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Martin A, Clarke J, Johnstone A, McCrorie P, Langford R, Simpson SA, Kipping R. A qualitative study of parental strategies to enable pre-school children's outdoor and nature experiences during COVID-19 restrictions. Health Place 2023; 79:102967. [PMID: 36621065 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.102967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Outdoor and nature experiences including play have been shown to be beneficial for children's physical, cognitive, social and emotional development. Parents/carers play an important role in encouraging or impeding their child's access to the outdoor environment and participation in outdoor play. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions on free movement and social interactions placed an unprecedented pressure on families to manage the drastic change in their daily routines. This paper reports findings from two combined data sets generated in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and provides a deeper understanding of the interconnected nature of how contextual factors influence parenting processes and outcomes relating to young children's outdoor and nature experiences and subsequent child health. Findings have the potential to inform the messaging of existing outdoor play policies and the content of new interventions aiming to promote the exposure of children to the natural outdoor environment.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anne Martin
- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Institute for Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, 99 Barkley Street, Glasgow, G3 7HR, UK.
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Institute for Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, 99 Barkley Street, Glasgow, G3 7HR, UK
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- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Institute for Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, 99 Barkley Street, Glasgow, G3 7HR, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK
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- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Institute for Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, 99 Barkley Street, Glasgow, G3 7HR, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK
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Kokkonen JM, Engberg E, Simonsen N, Wackström N, Ray J, Ray C. Adult–Child Nature Visits Associate with 2- to 7-Year-Old Children's Nature Connectedness. ECOPSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1089/eco.2022.0061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
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- Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Food and Nutrition, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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