Developing a new tool to capture the nature dose to reduce loneliness and improve quality of life
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- dc.contributor.author Lavelle Sachs, Ashby
- dc.contributor.author Masó-Aguado, Montse
- dc.contributor.author Bach, Albert
- dc.contributor.author Opacin, Nerkez
- dc.contributor.author Hill, Nicholas
- dc.contributor.author Cattaneo, Lucie
- dc.contributor.author Coll Planas, Laura
- dc.contributor.author Johnson, Katherine
- dc.contributor.author Hidalgo, Laura
- dc.contributor.author Daher, Carolyn
- dc.contributor.author Litt, Jill
- dc.contributor.author Bekessy, Sarah
- dc.date.accessioned 2024-11-26T07:34:37Z
- dc.date.available 2024-11-26T07:34:37Z
- dc.date.issued 2024
- dc.description.abstract Recognition of the health benefits of nature contact has increased. Simultaneously, growing numbers of people worldwide experience loneliness. There is a movement towards prescribing nature-based activities to improve/promote social connections, health, and quality of life. Yet, what constitutes a therapeutic nature dose is not well understood, due in part, to the lack of instruments that capture the characteristics of nature-based activities and measure 'nature dose.' We created a nature dose measurement tool to fill this gap by capturing various aspects of contact with nature and perceptions regarding park access, quality, naturalness, psychological distance to nature, and biodiversity. This tool will facilitate greater understanding of how natural areas, nature-based activities, and nature exposure reduce loneliness and promote health-related quality of life. Measuring nature dose with standardized tools and documenting benefits will generate the evidence base needed to design, implement and evaluate nature-based social interventions for improving health and quality of life.•This tool captures the nature dose to reduce loneliness and promote quality of life.•Constructs range from park quality and access, to mood, to biodiversity perceptions.•The standardized nature dose tool will help design nature-based social interventions.
- dc.description.sponsorship This work was supported by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, grant agreement #945095. Melbourne research is additionally funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council, grant agreement #GNT2007059 and SB received funding through the Australian Research Council LP160100324 and the Ian Potter Foundation. ISGlobal researchers acknowledge support from the grant CEX2018-000806-S funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, and support from the Generalitat de Catalunya through the CERCA Program.
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- dc.identifier.citation Lvaelle Sachs A, Maso-Aguado M, Bach A, Opacin N, Hill N, Cattaneo L, et al. Developing a new tool to capture the nature dose to reduce loneliness and improve quality of life. MethodsX. 2024 Sep 19;13:102969. DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2024.102969
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2024.102969
- dc.identifier.issn 2215-0161
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/68812
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Elsevier
- dc.relation.ispartof MethodsX. 2024 Sep 19;13:102969
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/945095
- dc.rights © 2024 Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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- dc.subject.keyword Biodiversity
- dc.subject.keyword Environmental health
- dc.subject.keyword Environmental psychology
- dc.subject.keyword Loneliness
- dc.subject.keyword Mental health
- dc.subject.keyword Nature dose
- dc.subject.keyword Nature-based intervention
- dc.subject.keyword Social prescribin
- dc.title Developing a new tool to capture the nature dose to reduce loneliness and improve quality of life
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