Join Australia's premier social prescribing conference hosted by ASPIRE
2 Jun 2024
Social prescribing is a model that enables health care providers and social service professionals to connect individuals with non-clinical supports and community resources that address individual and community needs based on the social determinants of health.
“Not many people know that podiatry was involved in the first social prescribing initiative in Australia 12 years ago,” says A/Professor JR Baker, Australian Social Prescribing Institute of Research and Education (ASPIRE) CEO.
As per our article, ‘The case for social prescribing: what you can do (Part 2)’ published in the May edition of STRIDE magazine, podiatrists were not only “...treating patients, but they were the conversation starters who could be the all-important conduit in a socially deprived regional area that had limited healthcare services."
"It was the podiatrist who talked to all the other patients; they became the all-important friendly social touch point. From there, the podiatrists would talk to the local social workers who would carry out a form of link work at the time, which is one of the key components of social prescribing today.”
ASPIRE invites you to Australia’s only social prescribing conference coming up from 25 - 27 June in Sydney, EACH24 (Environment | Activity | Connection | Health).
This three-day event is a unique opportunity for providers and professionals to envision how we change the future of Australia’s health care through social prescribing, improving Australians’ health and wellbeing through arts and culture, nature, and communities.
ASPIRE’s aim is for conference attendees to foster relationships across multi-disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries to create initiatives that impact policy and practice.
As podiatrists engaged in the health, disability, and aged care sectors, you’ll benefit from the insights of leading Australian and overseas experts. The conference will feature a diverse array of presenters and panellists sharing their research, implementation strategies, place-based service innovations, and insights into integrated care and health and social care policy.