Social Prescribing Evidence for Refugee Populations: A Rapid Realist Review

Victoria Touzel's dataset synthesizes evidence from a rapid realist review on social prescribing for refugee, asylum-seeker, and forcibly displaced populations. The review analyzed 7,436 records from six databases (2014–2024), with 39 studies contributing to the final synthesis. It was last updated on 2026-05-08.

Use Cases

• Analyzing Context-Mechanism-Outcome configurations for social prescribing based on the realist review methodology described.
• Identifying evidence gaps in social prescribing access pathways for refugees based on the discussion of critical evidence gaps.
• Comparing the effectiveness of different intervention families (e.g., barrier-reduction, co-produced navigation) based on the five families identified in the results.
• Evaluating the role of co-production and safety in social prescribing programs based on the three key cross-cutting concepts discussed.

Strengths

• Synthesizes evidence from 7,436 records and 39 contributing studies.
• Follows a RAMESES-compliant rapid realist review methodology supported by an expert advisory board.
• Results are organized into five intervention families and 15 prioritized programme theories.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The description notes evidence limitations restrict wider generalizability, particularly regarding population reporting and marginalized subgroups.

Provenance

Source

Victoria Touzel, via figshare.

Collection Method

RAMESES-compliant rapid realist review of six databases, grey literature, and citation chasing.

Time Range

Literature search covers 2014 to 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 05:48:29; freshness should be verified.

Geography

International evidence.