Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Social Prescribing

A way of referring people to non-clinical local services (for example, sports activities, arts, group learning, community-based activities, cookery and gardening), with the sole aim of ensuring human contact, followed by support and care.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A way of referring people to non-clinical local services (for example, sports activities, arts, group learning, community-based activities, cookery and gardening), with the sole aim of ensuring human contact, followed by support and care.

MeSH Record

Classification

Broader headings

Related Concepts

Knowledge Graph

Loading graph…

Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.

MeSH Record

Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Prescribing, Social

MeSH Record

Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

MeSH Record

History Note

2025

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. I01w.880w.853.500w.600w.501w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Social Prescribing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000099076. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000099076
  2. Social Prescribing. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_prescribing
  3. Social Prescribing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30314458