期刊
出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18041511
关键词
nature exposure; nature deprivation; health disparities; wellbeing; built environment; urban health interventions
资金
- REI Cooperative
- NRSA [T32-ES007069]
Our study indicates a strong correlation between perceived nature deprivation and local nature contact, time in nature, and access to municipal nature during the pandemic. Interaction models showed age positively modifying nature affinity, while race qualitatively modified nature deprivation perception. This highlights the importance of local nature contact in supporting individual wellbeing during times of emotional distress and social isolation, guiding public health policies beyond pandemics.
Lockdown aiming at slowing COVID-19 transmission has altered nature accessibility patterns, creating quasi-experimental conditions to assess if retracted nature contact and perceived nature deprivation influence physical and emotional wellbeing. We measure through on-line survey methods (n = 529) how pandemic mandates limiting personal movement and outdoor nature access within the United States affect self-assessed nature exposure, perceived nature deprivation, and subsequent flourishing as measured by the Harvard Flourishing Index. Results indicate that perceived nature deprivation strongly associates with local nature contact, time in nature, and access to municipal nature during the pandemic, after controlling for lockdown mandates, job status, household composition, and sociodemographic variables. Our hypothesis is that individuals with strong perceived nature deprivation under COVID-19 leads to diminished wellbeing proved true. Interaction models of flourishing showed positive modification of nature affinity with age and qualitative modification of nature deprivation with race. Our results demonstrate the potential of local nature contact to support individual wellbeing in a background context of emotional distress and social isolation, important in guiding public health policies beyond pandemics.
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