The development of a glossary of terms for social prescribing in Wales.
Newstead S, Jesurasa A, Jenkins B, Lavans A, Woodall A, Wallace C. Int J Integr Care. 2024 Jul 1;24(3):3. doi: 10.5334/ijic.8591. PMID: 38974206; PMCID: PMC11225557. Journal article.

A comparison of social prescribing approaches across twelve high-income countries. Journal article.
Scarpetti G, Shadowen H, Williams GA, Winkelmann J, Kroneman M, Groenewegen PP, De Jong JD, Fronteira I, Augusto GF, Hsiung S, Slade S, Rojatz D, Kallayova D, Katreniakova Z, Nagyova I, Kylänen M, Vracko P, Jesurasa A, Wallace Z, Wallace C, Costongs C, Barnes AJ, van Ginneken E. Health Policy, Vol 142, 2024, 104992,

Nature-based social prescribing - Realist Evaluation. Interim Report.
Newstead S, Makanjuola A, Wallace S, Griffiths L, Spencer L, Lynch M, Wheeler S, Wallace C. Commissioned by Wrexham University and funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW).

Social Prescribing in Wales. Book chapter.
Wallace C, Newstead S, Wallace S, Elliott M, Llewellyn M, Randall S. (2024). In: Bertotti, M. (eds) Social Prescribing Policy, Research and Practice. Springer, Cham.

Social Prescribing Glossary of Terms. Website: www.splossary.wales.

Dance/Movement for Employee Well-being: Social Return on Investment. Study protocol.
Filipponi T, Lynch M, Wallace C. 43rd Annual International Nursing & Midwifery Research and Education Conference Changing Landscapes of Health - Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin.

Social Return on Investment of The Body Hotel Moving Self-Compassion Programme. Report.
Filipponi T, Lynch M, Wallace C. 2024. University of South Wales.

The role of social prescribing in community pharmacies. Scoping review.
Newstead S, Wallace C. 2024. University of South Wales

A Glossary of Terms for Social Prescribing in Wales. Commissioned report.
Newstead S, Wallace C, Jenkins B, Lavans A, Jesurasa A. (2023). Public Health Wales.

Publications 2023

A scoping review to identify and categorise the terminology associated with social prescribing. Scoping review.
Newstead S, Elliott M, Wallace C, Tetlow S, Cavanagh D. (2023) OSF.

Nature based social prescribing scoping review. Report.
Newstead S, Randall S, Wallace S, Griffiths L, Spencer L, Lynch M, Wheeler S, Wallace C. (2023) University of South Wales.

Enhancing Student Wellbeing Through Social Prescribing: A Rapid Realist Review. Journal article.
Davies M, Elliott M, Wallace S, Wallace C. Public Health Review, Vol 44, 2023.

Speaking the same language – a scoping review to identify the terminology associated with social prescribing. Journal article.
Newstead S, Elliott M, Cavanagh D, Tetlow S, Wallace C. Primary Health Care Research & Development. 2023;24:e67. doi:10.1017/S1463423623000567

Identifying and classifying social prescribing terminology in Wales - A group concept mapping study. Report.
Newstead S, Jenkins B, Lavans A, Jesurasa A, Wallace C. (2023). Wales School for Social Prescribing Research.

A Glossary of Terms for Social Prescribing in Wales. Report.
Newstead S, Wallace C, Jenkins B, Lavans A, Jesurasa A. (December 2023). Public Health Wales.

Words and Terms Used in Social Prescribing: An easy read guide to hard words and terms (Easy read version of ‘A glossary of terms for social prescribing in Wales’.) Report.
Newstead S, Wallace C, Jenkins B, Lavans A, Jesurasa A. (December 2023). Public Health Wales.

WSSPR Annual Report 2022-23 (English). Report.
Wallace C, Newstead S, et al. (September 2023). Wales School for Social Prescribing Research.

Publications 2022

A Social Return on Investment evaluation of the Emotion-Mind Dynamic (EMD) two phase social prescribing life coaching intervention to support mental health and wellbeing. Journal article.
Makanjuola A, Lynch M, Hartfiel N, Cuthbert A, Edwards, RT. (2022) International Journal of Population Data Science, 7(2).

Exploring how and why social prescribing evaluations work: a realist review. Journal article.
Elliott M, Davies M, Davies J, Wallace C. BMJ Open 2022;12:e057009.

A systematic review on the effectiveness of including adoptive parents, with children aged 16 or under, in arts therapy (art, music and drama therapy). Protocol.
Swanick R, Wallace C, Culwick M, Coombes E. 13 Apr 2022, PROSPERO.

Enhancing higher education student well-being through social prescribing: a realist evaluation protocol. Journal article.
Wallace S, Wallace C, Elliott M, Davies M, Pontin D. 1 Mar 2022, BMJ Open. 12, 3, 7 p., e052860.

Emotion-Mind Dynamic (EMD): Face-to-face and online blended-learning life coaching for a social prescribing intervention to support mental health and wellbeing: Protocol for a Social Return on Investment evaluation. Journal article.
Lynch M, Makanjuola A, Hartfiel N, Cuthbert A, Winrow E, Wheeler H, Edwards R. (2022) medRxiv preprint.

