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UH Studies How People's Connections With Land Affect Their Health


City or Country Living? Research Reveals Psychological Differences

Olivia Atherton, assistant professor of psychology, found that Americans who live in rural areas may encounter health disparities which cause ...

Connection to ʻāina critical to health among Native Hawaiians

Holistic cultural practices that foster a connection to ʻāina (land) are important in improving the health of Kānaka Maoli (Indigenous Peoples of Hawaiʻi).

The Impact of Land-Based Physical Activity Interventions on Self ...

For many Indigenous communities, decreased participation in traditional land-based activities has led to higher rates of chronic disease and ...

Access to land and nature as health determinants: a qualitative ...

Human relationships with and connections to nature and the “land” are a commonly accepted Social Determinant of Health.

Application of "caring for country" in improving the social and ...

Connecting the health of country with the health of people ... relationships between Indigenous people and their ancestral lands and seas.

Exploring the connections between climate change, land, and health ...

... health research and action with Indigenous peoples and communities. First, this research has highlighted the importance of explicitly centering land when ...

Land and nature as sources of health and resilience among ...

Population and environmental health research illustrate a positive relationship between access to greenspace or natural environments and ...

Returning to Our Roots: Tribal Health and Wellness through Land ...

This study reinforces that being on water and land creates meaningful relationships with Indigenous peoples and are critical in their journey to health. Our ...

6 How Does Where People Live Affect Their Health?

A variety of place-based influences affect health, including physical circumstances (eg altitude, temperature regimes, and pollutants), social context.

Connecting Health Impacts - University of Delaware

Linking agricultural land use, air quality, and climate, scientists from the US and India offered a new way to understand and minimize health ...

Critical linkages between land-use transition and human health in ...

It affects fauna and flora, contributes to local, regional, and global climate changes and is the primary source of soil, water and land degradation (Sala et al ...

2.14 Indigenous people with access to their traditional lands

Connection to family and community, land and sea, culture and identity has been identified as integral to health and wellbeing from an ...

Letsemot, “Togetherness”: Exploring How Connection to Land

Connection to land has been identified as a central determinant of the health and well-being of First Nations in Canada. The wholistic, interconnected ...

The determinants of planetary health: an Indigenous consensus ...

The participants also emphasised that despite the many synergies among global Indigenous Peoples' responsibility and relationships to Land and Country, they ...

Theme 1: Relationships between nature and health in cities

A growing area of research is how green spaces such as parks, forests, and meadows may foster physical activity, lower blood pressure, promote relaxation, ...

Psychological, Health, & Learning Sciences - University of Houston

An interdisciplinary collection of scientists, scholars and educators committed to innovative research and academic excellence.

Links between humans and ecosystems: the implications of framing ...

To explore potential links between ecosystems and human health, we set out three ways of seeing or frames: environmental hazards and burden of illness.

How does Hawai'i's economic geography affect its healthcare ...

This report draws new perspectives on the healthcare industry in Hawai'i based on research in Spatial Economics and Economic Geography.

(PDF) Land and nature as sources of health and resilience among ...

Background: Population and environmental health research illustrate a positive relationship between access to greenspace or natural ...

the relationship between Indigenous health status and “caring for ...

Healthy country, healthy people: the relationship between Indigenous health status and “caring for country”. Christopher P Burgess, Fay H ...