This document discusses how contact with nature and green spaces can promote both individual and public health outcomes. It reviews research showing the mental health benefits of ecotherapy and being in nature. The research found that, in addition to individual benefits, activities in green spaces can achieve unexpected social and community outcomes by building social connections and natural resources. This adds value for public health that has been overlooked. The document argues for more strategic and collaborative public health policies that incorporate access to nature to improve health and well-being.
Well-Being by Nature: Therapeutic Gardens for Children
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
This document discusses a study examining the climate change and health perspectives of adolescents living in urban slums in Surat, India. The study found that adolescents make up about 1/5 of the slum population and have relatively high levels of school attendance. Through surveys and interviews, the study assessed adolescents' knowledge of health issues like vector-borne diseases, as well as their understanding of behaviors and environmental factors that affect health. Adolescents displayed concrete knowledge of diseases but also more abstract understanding of how climate change can impact issues like migration, livelihoods, and conflicts that act as stressors affecting health. The study concludes that empowering adolescents through education can help enable them as agents of climate change resilience in their communities.
Introduction to public health, definition, Preventive medicine vs public health, social medicine, community medicine, role of public health, public health practices, core activities
How Does Taking Part in a Community Allotment Group Affect the Everyday Lives, Self Perception and Social Inclusion of Participants
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Partnership an effective approach to public healthAlexander Decker
Partnerships are an effective approach to public health that can help achieve health objectives. Effective partnerships in public health require collaboration between various partners at local, national, and international levels. This includes agencies, professionals, communities, and individuals working together in formal and informal partnerships. Partnerships allow for pooling of resources and expertise from multiple sectors to address health issues and reduce health inequalities. The types of partnerships include strategic/coordinating partnerships to set goals, facilitative partnerships to provide skills, and implementing partnerships to deliver services and programs. Local partnerships are especially important for community-based primary health care programs.
This document discusses community health and the factors that affect the health of a community. It defines community health as both private and public efforts to promote, protect, and preserve the health of those in a community. It also contrasts community health with curative medicine. The document outlines several factors that can influence community health, including physical factors like geography and environment, social/cultural factors like beliefs and socioeconomic status, and aspects of community organization.
Community health nurse in disaster managementNursing Path
This document discusses the role of community health nurses in disaster management. It describes how there are two main types of disasters: natural disasters and man-made disasters. The objectives of disaster nursing are to reduce the impact on human life and health, participate in coordinated relief efforts, and initiate rehabilitation. Community health nurses play an important role in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. Their duties include educating the community, assessing vulnerabilities, implementing disaster plans, and addressing both physical and mental health needs after a disaster occurs.
Well-Being by Nature: Therapeutic Gardens for Children
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
This document discusses a study examining the climate change and health perspectives of adolescents living in urban slums in Surat, India. The study found that adolescents make up about 1/5 of the slum population and have relatively high levels of school attendance. Through surveys and interviews, the study assessed adolescents' knowledge of health issues like vector-borne diseases, as well as their understanding of behaviors and environmental factors that affect health. Adolescents displayed concrete knowledge of diseases but also more abstract understanding of how climate change can impact issues like migration, livelihoods, and conflicts that act as stressors affecting health. The study concludes that empowering adolescents through education can help enable them as agents of climate change resilience in their communities.
Introduction to public health, definition, Preventive medicine vs public health, social medicine, community medicine, role of public health, public health practices, core activities
How Does Taking Part in a Community Allotment Group Affect the Everyday Lives, Self Perception and Social Inclusion of Participants
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Partnership an effective approach to public healthAlexander Decker
Partnerships are an effective approach to public health that can help achieve health objectives. Effective partnerships in public health require collaboration between various partners at local, national, and international levels. This includes agencies, professionals, communities, and individuals working together in formal and informal partnerships. Partnerships allow for pooling of resources and expertise from multiple sectors to address health issues and reduce health inequalities. The types of partnerships include strategic/coordinating partnerships to set goals, facilitative partnerships to provide skills, and implementing partnerships to deliver services and programs. Local partnerships are especially important for community-based primary health care programs.