The role of social prescribers in wales: a consensus methods study. Journal article.
Roberts T, Lloydwin C, Pontin D, Williams M, Wallace C. Perspect Public Health. 2022 Sep;142(5):297-304.

Publications 2021

The Irish Sea Platform: The Identification of Social Prescribing Related Research Priorities for Collaborative Research Across the Celtic Sea - A Group Concept Mapping Report. Report.
Dr Simon Newstead and Professor Carolyn Wallace. 2021.

Developing a conversation about identifying community needs to embrace wellbeing through social prescribing interventions: a qualitative study. Meeting abstract.
Spencer LH, Lynch M, Thomas G. (2021). The Lancet Public Health, Volume 398, Issue S82, 2021

A Systematic Review to Examine the Evidence in Developing Social Prescribing Interventions That Apply a Co-Productive, Co-Designed Approach to Improve Well-Being Outcomes in a Community Setting. Journal article.
Thomas G, Lynch M, Spencer LH. (2021). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; 18(8):3896.

Enhancing Student Well-being Through Social Prescribing. A Group Concept Mapping of student well-being in University South Wales. Report.
Wallace S, Wallace C, Lloyd-Jones N, Davies M, Elliott M, Ganesh S, Griffiths L, Llewellyn M, Pontin D, Tetlow S. (2021).

Social Prescribing and Lifestyle Medicine—A Remedy to Chronic Health Problems? Journal article.
Baska A, Kurpas D, Kenkre J, Vidal-Alaball J, Petrazzuoli F, Dolan M, Sli D, Robins J. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 10096.

Understanding social prescribing in Wales: A mixed methods study. Wales School for Social Prescribing Research. Report.
Wallace C, Davies M, Elliott M, Llewellyn M, Randall H, Owens J, Phillips J, Teichner L, Sullivan S, Hannah V, Jenkins B, Jesurasa A. (WSSPR) · PRIME Centre Wales · Data Cymru · Public Health Wales. September 2021.

Surviving troubled times during the global pandemic: creativity is your lifeline. Conference proceedings.
Rogers MS, Tilley HB. ICERI2021 Proceedings

Strength in Numb3r5: Establishing a health visiting community of practice in Wales to support family resilience. Magazine feature.
Thomas M, Pontin D, Wallace C. 20 Sep 2021, In: Community practitioner: the journal of the Community Practitioners' & Health Visitors' Association. 94, 05, p. 40-41

A Systematic Review to Examine the Evidence in Developing Social Prescribing Interventions That Apply a Co-Productive, Co-Designed Approach to Improve Well-Being Outcomes in a Community Setting. Journal article.
Thomas G, Lynch M, Spencer LH. (2021). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; 18(8):3896.

Publications 2020

Can Social Prescribing Benefit Health and Well-being in the Community? in E Baum, M Ungan & C Steylaerts (eds), The World Book of Family Medicine: WONCA Europe Edition. Book chapter.
Kenkre, J 2020, WONCA Europe (World Organization of Family Doctors - Europe), pp. 43-45.

A Systematic Review Exploring the Economic Valuation of Accessing and Using Green and Blue Spaces to Improve Public Health. Journal article.
Lynch M, Spencer L, Edwards R. (2020). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 4142.

A Scoping Review of How Income Affects Accessing Local Green Space to Engage in Outdoor Physical Activity to Improve Well-Being: Implications for Post-COVID-19. Journal article.
Spencer L, Lynch M, Edwards R. (2020). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 9313.

“Kids Get in Shape with Nature”: A Systematic Review Exploring the Impact of Green Spaces on Childhood Obesity. Journal article.
Alexandre JC, Lync, M. (2020). Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology, 66: S129-S133.

A participatory mixed-methods evaluation of a Falls Awareness Programme. Working with Older People. Journal article.
Elliott M, Watson H, Lewis A, Wallace C. Working with Older People, Vol. 25 No. 1, pp.11-20.

Social Return on Investment Analysis of the Health Precinct Community Hub for Chronic Conditions. Journal article.
Jones C, Hartfiel N, Brocklehurst P, Lynch M, Edwards RT. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jul 21;17(14):5249.

Addressing Avoidable Inequalities: The Role of One University in Place-Based Transformational Change. Book chapter.
Taylor C, Ruddle N, Perry K, Budden C. (2020) in Sengupta E, Blessinger P, Mahoney C. (Ed.) University–Community Partnerships for Promoting Social Responsibility in Higher Education (Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, Vol. 23), Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 47-59.

An evaluation study to investigate recruitment into social prescribing interventions, and to explore the skills of link workers in dealing with complex case referrals. Protocol.
Makanjuola A, Lynch M, Spencer L. PROSPERO 2020 CRD42020158721

Enhancing student wellbeing through social prescribing – a rapid realist review. Protocol.
Davies M, Wallace C, Pontin D, Wallace S. PROSPERO 2020 CRD42020193075

What methods for evaluating social prescribing work, for which intervention types, for whom, and in what circumstances? Protocol.
Elliott M, Davies J, Wallace C. A realist review. PROSPERO 2020 CRD42020183065