Social prescribing programmes could provide children and adolescents much needed opportunities to socialise and be active.
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Associate Head of School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer and Ethics Coordinator for the School of Social Sciences Science and Technology, University of Westminster
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Geography, University of Salford
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Senior Lecturer, Community Engagement and Social Care, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Lecturer and Programme Leader, BA International Tourism and Events Management, Glasgow Caledonian University
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PhD Researcher in Systems Science, University of Hull
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Reader in Health Services Research, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Neuroscience, Psychopharmacology and Mental Health, University of Reading
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Assistant Professor, Social & Behavioural Health Sciences, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Professor of Clinical Pharmaceutics, University of Central Lancashire
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Head of Personalised Medicine and Health, University of Leeds
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Principal Research Fellow in the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR) and Associate Fellow of the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC), Sheffield Hallam University
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo
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Assistant Professor, School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria
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