Using environmental interventions to create sustainable solutions to problems to health and wellbeing Townsend, Mardie, Maller, Cecily, St Leger, Lawrence and Brown, Peter 2003, Using environmental interventions to create sustainable solutions to problems to health and wellbeing, Environmental health, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 58-69. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads townsend-usingenvironmental-2003.pdf Published version application/pdf 966.19KB 136 Title Using environmental interventions to create sustainable solutions to problems to health and wellbeing Author(s) Townsend, Mardie Maller, Cecily St Leger, Lawrence Brown, Peter Journal name Environmental health Volume number 3 Issue number 1 Start page 58 End page 69 Publisher Australian Institute of Environmental Health Place of publication Kangaroo Ground, Vic. Publication date 2003 ISSN 1444-5212 1832-3367 Keyword(s) nature natural environments health and Wellbeing biophilia Summary Recent research by Deakin University, in collaboration with Parks Victoria and its Strategic Partners, indicates that contact with nature may promote human health and wellbeing. International research indicates that simply viewing a natural scene or watching wildlife reduces stress and tension, improves concentration, remedies mental fatigue, boosts immunity, and enhances psychological health. This is aside from any physical health benefits flowing from reduced stress, increased exercise and improved air quality when contact with nature involves activities in natural environments. The literature suggests that interacting with nature through gardening or having a companion animal is also beneficial for health, and where these activities involve contact with other humans, might extend benefits beyond the individual to the community, through enhanced social capital. This paper sets out the potential scope of work flowing from the initial research, in terms of target groups, research foci, intervention strategies, and likely benefits, and reports on progress in establishing a program of Australian,based empirical research. It proposes the establishment of alliances between researchers and practitioners in a range of disciplines (including environmental health) to ensure that the links between contact with nature and human health and wellbeing are explored and expressed in ways that are both beneficial and sustainable. Language eng Field of Research 120599 Urban and Regional Planning not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970112 Expanding Knowledge in Built Environment and Design HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2003, Australian Institute of Environmental Health Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30001988 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 11 Dec 2008, 09:29:38 EST Fri, 09 Apr 2010, 09:29:37 EST Fri, 13 Sep 2013, 12:43:13 EST Fri, 22 Nov 2013, 14:45:17 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 21:44:57 EST Mon, 19 Jan 2015, 10:08:32 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 08:45:42 EST Mon, 04 Dec 2017, 13:32:33 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 13:07:04 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1724 Abstract Views, 136 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:12:12 EST

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