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Schuh, Angela; Immich, Gisela

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“…In addition, highly specialised German health resorts offer traditional treatment programmes (called ‘Kur’) for various diseases based on available natural remedies (e.g., thermal water/mud) and a holistic approach (e.g., climatotherapy, Kneipp therapy, balneotherapy). Whilst there are new initiatives to develop recreational and therapeutic forests across Germany, such as forest bathing initiatives that aim at promoting people’s wellbeing through mindful immersive experiences in the forest (97,98), German health insurance companies do not yet regularly fund forest therapy. The number of rehabilitation clinics that implement forest bathing or forest therapy into their clinical setting has increased in the last years and could be extended to develop a community-based approach to NBSP.…”

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“…Whilst there are new initiatives to develop recreational and therapeutic forests across Germany, such as forest bathing initiatives that aim at promoting people’s wellbeing through mindful immersive experiences in the forest (97,98), German health insurance companies do not yet regularly fund forest therapy. The number of rehabilitation clinics that implement forest bathing or forest therapy into their clinical setting has increased in the last years and could be extended to develop a community-based approach to NBSP.…”

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Nature-based social prescribing programmes: opportunities, challenges, and facilitators for implementation

de Bell,

Alejandre,

Menzel

et al. 2023

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BackgroundEvidence on the health benefits of spending time in nature has highlighted the importance of provision of blue and green spaces in people’s living environments. The potential for health benefits offered by nature exposure, however, extends beyond health promotion to health treatment. Social prescribing links people with health or social care needs to community-based, non-clinical health and social care interventions. The aim is to improve health and wellbeing. Nature-based social prescribing (NBSP) is a variant which uses the health-promoting benefits of activities carried out in natural environments, such as gardening and conservation volunteering. Much of current NBSP practice has been developed in the UK and there is increasing global interest in its implementation. This requires interventions to be adapted for different contexts, considering the needs of populations and the structure of healthcare systems.MethodsThis paper presents results from an expert group participatory workshop involving 29 practitioners, researchers, and policymakers from the UK and Germany’s health and environmental sectors. Using the UK and Germany, two countries with different healthcare systems and in different developmental stages of NBSP practice as case studies, we analysed opportunities, challenges, and facilitators for the development and implementation of NBSP.ResultsWe identified five overarching themes for developing, implementing, and evaluating NBSP: Capacity Building; Universal Accessibility; Embedded and Integrated Networks and Collaborations; Standardised Implementation and Evaluation; and Sustainability. We also discuss key strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (i.e., a SWOT analysis) for each overarching theme to understand how they could be developed to support NBSP implementation.ConclusionsNBSP could offer significant public health benefits using available blue and green spaces. We offer guidance on how NBSP implementation, from wider policy support to the design and evaluation of individual programmes, could be adapted to different contexts. This research could help inform the development and evaluation of NBSP programmes to support planetary health from local and global scales.

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Nature-based social prescribing programmes: opportunities, challenges, and facilitators for implementation

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Alejandre,

Menzel

et al. 2023

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“…Forest therapy as a nature-based intervention includes measures for health promotion or preventions as well as for therapy and rehabilitation under the guidance of a medical professional (forest health trainer, forest therapist). It originated in Japan and is called “Shinrin Yoku,” which means “immersion in the atmosphere of the forest” [1]. With the immersion in the atmosphere of the forest, a “coming to rest” takes place which goes along with a reduction of the sympathetic nervous system activity and an activation of the parasympathetic nervous system allowing deepened visual, olfactory, acoustic, and somatosensory perceptions [2].…”

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“…Theories proposed for how spending time in nature supports human health include the attention restoration and the stress reduction theory [2]. In the meantime, there are numerous studies that prove positive effects of forest therapy on mental illnesses (depression, stress-associated disorders, psychologically induced sleep disorders), on arterial hypertension, cardiac and pulmonary function, and immune function [1, 2, 4‒7]. Based on these positive findings, professional societies have been founded in several countries (Japan, South Korea, USA) and programmes on the benefits of forest therapy have been developed including the professional education of Forest Health Trainers/Forest Therapists/Forest Therapy Guide.…”

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Forest Therapy as a Nature-Based Intervention: An Option for Neurological Rehabilitation?

Heckmann,

Kiem,

Immich

2023

Complement Med Res

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Background: Forest therapy demonstrates positive effects on mood, immune system, stress levels and general well-being. Studies on depression, stress-related illnesses, sleep disorders and arterial hypertension have provided evidence-based proof of this. Summary: The aim of this review was to examine the possible effects of forest therapy with regard to its evidence in the treatment of chronic neurological diseases such as stroke in the rehabilitation phase, Parkinson's disease, dementia and multiple sclerosis. Therefore, the electronic databases Medline, Scopus and Cochrane were searched for such clinical trials for the years 1970 to mid-2023 without language restriction. The literature search revealed only few studies with positive indications but too few cases to be able to make generalizable evidence-based statements. In terms of improvement in the Hamilton Depression Scale analysis of two studies in stroke patients showed slight benefits in the forest therapy group (Standard Mean Difference -0.43; 95%-CI -0.76- -0,10; p<0.01). One observational study revealed a higher rate of stroke survival in patients living in marked greenness. Few nature-based interventions in dementia patients showed certain benefits in particular details. Key messages: There are no evidence-based results on the benefit of forest therapy for chronic neurological diseases. However, there are hints that forest therapy could have a positive benefit. Therefore, a proposal for forest therapy as a component of multimodal neurological rehabilitation is presented.

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Nature-based social prescribing programmes: opportunities, challenges, and facilitators for implementation

Nature-based social prescribing programmes: opportunities, challenges, and facilitators for implementation

Forest Therapy as a Nature-Based Intervention: An Option for Neurological Rehabilitation?

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