Social Prescribing Guidebook for team-based primary care providers in Ontario

This guidebook has been prepared by the Alliance for Healthier Communities. We represent community-governed primary health care organizations. Our membership includes Ontario’s Community Health Centres, Aboriginal Health Access Centres, Community Family Health Teams and Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics.

We share a strong commitment to advance health equity. And we recognize that access to the highest attainable standards of health is a fundamental human right. Our vision is the best possible health and wellbeing for everyone living in Ontario.

We recognize that the work of the Alliance and our members takes place on traditional territories of the Indigenous people who have lived here and cared for these lands since time immemorial. The land we call Ontario is covered by 46 treaties, agreements and land purchases, as well as unceded territories. We are grateful to have the opportunity to live, meet and work on this territory.

We sincerely thank all Alliance member organizations that have contributed their knowledge and practice examples. We are grateful for the valuable assistance of MD practicum students Jennifer Zheng and Krish Bilimoria, as well as the mentorship provided by UK partners from Altogether Better and Herts Valleys Clinical Commission Group.