This document discusses community health and the factors that affect the health of a community. It defines community health as both private and public efforts to promote, protect, and preserve the health of those in a community. It also contrasts community health with curative medicine. The document outlines several factors that can influence community health, including physical factors like geography and environment, social/cultural factors like beliefs and socioeconomic status, and aspects of community organization.
Community health nurse in disaster managementNursing Path
This document discusses the role of community health nurses in disaster management. It describes how there are two main types of disasters: natural disasters and man-made disasters. The objectives of disaster nursing are to reduce the impact on human life and health, participate in coordinated relief efforts, and initiate rehabilitation. Community health nurses play an important role in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. Their duties include educating the community, assessing vulnerabilities, implementing disaster plans, and addressing both physical and mental health needs after a disaster occurs.
Health refers to the overall condition of a person's mind and body, including being free from illness, injury, or pain. The World Health Organization defines health more broadly as complete physical, mental and social well-being, not just the absence of disease. Health is influenced by factors like access to healthcare, lifestyle, socioeconomic conditions, and environment. Community health examines the health characteristics of geographic areas using tools like GIS mapping to study factors that impact community well-being. Environmental health focuses on protecting human health by addressing physical, chemical, and biological factors in both the natural and built environment.
Speaker Presentation from U.S. News Healthcare of Tomorrow leadership summit, Nov. 1-3, 2017 in Washington, DC. Find out more about this forum at www.usnewshot.com.
Behavioural And Socio Environment ModelMike Harris
The behavioral model aims to bring about changes in individual behavior through changes in cognition. It provides knowledge about health and illness and resources to enable change. It assumes humans are rational decision-makers whose cognitions inform actions. Criticisms are that it cannot target socioeconomic causes of ill health, operates top-down, and assumes a direct link between knowledge, attitudes, and behavior and homogeneity among receivers. The socio-economic model aims to improve health by addressing socioeconomic and environmental causes of ill health. It involves individuals organizing collectively to change their physical and social environments. It assumes communities share interests allowing collective action.
Environments that Promote Mental Health and WellbeingangeliaGeo
Environments that promote mental health and wellbeing. Three key points:
1) Mental health is influenced by multiple social, environmental, and biological factors. Contact with nature through green spaces and gardens is beneficial for mental health and wellbeing.
2) A pilot study in Australia called "Feel Blue, Touch Green" found nature-based activities improved participants' mental health, confidence, stress and anxiety levels, and social connections.
3) Exposure to nature is restorative and therapeutic, lowering stress and improving mood. Access to green spaces and nature is important for promoting population mental health.
Creating A Healthy Environment: The Impact of the Built Environment on Public...ElisaMendelsohn
The document discusses the relationship between the built environment and public health. It states that environmental health includes both the direct effects of environmental factors on health as well as the indirect effects through components of the built environment like housing, transportation, and land use. Examples are provided of how aspects of the built environment like lack of sidewalks and bike paths can contribute to increased risk of chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, and respiratory illnesses by discouraging physical activity and impacting air quality. The document argues that public health and environmental decisions should consider health impacts and that professionals from various fields need to work together to ensure environmental decisions support public health goals.
This document introduces a proposed local project ("Live Sustainably – Live Well") to support attainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and WHO Health 2020 policy framework through local action. It recommends developing local guidance and monitoring of health and sustainability indicators. This could inform decision-making and have local benefits similar to the Transition Network's REconomy Project. The document outlines the UN and WHO policies and argues local action can help achieve their aims through increased participation and informed decisions made at the appropriate local level.
Els efectes sobre la salut de la pobresa energèticasophieproject
Els efectes sobre la salut de la pobresa energètica, by Lluís Camprubí, Andrés Peralta. Presented at the workshop on Energy Poverty "La pobresa energètica: anàlisi i respostes a una prioritat social". Barcelona, 27-28 abril, 2015.
Today, you are introduced to the Social Determinant of Health (SDOH) perspective. This assignment responds to two questions, firstly “What is a SDOH perspective?” which will be explored in detail providing two examples of a Social Worker role. The second question requiring a critical discussion surrounding SDOH including “What benefits does a social determinants of health perspective provide, and what are its limits?”.
