[Resource] Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy and Practice

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy and Practice (the HPCDP Journal) is a bilingual, peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch. Learn more about the HPCDP Journal.

Special issue: Social prescribing in Canada: an emerging approach to health and well-being, part II

Guest Editors: Sandra Allison, Kiffer G. Card and Kate Mulligan

Consult Part I here

Inside this issue

Editorial

Social prescribing in Canada: linking the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion with health care’s Quintuple Aim for a collaborative approach to health

Kate Mulligan, Kiffer G. Card, Sandra Allison

Original quantitative research

Leveraging integrated youth services for social prescribing: a case study of Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario

Aaron Turpin, Deb Chiodo, Maria Talotta, Jo Henderson

Original qualitative research

Social prescribing needs and priorities of older adults in Canada: a qualitative analysis

Cindy Yu, Simran Lail, Sandra Allison, Srija Biswas, Paul Hebert, Sonia Hsiung, Kate Mulligan, Michelle L. Nelson, Marianne Saragosa, Vivian Welch, Kiffer G. Card

Original mixed methods research

Building the capacity of older adults and community: findings from a developmental evaluation of United Way British Columbia’s social prescribing programs for older adults

Laura Kadowaki, Bobbi Symes, Kahir Lalji, Grace Park, Wynona Giannasi, Jennifer Hystad, Elayne McIvor

Evidence-informed policy brief

Utilizing the determinants of healthy aging to guide the choice of social prescriptions for older adults

Beth Mansell, Anne Summach, Samantha Molen, Tammy O’Rourke

Commentary

Integrating social prescribing in a Canadian regional health system to support healthy aging

Margaret Chen-Mei Lin, Grace Park, Maureen C. Ashe

At-a-glance

Guides for facilitating the implementation and evaluation of social prescribing: lessons from the “Access to Resources in the Community” model

Kiran Saluja, Simone Dahrouge

Announcement

Call for papers: Generating stronger evidence to inform policy and practice: natural experiments on built environments, health behaviours and chronic diseases

Corrigendum – Glossary of terms: A shared understanding of the common terms used to describe psychological trauma, version 3.0

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