Social Prescribing the Smart City

Our research explores the potential role of social prescribing in a smart city context positioned at the crossroads of digitally enabled health, community care and social engagement of older adults. Findings suggest social prescribing is ideally suited to be considered in an age-friendly smart city discussion on active aging.

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Sonja Pedell

Ann Borda

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Publication date: July 2021

Publication date (Print): July 2021

Pages: 137-139

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[0001]Centre for Design Innovation

Swinburne University of Technology

Australia

[0002]Centre for the Digital Transformation of Health

University of Melbourne

Australia

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2021.23

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Conference name: Proceedings of EVA London 2021

Conference acronym: EVA 2021

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Conference location: London

Conference date: 5th July – 9th July 2021

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: AI and the Arts: Artificial Imagination

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A. Borda; C. Gilbert; K. Gray; D. Prabhu (2018) Consumer wearable information and health self management by older adults. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; M. Van den Berg, A. Maeder, Eds.; 246: 42–61.
D. Carnes, R. Sohanpal, C. Frostick, S. Hull, R. Mathur, G. Netuveli, J. Tong, P. Hutt and M. Bertotti (2017) The impact of a social prescribing service on patients in primary care: a mixed methods evaluation. BMC Health Services Research, 17(1).
K. Husk, K. Blockley, R. Lovell, et al. What approaches to social prescribing work, for whom, and in what circumstances? A realist review. Health Soc Care Community. 2020;28(2):309‐324. [Cross Ref]
S. Moffatt, M. Steer, S. Lawson, L. Penn and N. O’Brien (2017) Link Worker social prescribing to improve health and well-being for people with long-term conditions: qualitative study of service user perceptions. BMJ Open, 7(7), p.e015203.
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S. Pedell, A. Borda and A. Keirnan (2020) Social Prescribing in Australia: How the Bottom-up Model of Citizen Science Can Facilitate Stakeholder Engagement in Health Service Design. In Proceedings of DLLD 2020 p76-94. ISBN 9789464078923 (eBook). European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL).
S. Pedell, A. BordaA. Keirnan, N. Aimers (2021) Combining the Digital, Social and Physical Layer to Create Age-Friendly Cities and Communities. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 18(1),325; 10.3390/ijerph18010325
G. Priday, S. Pedell, (2020) Subverting the Narrative: Alternate Technology Approaches for Active Ageing, Information Technology Based Methods for Health Behaviours. A. J. Maeder, et al (eds.), pp. 61-76.
A. Reuter, J. Liddle, T. Scharf (2020) Digitalising the Age-Friendly City: Insights from Participatory Action Research. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 17: 8281; doi: [Cross Ref]
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J. Woodall, J. Trigwell, A. Bunyan, G. Raine, V. Eaton, J. Davis, L. Hancock, M. Cunningham and S. Wilkinson (2018). Understanding the effectiveness and mechanisms of a social prescribing service: a mixed method analysis. BMC Health Services Research, 18(1).
World Health Organisation. (2007) Global age-friendly cities: A guide. Retrieved from: https://www.who.int/ageing/ publications/Global_age_friendly_cities_Guide_English.pdf
World Health Organisation. (2018) WHO age-friendly environments programme. Retrieved from: https://www.who.int/ageing/projects/age_friendly_cities_programme/

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[1] A. Borda; C. Gilbert; K. Gray; D. Prabhu (2018) Consumer wearable information and health self management by older adults. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; M. Van den Berg, A. Maeder, Eds.; 246: 42–61.

[2] D. Carnes, R. Sohanpal, C. Frostick, S. Hull, R. Mathur, G. Netuveli, J. Tong, P. Hutt and M. Bertotti (2017) The impact of a social prescribing service on patients in primary care: a mixed methods evaluation. BMC Health Services Research, 17(1).

[3] K. Husk, K. Blockley, R. Lovell, et al. What approaches to social prescribing work, for whom, and in what circumstances? A realist review. Health Soc Care Community. 2020;28(2):309‐324. [Cross Ref]

[4] S. Moffatt, M. Steer, S. Lawson, L. Penn and N. O’Brien (2017) Link Worker social prescribing to improve health and well-being for people with long-term conditions: qualitative study of service user perceptions. BMJ Open, 7(7), p.e015203.

[5] OECD. (2018) Bridging the Digital Gender Divide. Paris: OECD. $uri href="http://www.oecd.org/digital/bridging-the-digital-gender-divide.pdf">http://www.oecd.org/digital/bridging-the-digital-gender-divide.pdf$/uri>

[6] S. Pedell, A. Borda and A. Keirnan (2020) Social Prescribing in Australia: How the Bottom-up Model of Citizen Science Can Facilitate Stakeholder Engagement in Health Service Design. In Proceedings of DLLD 2020 p76-94. ISBN 9789464078923 (eBook). European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL).

[7] S. Pedell, A. BordaA. Keirnan, N. Aimers (2021) Combining the Digital, Social and Physical Layer to Create Age-Friendly Cities and Communities. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 18(1),325; 10.3390/ijerph18010325

[8] G. Priday, S. Pedell, (2020) Subverting the Narrative: Alternate Technology Approaches for Active Ageing, Information Technology Based Methods for Health Behaviours. A. J. Maeder, et al (eds.), pp. 61-76.

[9] A. Reuter, J. Liddle, T. Scharf (2020) Digitalising the Age-Friendly City: Insights from Participatory Action Research. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 17: 8281; doi: [Cross Ref]

[10] H. Ritchie, M. Roser (2018) – Urbanization. Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: https://ourworldindata.org/urbanization

[11] J. Woodall, J. Trigwell, A. Bunyan, G. Raine, V. Eaton, J. Davis, L. Hancock, M. Cunningham and S. Wilkinson (2018). Understanding the effectiveness and mechanisms of a social prescribing service: a mixed method analysis. BMC Health Services Research, 18(1).

[12] World Health Organisation. (2007) Global age-friendly cities: A guide. Retrieved from: https://www.who.int/ageing/ publications/Global_age_friendly_cities_Guide_English.pdf

[13] World Health Organisation. (2018) WHO age-friendly environments programme. Retrieved from: https://www.who.int/ageing/projects/age_friendly_cities_programme/

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