Implementing a social prescribing program in primary care units in Portugal: A qualitative study exploring enablers, barriers and lessons learned from the perspectives of stakeholders involved in the program implementation

Louíse Viecili Hoffmeister; Ana Gama; Barbara Gonçalves; Cristiano Figueiredo; João V. Cordeiro; Marie Polley; Gisela Souto de Moura; Sónia Dias

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0306404

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Implementing a social prescribing program in primary care units in Portugal: A qualitative study exploring enablers, barriers and lessons learned from the perspectives of stakeholders involved in the program implementation

Louíse Viecili Hoffmeister ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: lv.hoffmeister@ensp.unl.pt

Affiliation NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, CHRC, REAL, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8858-5693

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Ana Gama,

Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, CHRC, REAL, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Barbara Gonçalves,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, CHRC, REAL, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Cristiano Figueiredo,

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, CHRC, REAL, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, Baixa Family Health Unit, São José Local Health Unit, National Health Service, Lisbon, Portugal

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4417-673X

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João V. Cordeiro,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, CHRC, REAL, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, CICS, NOVA Interdisciplinary Center of Social Sciences, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Marie Polley,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Meaningful Measures Ltd., Bristol, United Kingdom
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Gisela Souto de Moura,

Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Nursing, Federal do Rio Grande do Sul University, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Sónia Dias

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, CHRC, REAL, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Implementing a social prescribing program in primary care units in Portugal: A qualitative study exploring enablers, barriers and lessons learned from the perspectives of stakeholders involved in the program implementation

Louíse Viecili Hoffmeister,
Ana Gama,
Barbara Gonçalves,
Cristiano Figueiredo,
João V. Cordeiro,
Marie Polley,
Gisela Souto de Moura,
Sónia Dias

Published: June 28, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306404

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