Social Prescribing and Community Paramedicine in Canada - A Guide to Promising Practices

The Social Prescribing and Community Paramedicine in Canada: A Guide to Promising Practices (“guide”) is designed to help paramedics across Canada systematically use social prescribing within their paramedicine programs. The goal is to help address a wide range of health and social needs of the participants.This guide defines key concepts like community paramedicine and social prescribing. It highlights the three basic steps of social prescribing and their supporting components. For each step, it shares real-world examples and practical strategies (called promising practices) from across Canada to help paramedics use these approaches in their own communities.