Got Nature? An Interdisciplinary Approach To Promoting Healthy Outdoor Play And Exercise
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Rebecca Battista Ph.D, Associate Professor (Creator)
- Robert Broce, Associate Professor (Contributor)
- Richard Christiana, Associate Professor (Contributor)
- Joy James, RM Director/Professor Department: RMPE (Contributor)
- Brooke Towner, Lecturer (Contributor)
- Heather Venrick, Clinical Faculty (Contributor)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: Residents of the Appalachian region are at greater risk for chronic illness and have a high rate of inactivity. Spending time in nature settings and being physically active have both shown positive impacts on physical and mental health. Health care providers are now encouraged to ask patients about their physical activity habits and are prescribing outdoor physical activity across the country and internationally. By exploring innovative strategies, collaborative teams are encouraging children and adults to be physically active in public outdoor spaces. The Appalachian State University interdisciplinary Healthy Outdoor Play and Exercise (HOPE) Lab’s purpose is to investigate and promote the role of outdoor physical activity, exercise, and play on health, the environment, and human development. A focus of the HOPE Lab is to form sustainable partnerships to get more people active outdoors to improve health and well-being. This article discusses health benefits of time spent outdoors and the interdisciplinary work of the HOPE Lab to promote outdoor physical activity as well as present its partnerships and projects within the Appalachian community.
Got Nature? An Interdisciplinary Approach To Promoting Healthy Outdoor Play And Exercise
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- Publication
- Towner, B., Venrick, H., Broce, R., Christiana, R., Battista, R., & James, J. (2021). Got Nature? An Interdisciplinary Approach To Promoting Healthy Outdoor Play and Exercise, The Journal of the Blue Cross NC Institute for Health & Human Services: Sustainable Health. Appalachian State University. V. 1, March 23, 2021. NC Docks permission to re-print granted by author. Publisher version of record available at: https://ihhs.appstate.edu/about/institute-journal
- Language: English
- Date: 2021
- Keywords
- Appalachia, Appalachian region, health, mental health, chronic illness, Appalachian State University,
Appalachian State University interdisciplinary Healthy Outdoor Play and Exercise (HOPE) Lab, activity, exercise, human development, physical health