Healthy Country: Healthy People? Exploring the Health Benefits of Indigenous Natural Resource Management
- Author(s): CP Burgess, FH Johnston, DMJS Bowman, et al.
- Organization: Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
- Date Published: January 1, 2005
The dual crises in human health and landscape health across northern Australia demand a creative and focused national response. Public health practitioners must genuinely engage with Indigenous concepts of health and foster the trans-disciplinary research required to underpin such policy shifts. [Natural resource management], through its central place in Indigenous culture, may improve the physical, social and psychological health and well-being of some of Australia’s most marginalised and disadvantaged peoples. Simultaneously, it provides a vehicle for biodiversity conservation and sustainable community development.
Healthy Nature, Healthy People
- Author(s): Cecilly Maller, et al.
- Organization: Health Promotion International http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/
- Date Published: December 31, 2005
This paper presents a summary of empirical, theoretical and anecdotal evidence drawn from a literature review of the human health benefits of contact with nature. Recommendations include further investigation of ‘contact with nature’ in population health, and examination of the benefits of nature-based interventions.
http://www.parks-parcs.ca/english/pdf/healthy-nature-healthy-people.pdf
Healthy parks, healthy people: The health benefits of contact with nature in a park context. (2nd ed.)
- Author(s): Cecily Maller, Claire Henderson-Wilson, Anita Pryor, et al.
- Organization: Deakin University and Parks Victoria www.deakin.edu.au
- Date Published: January 2, 2008
This report highlights that “there is a clear message for park managers to join public health fora, as not only
do parks protect the essential systems of life and biodiversity, but they also are a fundamental setting for health promotion and the creation of well being, that to date has not been fully recognized.” This report also provides recommendations to government departments, planners, park management bodies, and health policy makers to support further research; encourage and facilitate the re-positioning of parks; and develop ways of integrating parks and nature into public health.
Hearts in Motion Walking Club Powell River
- Author(s): Janet Ready
- Organization: Langara College
- Date Published: February 22, 2017
Helsinki alert of biodiversity and health
- Author(s): Hertzen L et al.
- Organization: Annals of Medicine
- Date Published: July 1, 2015
Most people in the world live in cities; the Helsinki report confirms that this disconnection from nature is literally making humanity sick. It was written and released by a collection of top medical professionals including Dr. John Bienenstock, Member of the Order of Canada and famed immunologist.
The above is an excerpt from the Helsinki Alert of Biodiversity and Health, a report released by the international medical community that confirms the vital connection between nature and human health, a message that has been at the core of Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) programs for more than 50 years.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275359599_Helsinki_alert_of_biodiversity_and_health
Hiking to Blue Lake – Kelowna
How are Adventure Education Program Outcomes Achieved? A Review of the Literature
- Author(s): Marcia McKenzie
- Organization: Australian Journal of Outdoor Education
- Date Published: January 1, 2000
This article provides an overview of the existing literature on how program outcomes are achieved. It is divided into categories of program characteristics that the literature suggests contribute to program outcomes, including: the physical environment, activities, processing, the group, instructors, and the participant. Outcomes referred to throughout the article are those generally associated with adventure education programs, such as increases in participants’ self-concepts and interpersonal skills. The reviewed literature indicates that the current understanding of how adventure education program outcomes are achieved is based largely on theory, rather than on empirical research. Further research could provide adventure educators with a better understanding of why programs work and enable them to tailor programs to increase their effectiveness.
How Can Park Agencies Use Social Media More Effectively: A Review of Current North America Practices
- Author(s): Elizabeth Halpenny, Clara Jane Blye
- Organization: University of Alberta
- Date Published: May 1, 2015
Park agencies have increasingly embraced social media for communications, education, marketing, visitor experience provision, and stakeholder outreach efforts. This presentation (three sections) highlight findings from a study of North American park agencies’ use of Twitter. The types of content, information, and engagement that were produced by the each park agency’s Twitter feed are reported. Numerical data were also collected (e.g., number of retweets, Likes, Followers, etc.), and comparison of park agency feeds is discussed. Recommendations for improving park agency social media content is provided. Audience members are encouraged to browse specific park social media posts and discuss the effectiveness this communication tool in reaching key audiences.
The three presentations are: Twitter for Parks and Recreation Professionals; Social Media Audit Tweet analysis; and, How can park agencies use social media more effectively (visit link below to access presentations).
Presentation from the 2015 Alberta Recreation and Parks Association Parks Forum.
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