The Mental and Physical Health Outcomes of Green Exercise
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For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
The document discusses the nursing process as it applies to community health nursing. It consists of five phases: assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. In the assessment phase, the community is examined based on its location, population, and social system. Key data is gathered about the community's boundaries, health services, demographics, economy, and other factors. This data is then analyzed to make a nursing diagnosis which identifies community health problems and strengths. Goals and objectives are established in the planning phase. The implementation phase involves carrying out planned interventions. Finally, the evaluation phase assesses whether the goals were achieved and the client's needs were met.
1) Public health realities are increasingly complex due to socio-ecological factors like nutrition, urbanization, demographics, energy, economics, disease, and culture interacting with the environment.
2) The document discusses how the environment is intimately connected to human health and wellbeing, and climate change, pollution and other environmental issues are undermining health.
3) It proposes that public health must consider the environment and that human and ecosystem health are interlinked, in that human activities impact ecosystems and the services they provide that determine wellbeing.
Development of Green Care in Western European CountriesElisaMendelsohn
This article reviews green care interventions across Western European countries. It defines green care as using natural elements like plants and animals to promote health, social, or educational benefits. The most common interventions are care farming, animal-assisted interventions, social and therapeutic horticulture, and healing gardens. However, green care implementation varies between countries based on differences in how interventions originally developed from agriculture, healthcare, or other sectors.
What is resilience when it comes to talking about communities and disasters? I discuss the emergence and importance of social vulnerability as it relates to public health preparedness, too.
Beyond Blue to Green: The Benefits of Contact with Nature for Mental Health and Well-Being
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Wellbeing and the Natural Environment
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For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Plant for Life: The Green Health Agenda
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For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Cultivating Health: Therapeutic Landscapes and Older PeopleGeoAnitia
Gardening, especially communal gardening on allotment sites, can benefit the health and well-being of older people in several ways:
1) It provides a sense of achievement, satisfaction, and aesthetic pleasure from cultivating plants.
2) It creates an inclusive social space that combats isolation and supports the development of social networks among older gardeners.
3) By enhancing quality of life and emotional well-being, communal gardening sites can help develop "therapeutic landscapes" that promote healthy aging.
Statins and Greenspaces: Health and the Urban EnvironmentBenBeckers
This document summarizes a conference that discussed the health benefits of urban green spaces.
The conference included panels and presentations on topics such as the accessibility and safety of open spaces, the psychological and mental health benefits of nature, health inequalities in different parts of the world, and how plants and animals in open spaces relate to health.
Presenters found that while green spaces can provide mental health benefits, not all groups access them equally due to issues of lifestyle, values and feeling integrated. Quantitative data also may not capture realities of accessibility. International perspectives showed green spaces are essential in majority world contexts for growing food and reducing mortality versus passive recreation in Western contexts. Effectively communicating the health impacts of green spaces to policymakers requires
Health refers to the overall condition of a person's mind and body, including being free from illness, injury, or pain. The World Health Organization defines health more broadly as complete physical, mental and social well-being, not just the absence of disease. Health is influenced by factors like access to healthcare, lifestyle, socioeconomic conditions, and environment. Community health examines the health characteristics of geographic areas using tools like GIS mapping to study factors that impact community well-being. Environmental health focuses on protecting human health by addressing physical, chemical, and biological factors in both the natural and built environment.
Speaker Presentation from U.S. News Healthcare of Tomorrow leadership summit, Nov. 1-3, 2017 in Washington, DC. Find out more about this forum at www.usnewshot.com.
Behavioural And Socio Environment ModelMike Harris
The behavioral model aims to bring about changes in individual behavior through changes in cognition. It provides knowledge about health and illness and resources to enable change. It assumes humans are rational decision-makers whose cognitions inform actions. Criticisms are that it cannot target socioeconomic causes of ill health, operates top-down, and assumes a direct link between knowledge, attitudes, and behavior and homogeneity among receivers. The socio-economic model aims to improve health by addressing socioeconomic and environmental causes of ill health. It involves individuals organizing collectively to change their physical and social environments. It assumes communities share interests allowing collective action.
