Julia Hotz is a solutions-focused journalist and author of THE CONNECTION CURE (Simon & Schuster)—the world’s first book exploring the science, stories, and spread of social prescribing. For her work scaling social prescriptions — referrals to non-medical, community-based activities involving art, nature, movement, and service, she has been featured onNPR, CNN, PBS, and hundreds of other news outletsandpodcasts. An adviser for Social Prescribing USA, Walk With A Doc, and IBSA Foundation for Scientific Research, she has also delivered dozens of keynote lectures and workshops to city governments, health systems, universities, community groups, and more. In addition to her own solutions-focused reporting, Hotz helps other journalists investigate evidence-backed responses to today’s biggest problems at the Solutions Journalism Network.
"Everyone should read this book.” —Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Chief Medical Correspondent at CNN and New York Times bestselling author
THE CONNECTION CURE is the world’s first book exploring the science, stories, and spread of social prescribing — featured on CNN, NPR Here and Now, NPR All Things Considered, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, Scientific American, NBC, and selected as Next Big Idea Club Must-Read by Adam Grant, Susan Cain, Malcolm Gladwell & Daniel Pink and a Best Public Health Book of 2024 by Harvard Public Health Magazine.
Praised as “provocative,” “hopeful,” and “filled with humor, integrity, and great storytelling… sure to change lives and the world”, THE CONNECTION CURE combines diligent science reporting, moving patient success stories, and surprising self-discovery to show us how we can think about movement, nature, art, service and belonging as medicine.
Available to order on Bookshop (supports local bookstores) and Amazon. Learn more at socialprescribing.co.