https://doi.org/10.4081/ahr.2025.33

Lessons learned on the sustainability of social prescribing interventions: a Delphi analysis conducted in the C.O.P.E. European Project

Vol. 2 (2025)
Published: February 26, 2025
Social prescribing, Neets, C.O.P.E.
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Ilaria Simonelli
ilaria.simonelli@apss.tn.it
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8268-4846
Programme Officer at Directorate of Integrated Care, Healthcare Trust of the Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy.
Emanuele Torri
Director, Clinical Governance Department, Healthcare Trust of the Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy.
Sara Paternoster
Psychiatrist at the Directorate of Integrated Care, Healthcare Trust of the Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy.
Sabrina Herzog
Healthcare Trust of the Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy.
Maria J. Marques
NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, CHRC, REAL, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal.
Sonia Dias
NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, CHRC, REAL, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal.
Regina Alves
Institute of Education of University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
Carina Dantas
Chief Executive Officer, SHINE 2Europe Lda., Coimbra, Portugal.
Marcello Bertotti
Institute for Connected Communities, University of East London, United Kingdom.

Social prescribing (SP) has emerged as a transformative approach, aiming to address non-clinical determinants of health by linking persons to community resources and activities. This approach acknowledges that social factors, such as loneliness, social isolation, and lack of community engagement, significantly impact physical and mental health. The European Project C.O.P.E. has efficiently implemented SP strategies in Europe reaching a total of 410 young people in Italy and 576 in Portugal, involving 21 Link workers in Portugal and 56 in Italy, building more than 80 Agreements at territorial level. The results reported by the C.O.P.E. project requested a deeper reflection on sustainability of networks and collaborations put in place in order to allow the project to continue and to provide a solution to expectations of young people. A scoping review, a SWOT Analysis and a Delphi study have been planned in order to understand specific aspects related to sustainability.

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Simonelli I, Torri E, Paternoster S, Herzog S, Marques MJ, Dias S, et al. Lessons learned on the sustainability of social prescribing interventions: a Delphi analysis conducted in the C.O.P.E. European Project. Adv Health Res [Internet]. 2025 Feb. 26 [cited 2025 Mar. 12];2. Available from: https://www.ahr-journal.org/site/article/view/33
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