Debra Westlake
Biographic Data
| ID | 6575093 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Debra Westlake |
| GIVEN NAMES | Debra |
| FAMILY NAME | Westlake |
| SIGNATURE | WESTLAKE D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6927-5040 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Delivering Inclusive Cultural Offers for Social Prescribing
INTRODUCTION: Research shows cultural activities benefit older people's wellbeing, but little is known about why individuals from global majority (minority ethnic) groups engage less with the mainstream cultural sector, or how it could adapt to meet their needs and encourage engagement. The TOUS study (Tailoring cultural Offers with and for diverse older Users of Social prescribing) investigated the question: What tailoring is needed, how, when a…
Effectiveness of Social Prescribing for Mental Health Across Care Intensity Needs
Social prescribing is an innovative approach that aims to improve health and wellbeing by addressing nonmedical needs through community‐based supports and services. This approach can be delivered through link workers, who work closely with participants to understand their needs and connect them to appropriate services. While social prescribing shows potential for cost savings and improved care quality, further research is needed to understand its…
The Role of Place in Social Prescribing
Introduction: Social prescribing seeks to connect people to community‐based resources, to improve their health and wellbeing. It is often framed as a response to health inequalities. However, the impact of place‐based differences is seldom considered. As social prescribing depends on local resources, this is a significant knowledge gap. This review aims to examine the extent to which social prescribing research to date has engaged with places and…
She’s Been a Rock”
Social prescribing link workers are recently introduced roles in English primary care. One of their intended functions is to support patients with conditions influenced by the wider, social determinants of health. Their main purpose is to connect people to community resources to meet their nonmedical needs. However, our research reveals that link workers provide not only connections but also what we have described as “holding” for individuals wit…
Prescribing Paradigms
General practitioners (GPs) face complex decisions when choosing between prescribing medication or referring patients to social prescriptions. Increasing awareness of overprescribing and the risks of polypharmacy are a key driver of patient‐centred preventative approaches to healthcare. One such approach, increasingly common in the United Kingdom, is social prescribing (SP). GPs have a central role in prescribing medication or referring to a soci…
Impact of Covid‐19 on social prescribing across an Integrated Care System
Emerging evidence suggests that connecting people to non-medical activities in the community (social prescribing) may relieve pressure on services by promoting autonomy and resilience, thereby improving well-being and self-management of health. This way of working has a long history in the voluntary and community sector but has only recently been widely funded by the National Health Service (NHS) in England and implemented in Primary Care Network…
Terms of engagement for working with patients in a person‐centred partnership
Evidence is emerging of the potential of person-centred approaches to create partnerships between professionals and patients while also containing healthcare costs. This is important for enhancing outcomes in individuals with complex needs, who consistently report poor experiences with care. The shift towards person-centred care (PCC) is, however, a radical departure from the norm, with increased expectations of both professional and patient. Alt…
Admission Decision-Making in Hospital Emergency Departments
In resource-stretched emergency departments, people accompanying patients play key roles in patients’ care. This article presents analysis of the ways health professionals and accompanying persons talked about admission decisions and caring roles. The authors used an ethnographic case study design involving participant observation and semi-structured interviews with 13 patients, 17 accompanying persons and 26 health care professionals in four Nat…
Person-centred approaches
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Child protection and health promotion
Conflicting ideologies of individual ‘responsibility’ are expounded in two aspects of Government policy which have specific implications for the family: the Children Act 1989 and the Government's strategy for health, as set out in Health of the Nation. These conjunction underpin contradictions in the casting of both professional and parental responsibility for the health and welfare of young children. This paper examines assumptions about respons…
Impact of Covid‐19 on social prescribing across an Integrated Care System
Emerging evidence suggests that connecting people to non-medical activities in the community (social prescribing) may relieve pressure on services by promoting autonomy and resilience, thereby improving well-being and self-management of health. This way of working has a long history in the voluntary and community sector but has only recently been widely funded by the National Health Service (NHS) in England and implemented in Primary Care Network…
She’s Been a Rock”
