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Landscape and well-being: a scoping study on the health-promoting impact of outdoor environments

Abraham, Andrea ; Sommerhalder, Kathrin ; Abel, Thomas

In: International Journal of Public Health, 2010, vol. 55, no. 1, p. 59-69

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    Titre
    • Landscape and well-being: a scoping study on the health-promoting impact of outdoor environments
    Auteur
    • Abraham, Andrea. Division of Social and Behavioural Health Research, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Niesenweg 6, 3012, Bern, Switzerland
    • Sommerhalder, Kathrin. Division of Social and Behavioural Health Research, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Niesenweg 6, 3012, Bern, Switzerland
    • Abel, Thomas. Division of Social and Behavioural Health Research, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Niesenweg 6, 3012, Bern, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • International Journal of Public Health, 2010, vol. 55, no. 1, p. 59-69. SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
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    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:312111
    Summary
    Objectives: The present literature review conceptualises landscape as a health resource that promotes physical, mental, and social well-being. Different health-promoting landscape characteristics are discussed. Methods: This article is based on a scoping study which represents a special kind of qualitative literature review. Over 120 studies have been reviewed in a five-step-procedure, resulting in a heuristic device. Results: A set of meaningful pathways that link landscape and health have been identified. Landscapes have the potential to promote mental well-being through attention restoration, stress reduction, and the evocation of positive emotions; physical well-being through the promotion of physical activity in daily life as well as leisure time and through walkable environments; and social well-being through social integration, social engagement and participation, and through social support and security. Conclusion: This scoping study allows us to systematically describe the potential of landscape as a resource for physical, mental and social well-being. A heuristic framework is presented that can be applied in future studies, facilitating systematic and focused research approaches and informing practical public health interventions