Table 2 Theories and their use for social prescribing in studies
From: Theories used to develop or evaluate social prescribing in studies: a scoping review
Group | Theory/theories | Report | Study Typea | Understand, explain | Purposive sampling | Interview guide | Coding | Generate/test variables | Generalise findings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Outcomes | Salutogenesis | Wood et al., 2021 [22] | QL | ✓ | |||||
Self-Determination Theory (SDT) | Bhatti et al., 2021 [23] | QL | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
Hanlon et al., 2021 [24] | QL | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
Social Cure | Dingle et al., 2022 [25] | P;QT | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
Halder et al., 2021 [26] | P;MM | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
Kellezi et al., 2019 [27] | MM | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
Wakefield et al., 2022 [28] | QT | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
Social Innovation | Dayson, 2017 [29] | MM | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
2. Differences in Outcomes | Bourdieusian approaches to class | Gibson et al., 2022 [30] | QL | ✓ | |||||
Synchronicity; time | Gibson et al., 2021 [31] | QL | ✓ | ||||||
Candidacy | see below Mercer et al | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
3. Implementation | Boundary-spanning | Baker & Irving, 2016 [32] | QL | ✓ | |||||
Critical Systems Thinking (CST) | Fixsen et al., 2020 [33] | QL | ✓ | ||||||
Normalisation Process Theory (NPT) | Blickem et al., 2014 [34] | QL | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
Chng et al., 2021b [35] | QL | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
Whitelaw et al., 2017 [36] | QL | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
Social Capital | White et al., 2017 [37] | QL | ✓ | ||||||
Several groups | NPT, SDT, Candidacy | Mercer et al., 2017ab [38] | P;MM | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Mercer et al., 2017bb [39] | MM | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |