The role of volunteering in supporting well-being – what might this mean for social prescribing? a best fit framework synthesis of qualitative research
Volunteering for an organisation, charity or group enables people to make connections with others and to be involved in interesting, worthwhile and/or enjoyable pursuits. Engaging in volunteering can form part of a social prescribing action plan developed between a patient and link worker. Greater u...
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| author | Tierney, S Mahtani, KR Wong, G Todd, J Roberts, N Akinyemi, O Howes, S Turk, A |
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| description | Volunteering for an organisation, charity or group enables people to make
connections with others and to be involved in interesting, worthwhile and/or enjoyable
pursuits. Engaging in volunteering can form part of a social prescribing action plan
developed between a patient and link worker. Greater understanding of the processes
through which volunteering can improve people’s well-being as part of social prescribing
will help to support link workers in their role. We conducted a best fit framework
synthesis of qualitative literature on volunteering and well-being. Our search of eight
electronic databases, complemented by a Google search, conducted in June 2020,
resulted in the location of 2210 potentially relevant references. After screening, 335
papers were read in full and 54 drawn upon within the review. They were published
between 1993-2020. We used the New Economics Foundation’s Five Ways to WellBeing model to guide data extraction and synthesis. From this, we developed a
conceptual framework that highlights how volunteering can contribute to identity
validation and modification leading to the establishment of an acceptable sense of self.
Our findings have implications for: a) the use of volunteering as part of a link worker’s
toolkit as they seek to support people with varying psychosocial needs, and b)
requirements of organisations accepting referrals to volunteering as part of social
prescribing. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:66769ced-4353-43f1-97b4-58f663dd6bbf2022-04-12T08:27:18ZThe role of volunteering in supporting well-being – what might this mean for social prescribing? a best fit framework synthesis of qualitative researchJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:66769ced-4353-43f1-97b4-58f663dd6bbfEnglishSymplectic ElementsWiley2021Tierney, SMahtani, KRWong, GTodd, JRoberts, NAkinyemi, OHowes, STurk, AVolunteering for an organisation, charity or group enables people to make connections with others and to be involved in interesting, worthwhile and/or enjoyable pursuits. Engaging in volunteering can form part of a social prescribing action plan developed between a patient and link worker. Greater understanding of the processes through which volunteering can improve people’s well-being as part of social prescribing will help to support link workers in their role. We conducted a best fit framework synthesis of qualitative literature on volunteering and well-being. Our search of eight electronic databases, complemented by a Google search, conducted in June 2020, resulted in the location of 2210 potentially relevant references. After screening, 335 papers were read in full and 54 drawn upon within the review. They were published between 1993-2020. We used the New Economics Foundation’s Five Ways to WellBeing model to guide data extraction and synthesis. From this, we developed a conceptual framework that highlights how volunteering can contribute to identity validation and modification leading to the establishment of an acceptable sense of self. Our findings have implications for: a) the use of volunteering as part of a link worker’s toolkit as they seek to support people with varying psychosocial needs, and b) requirements of organisations accepting referrals to volunteering as part of social prescribing. |
| spellingShingle | Tierney, S Mahtani, KR Wong, G Todd, J Roberts, N Akinyemi, O Howes, S Turk, A The role of volunteering in supporting well-being – what might this mean for social prescribing? a best fit framework synthesis of qualitative research |
| title | The role of volunteering in supporting well-being – what might this mean for social prescribing? a best fit framework synthesis of qualitative research |
| title_full | The role of volunteering in supporting well-being – what might this mean for social prescribing? a best fit framework synthesis of qualitative research |
| title_fullStr | The role of volunteering in supporting well-being – what might this mean for social prescribing? a best fit framework synthesis of qualitative research |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of volunteering in supporting well-being – what might this mean for social prescribing? a best fit framework synthesis of qualitative research |
| title_short | The role of volunteering in supporting well-being – what might this mean for social prescribing? a best fit framework synthesis of qualitative research |
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