Environments that Promote Mental Health and WellbeingangeliaGeo
Environments that promote mental health and wellbeing. Three key points:
1) Mental health is influenced by multiple social, environmental, and biological factors. Contact with nature through green spaces and gardens is beneficial for mental health and wellbeing.
2) A pilot study in Australia called "Feel Blue, Touch Green" found nature-based activities improved participants' mental health, confidence, stress and anxiety levels, and social connections.
3) Exposure to nature is restorative and therapeutic, lowering stress and improving mood. Access to green spaces and nature is important for promoting population mental health.
Creating A Healthy Environment: The Impact of the Built Environment on Public...ElisaMendelsohn
The document discusses the relationship between the built environment and public health. It states that environmental health includes both the direct effects of environmental factors on health as well as the indirect effects through components of the built environment like housing, transportation, and land use. Examples are provided of how aspects of the built environment like lack of sidewalks and bike paths can contribute to increased risk of chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, and respiratory illnesses by discouraging physical activity and impacting air quality. The document argues that public health and environmental decisions should consider health impacts and that professionals from various fields need to work together to ensure environmental decisions support public health goals.
This document introduces a proposed local project ("Live Sustainably – Live Well") to support attainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and WHO Health 2020 policy framework through local action. It recommends developing local guidance and monitoring of health and sustainability indicators. This could inform decision-making and have local benefits similar to the Transition Network's REconomy Project. The document outlines the UN and WHO policies and argues local action can help achieve their aims through increased participation and informed decisions made at the appropriate local level.
Els efectes sobre la salut de la pobresa energèticasophieproject
Els efectes sobre la salut de la pobresa energètica, by Lluís Camprubí, Andrés Peralta. Presented at the workshop on Energy Poverty "La pobresa energètica: anàlisi i respostes a una prioritat social". Barcelona, 27-28 abril, 2015.
Today, you are introduced to the Social Determinant of Health (SDOH) perspective. This assignment responds to two questions, firstly “What is a SDOH perspective?” which will be explored in detail providing two examples of a Social Worker role. The second question requiring a critical discussion surrounding SDOH including “What benefits does a social determinants of health perspective provide, and what are its limits?”.
The Mental and Physical Health Outcomes of Green Exercise
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
The document discusses the nursing process as it applies to community health nursing. It consists of five phases: assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. In the assessment phase, the community is examined based on its location, population, and social system. Key data is gathered about the community's boundaries, health services, demographics, economy, and other factors. This data is then analyzed to make a nursing diagnosis which identifies community health problems and strengths. Goals and objectives are established in the planning phase. The implementation phase involves carrying out planned interventions. Finally, the evaluation phase assesses whether the goals were achieved and the client's needs were met.
1) Public health realities are increasingly complex due to socio-ecological factors like nutrition, urbanization, demographics, energy, economics, disease, and culture interacting with the environment.
2) The document discusses how the environment is intimately connected to human health and wellbeing, and climate change, pollution and other environmental issues are undermining health.
3) It proposes that public health must consider the environment and that human and ecosystem health are interlinked, in that human activities impact ecosystems and the services they provide that determine wellbeing.
Development of Green Care in Western European CountriesElisaMendelsohn
This article reviews green care interventions across Western European countries. It defines green care as using natural elements like plants and animals to promote health, social, or educational benefits. The most common interventions are care farming, animal-assisted interventions, social and therapeutic horticulture, and healing gardens. However, green care implementation varies between countries based on differences in how interventions originally developed from agriculture, healthcare, or other sectors.
What is resilience when it comes to talking about communities and disasters? I discuss the emergence and importance of social vulnerability as it relates to public health preparedness, too.