Social prescribing link workers are recently introduced roles in English primary care. One of their intended functions is to support patients with conditions influenced by the wider, social determinants of health. Their main purpose is to connect people to community resources to meet their nonmedical needs. However, our research reveals that link workers provide not only connections but also what we have described as “holding” for individuals wit…
Child protection and health promotion
Conflicting ideologies of individual ‘responsibility’ are expounded in two aspects of Government policy which have specific implications for the family: the Children Act 1989 and the Government's strategy for health, as set out in Health of the Nation. These conjunction underpin contradictions in the casting of both professional and parental responsibility for the health and welfare of young children. This paper examines assumptions about respons…
Child protection and health promotion
Conflicting ideologies of individual ‘responsibility’ are expounded in two aspects of Government policy which have specific implications for the family: the Children Act 1989 and the Government's strategy for health, as set out in Health of the Nation. These conjunction underpin contradictions in the casting of both professional and parental responsibility for the health and welfare of young children. This paper examines assumptions about respons…
Person-centred approaches
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Admission Decision-Making in Hospital Emergency Departments
In resource-stretched emergency departments, people accompanying patients play key roles in patients’ care. This article presents analysis of the ways health professionals and accompanying persons talked about admission decisions and caring roles. The authors used an ethnographic case study design involving participant observation and semi-structured interviews with 13 patients, 17 accompanying persons and 26 health care professionals in four Nat…
Terms of engagement for working with patients in a person‐centred partnership
Evidence is emerging of the potential of person-centred approaches to create partnerships between professionals and patients while also containing healthcare costs. This is important for enhancing outcomes in individuals with complex needs, who consistently report poor experiences with care. The shift towards person-centred care (PCC) is, however, a radical departure from the norm, with increased expectations of both professional and patient. Alt…
Impact of Covid‐19 on social prescribing across an Integrated Care System
Emerging evidence suggests that connecting people to non-medical activities in the community (social prescribing) may relieve pressure on services by promoting autonomy and resilience, thereby improving well-being and self-management of health. This way of working has a long history in the voluntary and community sector but has only recently been widely funded by the National Health Service (NHS) in England and implemented in Primary Care Network…
She’s Been a Rock”
Social prescribing link workers are recently introduced roles in English primary care. One of their intended functions is to support patients with conditions influenced by the wider, social determinants of health. Their main purpose is to connect people to community resources to meet their nonmedical needs. However, our research reveals that link workers provide not only connections but also what we have described as “holding” for individuals wit…
Prescribing Paradigms
General practitioners (GPs) face complex decisions when choosing between prescribing medication or referring patients to social prescriptions. Increasing awareness of overprescribing and the risks of polypharmacy are a key driver of patient‐centred preventative approaches to healthcare. One such approach, increasingly common in the United Kingdom, is social prescribing (SP). GPs have a central role in prescribing medication or referring to a soci…
Effectiveness of Social Prescribing for Mental Health Across Care Intensity Needs
Social prescribing is an innovative approach that aims to improve health and wellbeing by addressing nonmedical needs through community‐based supports and services. This approach can be delivered through link workers, who work closely with participants to understand their needs and connect them to appropriate services. While social prescribing shows potential for cost savings and improved care quality, further research is needed to understand its…
The Role of Place in Social Prescribing
Introduction: Social prescribing seeks to connect people to community‐based resources, to improve their health and wellbeing. It is often framed as a response to health inequalities. However, the impact of place‐based differences is seldom considered. As social prescribing depends on local resources, this is a significant knowledge gap. This review aims to examine the extent to which social prescribing research to date has engaged with places and…
Delivering Inclusive Cultural Offers for Social Prescribing
INTRODUCTION: Research shows cultural activities benefit older people's wellbeing, but little is known about why individuals from global majority (minority ethnic) groups engage less with the mainstream cultural sector, or how it could adapt to meet their needs and encourage engagement. The TOUS study (Tailoring cultural Offers with and for diverse older Users of Social prescribing) investigated the question: What tailoring is needed, how, when a…
Art Therapy and Mental Health (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Occupational Therapy Practice and Research (5 works) · Health care (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (3 works) · Nursing (3 works)