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Understanding social prescribing in socially and economically disadvantaged settings: Emerging findings and future research priorities
What have gardens, libraries and museums got to do with your health and wellbeing? - A workshop for members of the public
How can gardens, libraries and museums support social prescribing? - A meeting to foster awareness, collaboration and engagement with stakeholders
The Ethics of Social Prescribing: An Overview
Amadea Turk
BSc, MSc
NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow
I am an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow interested in the role primary care plays in addressing health inequalities through action on social determinants of health. My project explores the way in which social prescribing is being implemented in areas with high levels of socioeconomic disadvantage. I am also the Rosemary Stewart Scholar at Green Templeton College.
I have worked on a range of projects relating to the design and delivery of primary care services, including a programme of projects around social prescribing.
In the past, I have worked on a range of projects relating to the delivery of primary care services. I led a realist review as part of the NIHR HTA funded Tailor Medication Synthesis project. The project aimed to explore the optimisation of a whole-person-centred approach to stopping medicines in older people with multimorbidity and polypharmacy. I have also worked on projects relating to digital health in primary care. These include exploring the potential of online patient feedback to drive health service improvements; the development of a digital platform to support older carers and a systematic review of two-way digital communication for the management of diabetes in children and adolescents. I have also been involved in a number of projects on Patient and Public Involvement.
Recent publications
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Experiences of integrating social prescribing link workers into primary care in England — bolting on, fitting in, or belonging: a realist evaluation
Journal article
Tierney S. et al, (2025), British Journal of General Practice, 75, e195 - e202
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A meta-ethnography of the factors that shape link workers’ experiences of social prescribing
Journal article
Turk A. et al, (2024), BMC Medicine, 22
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Patient buy-in to social prescribing through link workers as part of person-centred care: a realist evaluation.
Journal article
Tierney S. et al, (2024), Health Soc Care Deliv Res, 1 - 17
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The consequences of micro-discretions and boundaries in the social prescribing link worker role in England: a realist evaluation.
Journal article
Tierney S. et al, (2024), Health Soc Care Deliv Res, 1 - 17
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"she's Been a Rock": The Function and Importance of "holding" by Social Prescribing Link Workers in Primary Care in England - Findings from a Realist Evaluation
Journal article
Westlake D. et al, (2024), Health and Social Care in the Community, 2024
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Fitting in or belonging: emerging findings from a realist evaluation of social prescribing link workers in primary care
Journal article
Tierney S. et al, (2023), The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 73
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Understanding and Improving Older People’s Well-Being through Social Prescribing Involving the Cultural Sector: Interviews from a Realist Evaluation
Journal article
Gorenberg J. et al, (2023), Journal of Applied Gerontology, 42, 1466 - 1476