Beyond Blue to Green: The Benefits of Contact with Nature for Mental Health and Well-Being
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Wellbeing and the Natural Environment
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Plant for Life: The Green Health Agenda
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Cultivating Health: Therapeutic Landscapes and Older PeopleGeoAnitia
Gardening, especially communal gardening on allotment sites, can benefit the health and well-being of older people in several ways:
1) It provides a sense of achievement, satisfaction, and aesthetic pleasure from cultivating plants.
2) It creates an inclusive social space that combats isolation and supports the development of social networks among older gardeners.
3) By enhancing quality of life and emotional well-being, communal gardening sites can help develop "therapeutic landscapes" that promote healthy aging.
Statins and Greenspaces: Health and the Urban EnvironmentBenBeckers
This document summarizes a conference that discussed the health benefits of urban green spaces.
The conference included panels and presentations on topics such as the accessibility and safety of open spaces, the psychological and mental health benefits of nature, health inequalities in different parts of the world, and how plants and animals in open spaces relate to health.
Presenters found that while green spaces can provide mental health benefits, not all groups access them equally due to issues of lifestyle, values and feeling integrated. Quantitative data also may not capture realities of accessibility. International perspectives showed green spaces are essential in majority world contexts for growing food and reducing mortality versus passive recreation in Western contexts. Effectively communicating the health impacts of green spaces to policymakers requires
Healthy Parks, Healthy People: The Health Benefits of Contact with NatureangeliaGeo
This document summarizes the health benefits of contact with nature in parks. It discusses how parks were originally designed to provide health benefits but are now mainly seen as venues for leisure and sport. However, recent research demonstrates that experiencing nature in parks can provide significant health and well-being benefits, such as reduced stress and boosted immunity. Parks play an essential role in public health by providing access to nature and protecting ecosystems, especially in urban environments where they may be the only source of natural experiences for many people.
Health effects of viewing landscapes – Landscape types in environmental psych...ElisaMendelsohn
The document summarizes research on the relationship between viewing landscapes and human health effects. It finds that most studies classify landscapes broadly as "natural" or "urban" and find natural landscapes generally have more positive health effects than urban ones. The main health effects identified are short-term stress recovery, faster physical recovery from illness, and long-term overall improvement in health and well-being. Key theories discussed include Attention Restoration Theory, which posits that natural environments restore mental fatigue, and the concept of "therapeutic landscapes," or places reputed for achieving physical, mental and spiritual healing.
Health Effects of Viewing Landscapes - Landscape Types in Environmental Psychology
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Healing by Design: Healing Gardens and Therapeutic Landscapes
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
The document discusses the mental health benefits of urban greenspace based on existing literature and evidence. It examines the commonly cited beliefs that contact with nature in cities can reduce stress and improve well-being. The scientific evidence for these claims comes from a few types of studies: controlled experiments showing benefits of natural views/settings, studies using nature photos/videos to test reactions, surveys of people's experiences and preferences in nature, and analyses of health data related to locations. While some evidence supports the beliefs, the magnitude of nature's effects depends also on lack of stressors in built environments. Overall access to restorative natural areas in cities may produce short and long-term mental and physical health benefits.
This document discusses how nature influences the design of healthcare environments. It notes that research shows nature reduces stress and improves health outcomes for patients, visitors, and staff. Nature provides positive distractions through gardens, plants, water features, and views that buffer stress. The document outlines how nature can be incorporated interiorly and exteriorly, benefits different user groups, and categories of therapeutic gardens for healing, rehabilitation, and restoration. Design goals aim to improve health while reducing stress through accessibility to nature.
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The document discusses holding a seminar on May 14-15, 2014 to exchange knowledge on biomechanics, well-being, nature interactions, and the health co-benefits of climate change mitigation. The seminar will provide graduate and postgraduate students an opportunity to present their work in an open scientific forum. Specifically, the seminar will focus on evidence of alternative practices and environmental strategies that can both minimize climate change impacts and improve public health.
This document summarizes research on the impact of visual contact with nature on health and well-being. It reviews 50 empirical studies that examine whether lack of natural elements in indoor and urban environments acts as a "discord" that negatively impacts people. The studies show that simply viewing nature, such as through windows or pictures, can provide psychological benefits like stress reduction. Indoor plants are also shown to improve mood, attractiveness of spaces, and pain tolerance in some studies. While results are varied, no studies found indoor plants to have significant negative effects.
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The GOTCHA project aimed to address health disparities in rural Mississippi through a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach using community health advisors (CHAs). An interdisciplinary team developed an innovative CHA training curriculum in response to identified needs from community discussions. The training included a 35-hour core skills component to equip CHAs with comprehensive outreach skills, followed by disease-specific modules. The training employed popular education techniques grounded in adult learning theory to raise consciousness and empower community members for social change. The goal was to transform community health through grassroots efforts led by indigenous CHAs.
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The document discusses evidence that contact with nature provides significant health and well-being benefits, including reducing stress and improving mental health, physical health, and social cohesion. It notes that nature is an untapped resource that could help improve health and save the economy considerable costs. The document reviews evidence that contact with nature through activities like walking, gardening, and viewing natural scenes can maintain good health, aid recovery, alleviate stress, improve quality of life for older adults, and enhance child development. It encourages greater use of natural environments and activities in healthcare systems.
This document summarizes a study that used an experience sampling method to collect over 1 million responses from more than 20,000 participants via a smartphone app. The app randomly signaled participants and recorded their self-reported happiness levels along with their GPS location. The researchers then analyzed the relationship between participants' momentary subjective wellbeing and the land cover type at their location. They found that on average, participants reported significantly higher happiness levels when they were outdoors in green or natural habitats compared to urban environments, after controlling for various other factors. This provides new evidence that exposure to nature is positively associated with subjective wellbeing.
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This document summarizes a paper presented at a conference on friluftsliv in Norway. It discusses how people in many Western cultures, especially in the US, now spend far less time in nature than in the past. While the benefits of spending time in nature are known to practitioners of friluftsliv, research is needed to demonstrate these benefits to others. The paper aims to review research from over 30 fields on the positive impacts of nature on human health and well-being. It also discusses several theories for how humans have an inherent need to affiliate with nature.
The document presents research on achieving sustainable development that meets both human and environmental needs by 2050. It describes two scenarios: 1) "business-as-usual" where trends continue without coordination, and 2) a "sustainable path" with cross-sector collaboration. Modeling shows the sustainable path can provide food, water and energy for a larger population while better protecting nature, through changes like sustainable agriculture and clean energy. However, urgent global collaboration is needed across sectors like public health, development and conservation to achieve this vision.
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1. When designing routes at sensory sites, priorities should be given to routes that lead visitors to the main attractions and ensuring accessibility for all through improvements like signing and alternative routes.
2. Route design should be considerate of the landscape while also providing adequately wide and graded paths to accommodate wheelchairs and those with limited mobility.
3. Information about accessible routes should be provided both on and off-site through maps, signs, and brochures to allow visitors to determine if routes are suitable for their needs.
Risk and Challenge for Children from 0-5 Years: Outdoor Learning and PlayKlausGroenholm
This document discusses the importance of allowing children to take risks and face challenges in outdoor play environments. It argues that exposing children to acceptable risks is important for developing confidence and skills. The document provides guidance on how to create a safe outdoor space that still allows children opportunities to learn through risk-taking. This includes risk assessing the environment, setting clear safety rules, and supporting children to try new activities at their own pace with adult supervision. It also emphasizes the importance of staying calm during accidents and using them as learning experiences.
This document discusses research on the decreasing connection between children and nature. It argues that children today spend less time outdoors in unstructured play and more time engaged with digital technology and structured activities. Some of the reasons for this disconnect include fear of both the known and unknown outdoors, the prevalence of technology, and less free time due to busy schedules and school reforms focused on standardized testing. The nature deficit has consequences for children's health, well-being, and development.
Re-Connecting the World's Children To NatureKlausGroenholm
This document calls for action to strengthen children's connection to nature. It notes that children benefit in many ways from spending time in natural environments, but that opportunities for this are declining. The call to action asks families, educators, and community leaders worldwide to make developmentally appropriate nature education a central part of children's daily lives and education. It proposes that experiencing nature is essential for children's healthy development and will help them develop care for the environment as adults.
Quick Web Accessibility - Sensory Therapy Gardens ManualKlausGroenholm
This guide provides instructions for making websites accessible according to basic Priority 1 guidelines from the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). It recommends using cascading stylesheets, proper HTML markup, relative text sizes, text alternatives for images, identifying the language of text, using clear language, ensuring navigability with and without a mouse, identifying table headers, and providing an alternative page. It also lists quick dos and don'ts and provides more details on techniques like using stylesheets, proper markup, and alternatives. The overall goal is to make sites quickly accessible for basic compliance at a low cost.
Public Parks, Keep Out: Report Focusing on Accessibility and Inclusiveness Is...KlausGroenholm
The keynote address provided an overview of the Eden Project and discussed several important topics:
1) The Eden Project faced three "impossibilities" - convincing funders they could attract millions of visitors, finding a suitable site, and demonstrating that plants could be made interesting. It has proven wildly successful.
2) Eden has had a huge economic impact on Cornwall, generating an estimated £150 million annually for the regional economy from its £86 million capital investment.
3) Access at Eden goes beyond physical access - it aims to engage the widest possible audience and give them a sense of possibility through partnerships between humans and nature. Inclusive design and addressing barriers to engagement are priorities.
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Preventing Childhood Obesity: The Need To Create Healthy PlacesKlausGroenholm
The document discusses recommendations for cities and communities to help address childhood obesity. It finds that childhood obesity rates vary significantly among cities/communities in LA County and are strongly associated with the level of economic hardship and amount of park space per capita. It recommends that cities/communities take steps like incorporating health into planning, increasing parks/green spaces, improving safety in recreation areas, developing school collaborations, establishing safe routes to schools, promoting menu labeling, and increasing access to healthy foods.
Prevent Obesity Related Chronic Diseases - PennsylvaniaKlausGroenholm
This document provides an overview of Pennsylvania's Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan (PaNPA Plan) to address obesity and related chronic diseases. The plan was developed through a multi-stakeholder process to improve nutrition, physical activity, and health through community interventions. It presents goals and strategies around community environments, youth/families, and healthcare. Implementation will depend on partnerships across sectors to support healthy lifestyles and food access. Assessment found worsening rates of overweight adults/youth in Pennsylvania, highlighting the need for coordinated action through the PaNPA Plan.
Planting: Choosing Plants for the School GroundsKlausGroenholm
The document provides guidance on planting in school grounds, including advice on choosing suitable and non-poisonous plant species. It discusses deciding where and what to plant based on factors like accessibility, growth size, and toxicity. It also covers planting safely and maintaining plants, noting potential issues with herbicides, mulches, and tools. Finally, it lists several common plants and their poisonous parts and effects if ingested.
Planning Year-Round Garden Activities - Ideas and ResourcesKlausGroenholm
This document provides ideas and resources for planning year-round garden activities with community groups. It includes top tips for gardening with groups, as well as activity suggestions for each season. Activities range from seed sowing and propagation in winter, to harvesting, crafts and parties in summer. Resources are also listed for general gardening knowledge, food growing, wildlife gardening, and working with young people. The document aims to help projects fill the year with gardening-related activities for community groups.
Planning for Community Gardens in the CityKlausGroenholm
The document provides background information on the history of community gardening in the United States. It discusses how community gardening originated in the late 19th century in response to economic crises and continued through World War periods as a means to address food insecurity and unemployment. More recently since the 1970s, community gardening has grown as a grassroots movement to combat broken food systems and create green space. The report outlines the various purposes and models of historical and contemporary community gardens.
Plain Language - Sensory Therapy Gardens Fact SheetKlausGroenholm
1. Plain language aims to communicate information clearly to intended audiences by using simple, everyday words and short sentences.
2. Guidelines for plain language include thinking about your audience, using an active voice, avoiding jargon, and having others review it.
