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Harnessing Nature For Occupational Therapy: Interventions And Health Promotion, Gina Ferra Kaplanis
Harnessing Nature For Occupational Therapy: Interventions And Health Promotion, Gina Ferra Kaplanis
Occupational Therapy Program Student Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
Literature is beginning to emerge which states that participation in natural environments can be restorative, provide much needed physical activity and assist with health promotion and prevention of illness. Theories such as Attention Restoration Theory (Kaplan, 1995) and Biophilia Hypothesis (Wilson, 1993) support the benefits for participation in natural outdoor environments. Health benefits of participation in nature including accessing Vitamin D, improving balance, attention restoration, reduced myopia, stress reduction are widely present in literature. Despite the health benefits of participation in nature, occupational therapists rarely complete interventions in the natural environment. Principles of adult learning and occupational adaptation were used …