Gardening activity and its relationship to mental health: Understudied and untapped in low-and middle-income countries

There is increasing awareness among researchers and health practitioners from high income countries about the potential mental health benefits of participating in gardening activities and spending substantial time in green spaces. However, this phenomenon is not well established in low- and middle-i...

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Autores principales: Ainamani, Herbert E., Gumisiriza, Nolbert, Bamwerinde, Wilson M., Rukundo, Godfrey Z.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9389296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35991326
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101946
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author Ainamani, Herbert E.
Gumisiriza, Nolbert
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Rukundo, Godfrey Z.
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description There is increasing awareness among researchers and health practitioners from high income countries about the potential mental health benefits of participating in gardening activities and spending substantial time in green spaces. However, this phenomenon is not well established in low- and middle-income countries. In this commentary, we discuss the evidence base surrounding the potential mental health benefits of participating in gardening activity and spending substantial time in a green space. We hope to stimulate discourse about incorporating these activities into mental health prevention in low- and middle-income countries.
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spelling pubmed-93892962022-08-20 Gardening activity and its relationship to mental health: Understudied and untapped in low-and middle-income countries Ainamani, Herbert E. Gumisiriza, Nolbert Bamwerinde, Wilson M. Rukundo, Godfrey Z. Prev Med Rep Article There is increasing awareness among researchers and health practitioners from high income countries about the potential mental health benefits of participating in gardening activities and spending substantial time in green spaces. However, this phenomenon is not well established in low- and middle-income countries. In this commentary, we discuss the evidence base surrounding the potential mental health benefits of participating in gardening activity and spending substantial time in a green space. We hope to stimulate discourse about incorporating these activities into mental health prevention in low- and middle-income countries. 2022-08-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9389296/ /pubmed/35991326 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101946 Text en © 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Gardening activity and its relationship to mental health: Understudied and untapped in low-and middle-income countries
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