3. The Sensory Trust promotes accessible outdoor spaces that can be enjoyed by everyone regardless of ability.
Package of Organic Practices for Cotton, Rice, Red gram, Sugarcane and WheatKlausGroenholm
This document provides an introduction to agriculture in Maharashtra state, India. It notes that Maharashtra is an important agricultural producer, accounting for 13% of India's agricultural area. The state has diverse agro-ecosystems and crops due to variations in rainfall and terrain. Small farmers make up 64% of the rural population but hold only 22% of the land. The state produces 15 million tons of grains annually and supports 67% of its population through agriculture, making it an important economic sector.
Parish Nurse - Gardening for Mental and Physical HealthKlausGroenholm
1) Gardening can provide both physical and mental health benefits, but it is important to use proper body mechanics and take breaks to avoid injury when gardening. The article provides several tips for gardening safely such as warming up before starting, changing activities frequently, and stopping if pain occurs.
2) Gardening has additional benefits beyond physical exercise, as being in nature can help reduce stress and provide mental relaxation. Gardening can also aid in recovery from medical conditions.
3) Eating homegrown fruits and vegetables from one's garden can support a healthier diet and help prevent diseases since the foods are fresher and less processed than store-bought options. Growing herbs can also enhance flavors and reduce salt intake
Outdoors in all Seasons: Early Years Outdoors Learning KlausGroenholm
The document provides suggestions for utilizing outdoor spaces and resources in early childhood education throughout the different seasons and weather conditions. It recommends creating labeled "weather boxes" with resources for different weather types that are stored outside and easily accessible. It also stresses the importance of organization, having a transition area where children can independently access protective clothing, and providing shade structures so children can play outside comfortably in all weather.
This document provides suggestions for using school grounds to teach maths outdoors. It discusses benefits of outdoor maths lessons such as increased motivation and understanding. Specific school ground features are then outlined for potential maths activities, including using boundaries to practice measurement and estimation, hard surfaces for games and patterns, and grassy areas for data collection. Activities can be adapted for different ages and skill levels. The goal is to apply mathematical concepts in real-world examples to make the subject more engaging.
Outdoor Lessons, Plan for Success: Teaching and Learning OutdoorsKlausGroenholm
Taking learning outdoors can transform lessons and stimulate learning. Teachers should plan activities that are fun and engaging to keep students focused. It is important to prepare for outdoor lessons by checking the space, gathering materials, and having backup plans. While outdoors, teachers should define boundaries, give students specific roles, and bring the group back together regularly to refocus. With preparation and clear expectations, outdoor lessons can help students learn in new ways.
Outdoor Activities, Plan for Success: Early Years Outdoors Learning KlausGroenholm
This document provides guidance on creating successful outdoor learning and play experiences for early years children. It discusses the benefits of outdoor activities in developing children holistically. Well-designed outdoor spaces should include areas for different types of play, growing plants, and shelter from weather. The document also provides examples of outdoor activities that support children's wellbeing, such as using their senses, growing food, building dens, cooperative art projects, and physical games. Adults are encouraged to support children's learning outdoors by building on their interests without imposing their own agenda.
This document provides tips for planting and gardening without straining your back or grip. It recommends using planters and pots of varying heights to avoid stooping, using lightweight plastic or resin pots instead of heavy terracotta, decanting compost into small bags for easier handling, and using long-handled tools to reduce overreaching. It also suggests adding a cane to the end of a hose or using mulch to reduce the need for watering. The overall message is that gardening can be made easier by making simple adjustments to equipment and techniques.
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Covey says most people look for quick fixes. They see a big success and want to know how he did it, believing (and hoping) they can do the same following a quick bullet list.
But real change, the author says, comes not from the outside in, but from the inside out. And the most fundamental way of changing yourself is through a paradigm shift.
That paradigm shift is a new way of looking at the world. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People presents an approach to effectiveness based on character and principles.
The first three habits indeed deal with yourself because it all starts with you. The first three habits move you from dependence from the world to the independence of making your own world.
Habits 4, 5 and 6 are about people and relationships. The will move you from independence to interdependence. Such, cooperating to achieve more than you could have by yourself.
The last habit, habit number 7, focuses on continuous growth and improvement.