Barriers to Participation in Nature Prescriptions: Evidence From a Cross‐Sectional Survey of Adults in Australia, India, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States Cities, states, and countries across the globe are recognizing the interconnections of human and planetary health, and are investing in greening. Nevertheless, environmental improvements may not brin...

New article, led by Michelle Kondo & Thomas Astell-Burt, investigates the barriers to participating in #NaturePrescriptions - across Australia, India, Singapore, UK, & USA
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Prescribing Nature for Human Health: An Examination of Public Interest, Barriers, and Enablers Related to Nature Prescription Programming in Canada Nature prescriptions are emerging as a promising preventive healthcare strategy. Despite their proliferation in recent years, limited research exists …

Exciting news from @drmelissalem.bsky.social and colleagues! Canada’s first peer-reviewed study on #NaturePrescriptions is out, revealing that 75% of people would spend more time in nature if a healthcare professional recommended it 🏔️🌳

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Nature is good for your health, and now it can be prescribed! 🌿 Kawartha Conservation & BC Parks Foundation are bringing Canada’s nature prescription program to our community.
Learn how it connects health & the outdoors:

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Doctors in this Ontario region can now prescribe nature 'to help people have a better quality of life' | CBC News Conservation Halton has partnered with Halton Healthcare and PaRx to offer up to 10 free visits to conservation areas in the region when receiving a prescription for nature.

🌿 Halton, Ontario just took a big step for community health! Doctors can now prescribe nature through a partnership with Conservation Halton, Halton Healthcare & PaRx.

Patients receive 10 free visits to local conservation areas! 🥾
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Bat-watching, beach explorations and 'sniff' walks: How nature can provide a tonic for loneliness There is an ever-growing list of the benefits of nature prescriptions – now researchers say nature could offer a cure for loneliness too.

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