Green Care services in the Nordic countries: an integrative literature review

Steigen, Anne Mari; Kogstad, Ragnfrid Eline; Hummelvoll, Jan Kåre

doi:10.1080/13691457.2015.1082983

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“…A long-term goal for the nature-based services is to promote return to work or school, and prevent marginalization. Social support is an important factor and may serve as one of the theoretical underpinnings in nature-based services [31][32][33][34]. The Norwegian Regional Ethics Committee for Southeast Norway (2012/372) approved this study.…”

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The Social Provisions Scale: psychometric properties of the SPS-10 among participants in nature-based services

Steigen

Bergh

2018

Disability and Rehabilitation

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After modifications the scale showed not only satisfying psychometric properties, but it also clarified uncertainties regarding construct validity of the measure. However, further analysis on larger samples are required. Implications for Rehabilitation Social support is important for a variety of rehabilitation outcomes and for different patient groups in the rehabilitation context, including people with mental health or drug-related problems. Social Provisions Scale may be used as a screening tool to assess social support of participants in rehabilitation, and the scale may also be an important instrument in rehabilitation research. There might be issues measuring structural support using a 10-items version of the Social Provisions Scale but it seemed to work well as an 8-item scale measuring functional support.

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The Social Provisions Scale: psychometric properties of the SPS-10 among participants in nature-based services

Steigen

Bergh

2018

Disability and Rehabilitation

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“…In a special issue on green care in the International Journal of Therapeutic Communities , green care is referred to as outdoor activities and nature in a therapeutic context [10]. Steigen defines the concept as “using animals, plants and nature in an active process to offer health-promoting activities for people” [11]. Sempik and Bragg define the concept as “utilizing plants, animals, and landscapes to create interventions to promote health and well-being” [12].…”

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The Integration of Interlinkages Between Nature and Human Health in Primary Health Care: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Lauwers¹,

Bastiaens²,

Remmen³

et al. 2019

JMIR Res Protoc

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BackgroundInternational overview reports and the majority of scientific publications on interlinkages between nature and human health (NHI) do not seem to focus on the role of the health care sector. Primary health care (PHC) is often the first point of contact people have with the health care system and provides comprehensive, accessible, and community-based care that meets the health needs of individuals throughout their life. PHC is a vital backbone for linking knowledge and practice within the organization of health care. This scoping review aims to focus on the potential role of PHC in relation to NHI.ObjectiveThe objective of this protocol is to present the method used to scope international overview reports and scientific publications on what is mentioned on the integration of NHI in PHC.MethodsThe international overview reports have been screened for keywords relating to PHC. We developed a specific search strategy to scope scientific literature on NHI in relation to PHC. The scientific literature search ran in Web of Science (WOS) and PubMed from inception to May 2017. The scientific publications are screened by 2 independent reviewers, which will result in a list of relevant publications that meet eligibility and inclusion criteria.ResultsOn the basis of a first screen on the title of the first 200 results in both search engines, we decided to restrict to WOS. First insights in the international overview reports and the quantitative overview of the results in WOS give a first impression of a missing link between NHI and PHC. The findings are expected to identify knowledge gaps in the translation of evidence on NHI in PHC practices and the role of PHC regarding the application of that evidence in health care practice.ConclusionsThis is, to our knowledge, the first study that seeks to relate existing knowledge on NHI to PHC. The presentation of our method through this protocol allows researchers to build upon and improve our work in future research on the practical implementation of NIH. The findings of the scoping review are expected to guide future scientific research, international policy directives, and PHC workers to fill the gaps in the integration of NHI in PHC.International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID)DERR1-10.2196/12510

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“…Whilst the literature available in English on the subject of Green Care is still in development, it includes a conceptual framework for green care (Sempik et al, 2010;Braastad et al, 2007;Berget et al, 2012). There has also been a review of green care in the Nordic countries (Steigen et al, 2015), an international comparison of green care practices within farming (Partanen et al, 2006), an investigation of the historical developments of green care in Europe (Haubenhofer et al, 2010), and a study on the role of green care in sustainable education (Risku-Norja and Yli-Viikari, 2008).…”

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Public Health and Well-being Innovation in the Natural Environment Sector: Lessons from the UK and Finland

Tredinnick‐Rowe

Taylor

Tuohino

2018

European Journal of Environment and Public Health

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Thirty-one ethnographic interviews were conducted with health and well-being sector businesses to examine the dynamics of innovation in the UK (Cornwall) and across Finland. The Nordic countries are at the leading edge of these types of public health nature-based interventions, consequently, Finland was chosen as a comparator to the UK. We found that the construction of natural environment based services for health and well-being follows a five-step model: (1) Services are specifically designed for individuals' needs; (2) These services are based around routine behaviours of that individual and their personal and social habits; (3) This creates a process of normalisation that relates to former states of health prior to being ill; (4) These routines generally function at a habitual level if they are to be of use on a daily basis (we are not conscious of all of our actions all the time); and (5) nature is used to embed these new routines because it allows access to the latent forms of thought, not ones that require direct conscious learning. We found this emergent process closely resembles Pierre Bourdieu's concept of habitus. A number of health and well-being businesses have moved towards mixed models of service provision-combining profit-making activities in the tourism and leisure markets with care services to create a sustainable service model in response to increasing pressures on funding sources. However, more still needs to be done in terms of training for public health and well-being businesses if this service model is to become financially sustainable for all.

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Green Care services in the Nordic countries: an integrative literature review

Cited by 40 publications

References 18 publications

The Social Provisions Scale: psychometric properties of the SPS-10 among participants in nature-based services

The Social Provisions Scale: psychometric properties of the SPS-10 among participants in nature-based services

The Integration of Interlinkages Between Nature and Human Health in Primary Health Care: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Public Health and Well-being Innovation in the Natural Environment Sector: Lessons from the UK and Finland

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