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    Providers

    Health care providers of all specialties are encouraged to provide a park prescription for patients that can benefit from time outdoors. 

    Resources

    1. Golden Gate Institute Guide For Healthcare Providers and ParkRx
       

    2. A good list of the published literature up to July, 2017: Nature Contact and Human Health: A Research Agenda
       

    3. Association of Forest and Nature Therapy
       

    4. The Health Benefits of Urban Nature: How Much Do We Need?
       

    5. Effects of park walks and relaxation exercises during lunch breaks on recovery from job stress: Two randomized controlled trials
       

    6. Bringing Outdoor Therapies Into Mainstream Mental Health
       

    7. Fong K, Hart J and James P (2018) A Review of Epidemiologic Studies on Greenness and Health: Updated Literature Through 2017, Current Environmental Health Reports
       

    8. What are the Benefits of Interacting with Nature?
       

    9. Outside magazine recent article

       

    10. Spending 120 minutes a week in nature is associated with good health and well-being
       

    11. 2019 NY Times article
       

    12. Conservancy for the Cuyahoga Valley National Park
       

    To find out how to get involved with the Cuyahoga Valley National Park programs: https://www.conservancyforcvnp.org/naturecanheal/