Alessandro Siani, Isabelle Carter, Florence Moulton
Political views and science literacy as indicators of vaccine confidence and COVID-19 concern
Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene
social prescribing sp link worker lw responsible enabling supporting individuals assessing personal goals coproducing solutions make use appropriate local nonclinical resources interventions emerging new role lws regulated professional bodies associated sp therefore currently standardised training lws varied backgrounds lws varying knowledge deal individuals complex needs impact decisionmaking capabilities seek solutions navigate complex systems purpose research explore lws level education past current training requirements well elicit much lws willing pay wtp access undertake training improve skill set rigorous mixed method research design employed included semistructured interviews key stakeholders quantitative questionnaires including contingent valuation cv questions population lws across wales march june 2020 qualitative interviews key stakeholders commission deliver social prescribing interventions employing lws identified perceived link worker qualities requirements lw roles purposive sampling used identify select individuals experience managing lws due covid19 pandemic interviews carried exclusively online lws selfselected complete online questionnaires questionnaires gathered data lw qualifications demographic information cv questions gathering data value lw placed accessing training sp thematic narrative analysis applied interpret data semistructured interviews descriptive frequency analysis conducted quantitative data generated online questionnaire sp coordinators n 6 reported personal skills essential skills required lws sp intervention training available lws however training undertaken varies depending type intervention delivered 70 lws previously undertaking training facilitate development lw results contingent valuation questionnaire n 54 indicated 100 respondents would avail training lws asked much willing pay single payment professional training average lws wtp gbp 58 personal funds access training associated benefits enhance skills knowledge semistructured interviews conducted key sp stakeholders yielded rich information novel insight lw training external funding salary lw obstacle lw development training addition questionnaire results regarding stated preference techniques demonstrate lws place value professional development would willing spend money training improve knowledge skills