Mel Steer
Newcastle University
5 Papers
4 Citations
Mel Steer is an academic researcher from Newcastle University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Qualitative research & Psychological intervention. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications.
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Link Worker social prescribing to improve health and well-being for people with long-term conditions: qualitative study of service user perceptions
TL;DR: Tackling complex and long-term health problems requires an extensive holistic approach not possible in routine primary care and this model of social prescribing, which takes into account physical and mental health, and social and economic issues, was successful for patients who engaged with the service.
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Link workers’ perspectives on factors enabling and preventing client engagement with social prescribing
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that enabling client engagement in social prescribing requires skilled link workers supported by healthcare referrer 'buy-in' and with access to training tailored to what is a complex and demanding role.
Randomised controlled trial with economic and process evaluations of domiciliary welfare rights advice for socioeconomically disadvantaged older people recruited via primary health care (the Do-Well study)
Catherine Haighton,Suzanne Moffatt,Denise Howel,Mel Steer,Frauke Becker,Andrew Bryant,Sarah P. Lawson,Elaine McColl,Luke Vale,Eugene Milne,Eugene Milne,Eugene Milne,Terry J. Aspray,Martin White,Martin White +14 more
TL;DR: The trial did not provide sufficient evidence to support domiciliary welfare rights advice as a means of promoting health among older people, but it yielded qualitative findings that suggest important impacts on HRQoL.
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Service-users’ perspectives of link worker social prescribing: a qualitative follow-up study
TL;DR: Findings indicated that, in this sample of people facing complex health and socioeconomic issues, longer-term intervention and support was required, suggesting that the evaluation of social prescribing interventions requires both quantitative and qualitative data collected longitudinally.