Providers

Health care providers of all specialties are encouraged to provide a park prescription for patients that can benefit from time outdoors. Here are the ways you can direct your patients to this program:

If you are on an EMR system with one of the bigger networks in Summit County, you will be able to easily provide a prescription to your patient.

You can get prescription pads by contacting the Conservancy for the Cuyahoga Valley National Park at 330.657.2909​

Direct your patient to this webpage:  https://www.conservancyforcvnp.org/naturecanheal/

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